The Clan Lord Sentinel

Today we stabilized an ethereal portal just south of the southern east farms (top of mirror column SF). This is quite close to town, so it's risky in at least a couple ways. First, these portals are not just entrances to EP, they're also exits, and sometimes ethereal beasts come out of them (for example, Portal Island's portal), particularly if exiles lead the way. This suggests to me that Puddleby may be invaded because of this portal, and that risk may increase over time.

Second, you just know that some people are going to slip in there, or jump in for the hell of it. This can lead to time-consuming rescues, and possibly cause invasions.

Malkor suggested we contract someone to build walls around the portal. I'm not sure that's enough, and maybe the whole snell should just get blocked off by trees or something. Either way, what do people think about whether we should do something to try to neutralize the threat this portal poses?

Two notes: if the response is "let's not," then I propose that we try to form an understanding that anyone foolish enough to use that portal and jeopardize our town can expect a depart. Also, I'm not saying we shouldn't have stabilized that portal, but I would say we should think about whether a stable portal poses more or less total risk than an ethereal instability.

I don't want to vote yes or no, because I don't know if either fits what I'm thinking, exactly. Mostly, I'd just like to make it difficult to accidentally go through it. Maybe an NPC guard who requires you to say "yes" to enter (like trainers). That way it's still possible to get to the spot if people want, due to convenience or necessity, but it's very unlikely that someone will lag into it.

How about a wait and see approach before we decide? Maybe give it a few weeks?

What sphere does it lead to?

Yor

Yor wrote:How about a wait and see approach before we decide? Maybe give it a few weeks?

What sphere does it lead to?

Yor

It leads to the Sapphire sector of the 6th Sphere.

The one in the Poppy Field leads to the 7th Sphere.

I personally wish we could control where the portal goes before we stabilize it. I know this is impossible, and really not likely to happen, but I can think of better spheres to have them go to.

I am more concerned with folks knocking into the kyuem on accident more than I am of someone wandering in to an open portal.

Finally I would say that we don't yet know if these portals are permenant or will fade over time... The Kyuem stabilizes the plane, but will the portal stay? We know the one on PI stays open, but we didn't set it up, and so don't know if it was altered in some other way to keep it open. It's entirely possible that the portals will fade over time, as more of the planes get stabilized.

I don't think anyone even knows if they will last beyond this Chaos Storm, eh?

The portals in both the poppy field and in the South Forest below East Farms have collapsed in the chaos storm.

The kyuems appear to not be working, but in fact are still working to stabilize the planes.

Beer
MJ