Chapter 3: Through the Time Gates - Netheril's Fall

Chapter 3: Through the Time Gates. Passing through a time gate is a dramatic experience Scattered throughout Faerûn are places of temporal magic so powerful they allow travel through space and time. This chapter details two such time gates leading to cities in ancient Netheril. You might want your characters to travel to these time gates and into their linked Netherese cities as part of specific adventures. In this case, examples of such adventures are detailed below. If you wish to skip the time gates and start a game in ancient Netheril, chapter 4 provides adventures that take place in Eileanar and Conch. Time gates are powerful game mechanisms, and you should allow them in your game only to facilitate the stories you want to tell. Feel free to change any details about the time gates in this chapter as you see fit. About Time Gates Time gates are little-known and ancient magical portals similar to a planar portal (see the Dungeon Master's Guide), except they are permanent, stationary connections with a portal that links two specific times and places on the Material Plane. The earliest texts tied to gods of magic mention time gates' existence, though their locations are well-kept secrets. Time gates are magical objects that have Immunity to all damage. A time gate might have a literal doorway built around its portal, or a time gate's portal might be at the bottom of a pit or open through a shimmering veil in the air. Regardless, time gates' portals are always visible. The "other side" of the portal might look as conspicuous or as subtle as the portal's location in the present day, though both sides of the portal need not look the same. Such a portal commonly looks like a shimmery blue mirror. Instead of a reflection, however, the portal usually shows a faraway image of the place the time gate leads to. Relative Time Gates The time gates described below are relative-they connect two locations that are separated by a fixed interval of time. The time gate called Fo...