Portable desert?

[Thassilonian Wizard]

I'm working on a 20th-level monk character and they have an archetype feature that works well with desert terrain. Is there such a way to create the surrounding landscape become desert terrain when needed for encounters?

[voideternal]

Well, there's a new spell called Sea of Dust in Ultimate Wilderness that creates deserts, but it's a 9th level druid spell that has a 1 hour casting time and turns the surrounding area into a desert over the course of 1 month.

[avr]

The shifting sand spell could drag it around a short distance.

[Sissyl]

He'll be popular in civilization, that's for sure...

[UnArcaneElection]

When I first saw this thread, I misread the title as "Portable Dessert" . . . .

I haven't found what you are looking for, but somebody figured out how to do the opposite.

[Thassilonian Wizard]

Sounds like Sea of Dust or Shifting Sand are my only benefits. So the options would be:

A) Artifact (minor or major)
B) Druid in party
C) Expensive custom magic item (120,000 for continuous SS)
D) Scrolls (375 for SS or SD 3825)
E) Wands (11,250 SS)

[Nodrog]

A portable hole full of sand?

[Ventnor]

I mean, if this monk of yours is supposed to be a major villain in the campaign, an artifact that desertifies the surrounding terrain sounds like an appropriate object for said monk to have. Especially at level 20.