Thank you for this article. I tend to see things a bit differently. There is that old Roman god Ianus who looks this way and that in time and space, being a transcendental portal himself. And in Italy the idea doesn't seem to be unknown that portals open to places of the strange and fantastic: the "Horti di Giano Edizioni" in Rome offer ... the fantastic. Thank you.
They are not going from a known world to a magical world, but are more like teleporting, but the spell is complex and may take you where you don't want to go. If you don't have the " coodinates", it is a problem.
Thank you for this article. I tend to see things a bit differently. There is that old Roman god Ianus who looks this way and that in time and space, being a transcendental portal himself. And in Italy the idea doesn't seem to be unknown that portals open to places of the strange and fantastic: the "Horti di Giano Edizioni" in Rome offer ... the fantastic. Thank you.
A great power can cause all sorts of benefits for the portals. Then -- they come with all sorts of difficulties of their own. (Rather than type this over again: https://writingandreflections.substack.com/p/metaphysics-and-the-powers-that-be)
In my WIP, portals are dangerous, especially for inexperienced magic workers against highly experienced magic workers and strong wards.
Portals that can be used by known characters elide many issues. As long as you characterize them properly so the use makes sense.
They are not going from a known world to a magical world, but are more like teleporting, but the spell is complex and may take you where you don't want to go. If you don't have the " coodinates", it is a problem.
Yes, that will produce a very different effect.