Combating Unstable Dimensional Portals, a Practical Guide

[jmecha]

Combating Unstable Dimensional Portals
by Vale Clearwaters of the Waterdeep Adventurer's Guild, and member of the Lord's Alliance

In the last few years the threat and appearance of unstable dimensional portals appearing within the City of Waterdeep has grown.
The Purpose of this Guide is to provide practical education in how to combat and seal said portals effectively.

Unstable Portals are volatile and unpredictable, one moment they may swell large enough to allow something the size of a wagon to pass through, and then for days or hours remain small enough that a finger may not pass through them.

If left undisturbed, Unstable Dimensional Portals will continue to fluctuate in size allowing the inhabitants of the plane or place they are connected to access our world. It is important that once an Unstable Dimensional Portal is discovered, actions are taken to see it sealed.

Do Not Attempt to seal Unstable Dimensional Portals alone.

To effectively combat an Unstable Dimensional Portal you will require a prepared and capable team.

Know that Unstable Dimensional Portals appear to be impervious to traditional physical assualt. The only reliable way to damage and eventually seal these Unstable Dimensional Portals is to attack them with the Elements themselves or Magical Forces.

Know that while a Sword can not damage an Unstable Dimensional Portal, a Sword bathed in an Aura of an Element such as Fire, Lighting, or Acid can damage the Portal because the Elemental Aura is capable of damaging the Unstable Dimensional Portal.

Know that some Unstable Dimensional Portals have reacted violently to such attacks and the eruption of energy is often enough to severely injure or slay whoever dared to strike the portal.

Whenever possible it is advised to attack an Unstable Dimensional Portal at a range outside of arms reach.

Know that the damage done by Elemental or Arcane Magical attacks upon an Unstable Dimensional Portal will agitate the portal, often causing it to radically open wide for a brief time, giving that which waits beyond opportunity to leap through.

Know it is advised, attacks made to seal Unstable Dimensional Portals are planned to delver the largest amount of damage possible to the Unstable Portal while providing the minimal amount of agitation. Take care not to strike or agitate multiple Unstable Portals unless you are prepared for the consequences.

Do Not use Arcana similar to Magical Missiles or other such Spells that will repeatedly strike a target multiple times in rapid succession. This is warned against because such Magics can agitate the Unstable Dimensional Portal to swell and open several times in rapid succession allowing a myriad things to cross over to our world.

Deploy your team in a manner in which they are ready and capable of defending against and combating what may escape the Unstable Dimensional Portal when it is agitated.

Make it the responsibility of the junior most member of the team to attack the Unstable Dimensional Portal, and then fall back into formation. This is done so the more senior members of the team are focused and ready for what may escape.

Always take care to not accidentally strike or agitate the Unstable Dimensional portal while combating the beings that have escaped it. Doing so will cause another agitation that will result in additional beings escaping the Unstable Dimensional Portal and swelling the number of hostiles threats already present upon the Battlefield.

[Ethbaal]

(( ^ Required Reading for Acolytes ))

[Mick]

Quality summary.

[oldgrayrogue]

Addendum: Unless you are in an Aurilite Cult's Icy lair. Then, attack the first portal you find, and let the demons loose.

[Wynna]

Two copies of this are left to dry on the back desk of the entry room of the Adventurer's Guild. They are lettered in neat, flowing rows of script that that are precisely aligned to each other. The fine paper on which they are written weighted down by ink pots at the corners to hold the paper flat, they are exact copies of this original.

In their bottom right corner of each is the small icon of a scroll superimposed with a quill.

[wvincenti]

Thanks for this!

*bump*

-Bill