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Old 08-11-2019, 12:00 PM   #158
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Default Re: [GAME] Conceive a Cross Dimensional Fantasy Milieu

Answer 90 2 of 5 unusual portals
Spectre is a portal that alters traffic outbound from Calledron to be "out of phase"; this makes it suitable for only short jaunts, as one can only eat or drink things that you brought with you and typically cannot affect the cosm you've arrived in. Persons using Spectre are also typically invisible at the destination, although means to detect or affect such people are possible through alchemy and perhaps other forces as well. Someone returning through Spectre will be restored to normalcy on Calledron; passing through other portals is usually not possible but does not appear to restore normalcy (which is a life-threatening problem); inbound traffic that connects to Calledron does not appear to be altered. The Archmage in control of Spectre is usually held to have one of the best foreign intelligence assemblies in Calledron, as their portal is of very limited use for regular transport but excellent for deploying spies.

Roulette is a portal whose addressing system appears to be completely gone; passing through it appears to send you to one of 38 possible destinations at random, although these are typically minor cosmi with a portal capable of a return trip to Roulette. Further, the window of 38 cosms is "drifting", with a new one added and an old one removed every few months. The Archmage in control of Roulette has, well, piratical tendencies, as the portal is problematic for either regular trade or colonization but useful for hit and run raids with a limited window for retaliation.

Question 134 What else lives on the expansive world of the Neckerlings, that isn't part of the Concordat?
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