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-==== The Twenty Portals ====
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-Scattered across the world are twenty portals -- each one connected to three
-"adjacent" portals.  Logically, these portals are arranged as the vertices of a
-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecahedron|dodecahedron]].  However,
-physically, they appear at "random" locations on the map -- oftentimes skipping
-nearer portals to connect to ones far away.
-Throughout history, arcane scholars have drawn correlaries between the twenty
-portals and the [[twenty worlds]], and some have claimed that each of the
-[[twenty worlds]] has its own set of twenty portals. Oftentimes, the three
-inter-world portals((that connect the [[prime world]] to its three neighbors:
-[[Greyhawk]], [[Xotei]], and [[Kona]])) are lumped into the same category and
-referred to as the "Ninety-nine portals".  Where this term comes from is unknown
-and was most likely coined for poetic reasons.
-These portals are strongly tied to the [[Great Map]] and become disconnected if
-the map is dispersed -- which has happened at least twice (most recently in the
-year 1105).
-Currently, the wizard [[Kevin Arcana]] has obtained total control over the
-twenty portals, but is allowing their use by anyone who can pay 150 gold pieces
-to purchase a one-use key gem.  These gems are pre-programmed with a particular
-path -- taking the travelers (at least briefly) to each of the intermediate
-destinations.
-One unexplained((see "V2" campaign)) side effect of travel through the portals
-is a significant (though fleeting) experience of pain.  Many have speculated
-as to the cause or reason for this side effect, but nobody has satisfactorily
-explained it -- and Kevin Arcana is suspiciously quiet on the subject.
-=== Effects on Teleportation ===
-There are three spells affected by Kevin Arcana's control of the Twenty Portals:
-//Teleportation Circle// (5th level conjuration), //Teleport// (7th level conjuration),
-and //Word of Recall// (6th level conjuration).
-Each spell is limited in the same way: Any attempt to use the spell over a long range
-will be "short-circuited" by the portal network.  Instead of arriving at the intended
-destination, the caster will instead arrive at the nearest portal.  Note that the pain
-effect appears to be //more significant// when this "short-circuit" occurs.
-=== Significant portal locations ===
-  * [[Rota_city|The city of Rota]]
-  * [[Neroth]], Kevin Arcana's home
-  * [[Spindrift|The Spindrift Isles]] (Eastern Lendore)
-  * Midway between [[Edric_city|The city-state of Edric]] and [[Hookridge]]
-  * [[Lowland]]
-  * [[Larinday]]
-  * [[Blanan]]
-  * [[Mosaî]], "The Hidden Empire"
-  * [[Arela]]
-  * The [["Wall Islands"]]