Elementalist Spell Specification

Class: Planist

7. Ethereal Gateway

BTS: 80% (At)

ULT: 280 hrs

Materials: the Symbol of the Ethereal Plane

Ethereal Plane

Actions: indicate location of Gateway with Materials

Effect of Throw:

19 to 28 Insanity

29 to 32 open Gateway to random destination on Ethereal, and all within 40 to 10 ft * Range must make st against being sucked into it (Caster is sucked in without getting a st).  An Ethereal Encounter then automatically occurs.

33 to 37 No effect

>=38 3(T-37) Transit Points ("TP")    Max Speed of Ethereal Forms = (T/2)-14 ft/sec FRD

Height:    8h ft    -(h-1)    (may define shape within this limit by use of Materials and Actions, but must be a flat plane)

Width:    4w ft    -(w-1)    (may define shape within this limit by use of Materials and Actions, but must be a flat plane)

Range:    20d ft    -d(d-1)/2    (from Caster to Gateway)

Duration: until TP = 0 or for t hours (whichever is first)   -t(t-1)/2    (may specify any lesser Duration at no minus)

To make two way    -6    (otherwise is one way from casting location to destination location)

Notes:

  1. Ethereal Gateway creates an open gateway to the equivalent location on the Ethereal Plane, with no penalty for Casting between the Planes (even if the Ethereal Gateway is Cast from a Plane other than the Real).
  2. Each Being and each full 1000 weight points (excluding body weight of transiting Beings) passing through the Gateway during the Duration subtracts 1TP.  Each Spell Cast through the Gateway also subtracts 1TP.  If there are insufficient TP to transit all Beings and their possessions attempting transit in the same sec, the Gateway goes down without transiting any of them.
  3. Transiting Beings may choose to attempt a st.  If they make it, they pass through the Gateway without going Ethereal and neither they nor their possessions subtract from TP.  If they fail it, they are instantly transited to the Ethereal Plane, and TP are reduced accordingly.
  4. There is no Disorientation Time on passing through a Gateway.
  5. The Gateway is one-sided at each of the casting and destination locations, and is undetectable from the back (even to See Invisible, Truesight, etc. - as it simply does not exist from that side).  At the destination location the open side faces in the direction remembered by the Caster when Casting.
  6. From the open side of a Gateway there is full vision to the other side, but not sound or smell.  A one way Gateway appears as an opaque silvery surface from the exit side.  Air, water, etc. do not pass through a Gateway unless a Being transports them.  It is therefore possible e.g. to open a Gateway from beneath the sea without flooding the Ethereal Plane.
  7. Beings and objects entering the Ethereal Plane via a Gateway are not subject to a Duration, and will remain on the Ethereal indefinitely.  Applying wine (which washes off Oils of Etherealness only) has no effect.
  8. Ethereal Gateway may be Cast from the Ethereal Plane to the equivalent location on the Real Plane, allowing an exit from the Ethereal.  It may also be Cast from the Ethereal Plane to the equivalent location on any other Plane visible to the Caster (e.g. the Astral Plane using See Astral).  Max Speed of Astral Forms = (T-33) mph
  9. See the rules on the Ethereal Plane for more detail.