9. Natural Gateway

Ranian Cycle

BTS: 41% (Sz)

ULT: 100 hours

Materials: a place with Circs Mod >= 2

Actions: describe edges of Gateway with hands (may point if larger than can reach)

Effect of Throw:

1 to 20 No Effect

³ 21 %age Chance of Success = 5(T-11)%    If fails, Natural Gateway does not appear.

Height:    10h ft    -(h-1)    (may define shape within this limit by Actions, but must be a vertical plane)

Width:    5w ft    -(w-1)    (may define shape within this limit by Actions, but must be a vertical plane)

Duration: 10t sec    -(t-1)

Subtraction for use by unnatural Beings: Each Being who uses the Gateway subtracts 10-(current IP total) sec from Duration (min 0 sec Subtraction).  Creatures of Nature are assumed to have an IP total >10 for this purpose.  Non-Druids may instress under a Druid's guidance, or may just appreciate Nature for themselves.  Given the Instress formula, a non-Druid with Nt <12 will be unable to gain Is, and will therefore give the maximum Subtraction.  If the Subtraction for a particular Being using the Gateway will reduce Duration to <0, apply an additional Chance of Success for that Being of 100%  - 10% for each sec the Subtraction would make Duration go negative by, e.g if there is a 6 sec Duration and a Being with 0IP gives a 10 sec Subtraction, there is a Chance of Success of 100 - 40 = 60%.

Notes:

  1. Natural Gateway opens up a Druidic Teleportal between places with Circs Mods >=2 for the Duration.  It has no effect if the Casting or destination point has Circs Mod <2.
  2. The Teleportal is one-sided at both ends, but may be used both ways, without limitation of passengers or weight, except for the above Subtraction for use by unnatural Beings.
  3. The Caster must have previously have instressed at least 10IP from the destination point.  If less than 10IP have been instressed, ratio %age Chance of Success by (IP instressed)/10.  If the destination point was last instressed before the Caster bound (finished learning) Natural Gateway, he takes -10 (-1 per 1/10 LT outstanding). There is also a penalty of -1 per year since destination point last instressed last visited.  There is no limit to the number of potential destination points which can be remembered in this way.
  4. Casting or destination points on different Planes count as different destinations.  Normal penalties apply (see "Casting Spells between the Planes" in the General Magic-Using System) for Casting a Natural Gateway to another Plane.
  5. Anyone (including an unnatural Being) may observe either way through the Gateway with all Senses, throw or fire objects through it, etc.  Spells may likewise be Cast through it without any additional Range minus from Casting to destination point or vice-versa, but Casting Spells between the Planes penalties will still apply for a Gateway Cast between Planes.
  6. Gateway via Mists has the same Spell Specification, but instead of a Gateway with a flat plane of Height by Width it creates an area of Mist of Radius 10r ft -(r-1) at both ends.  This restricts observation and targeting of Spell Casting except by those using See through Mist effects.