Elementalist Spell Specification

Class: Earth

2. Control Portals

BTS: n/a

ULT: 50 hours

Materials: a key

Actions: point with key, and turn it

Effect of Throw:

-2 to 7 Insanity

8 to 9 nearest and weakest Portal explodes doing 4 to 2d6 general damage straight towards, and just including, Caster

10 to 12 No Effect

13 to 15 Control Portals with <= Thievish DL vs Open Doors / Pick Locks of (T-12)

16 to 21 Control Portals with <= Thievish DL vs Open Doors / Pick Locks of (T-8)/2 FRD

>= 22 Control Portals with <= Thievish DL vs Open Doors / Pick Locks of (T+13)/5 FRD

Duration of Control Portals: 5t min    - t(t-1)/2

Duration Portals Held: h hours - h(h-1)/2

Range: 10d feet    -d    (must touch target Portals if d = 0)

Max. Size of Target Portals: 50s sq ft -s(s-1)/2

Notes:

  1. Allows Caster to open or close any door, window or other portal which has any stone or metal in portal, its frame or locking mechanism.  This includes the lids of chests or safes made of metal or held in place by metal locks or fastenings.
  2. During the Duration of Control Portals, Caster may produce multiple Hold Portal and/or Knock Effects on any Portals within Range by 1 sec's light concentration for each such effect.  Note that Hold Portal and Knock do not require light concentration to produce their effects, but Control Portals does.
  3. All Portals have DL0 or greater.  Doors which are apparently impossible to open by Thievish Open Doors have DL13 or greater.  The DLs vs Open Doors and Pick Locks are summed for purposes of the Control Portals Spell (although they are counted separately vs Thieves, and the DL vs Control Portals may be reduced by a Thief overcoming one or more of them).  If barred, bolted, locked etc. in several ways, including by Hold Portal, each has its own DL added to the DL vs Control Portals.
  4. Portals may be opened and closed at will, provided they were not closed with a total DL > that given by Effect of T.  They may be Held (for Duration Portals Held) with a DL of that given by Effect of T, or any lesser DL of Caster's choice (if a greater DL is specified than that given by Effect of T, it applies instead).
  5. Multiple Hold Portal or Knock attempts are not cumulative, but Hold Portal effects are cumulative with the existing DL of the door.  If a Knock attempt fails, the DL is not reduced.
  6. Magical Portals barred by magical means (other than Hold Portal) may not be Knocked open.  E.g. a selective Teleportal or a Waypoint such as a Stone Circle of Hall of Mirrors may not be opened by Knock.