Travel in Ethus

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Contents 1 Traveling by Horse or On Foot 2 Other Modes of Travel 3 Vione Portals 3.1 Common 3.2 Rare

Traveling by Horse or On Foot

In our Setting there are plenty of ways to travel from one place to another. In general people travel by horse or kirin on a road. The roads between the Outpost and Onise are surrounded by dense jungle so traveling away from the road is not recommended to those who are not well-versed in wilderness survival.

When traveling on horse it will take 2-3 days to travel from Onise to the Outpost on the road. It will take five times as long on foot (figure a full week). Vione is more difficult since it is in the mountains. The Outpost is physically closer to Vione than Onise is.

Other Modes of Travel

Some Ethians (Spinel, Opal, possibly Tanzanite), some kirins and Vpera are capable of flight. Flight speeds vary depending on the physiology of flight but an effective flier could potentially get from the Outpost to Onise in an hour or from Onise to Vione in two hours. (That is with a flight speed nearing 60 mph, comparable to some migratory birds)

Inventive Mea'lan or Ethian Tanzanite signs can build machines that move faster than horses. The mechanism and function of such machines is left to the imagination of the builders.

Vione Portals

The portals in Vione allow for instantaneous travel from the mountains of Vione to the Outpost or Onise, hundreds of miles away. The portals are magic but they work for Osai. No one has yet explained why this is so. Unfortunately the portals are unreliable and can sometimes cause the traveler to fail to arrive at the desired destination. In addition travelers may experience unwanted side effects of traveling in such a manner. Here is a list of possible effects. Many people will never experience any ill effects from using the portals, but those who use them frequently may be found to exhibit one or more of the possible symptoms from the list that follows. The effects tend to be random per portal usage.

Common

1. Exhaustion (until rested)
2. Hunger
3. Thirst
4. Loss/gain of items and/or clothing
5. Minor phantom aches (1-5 hours)
6. Loss/Improvement of magic (1-5 hours)
7. No effects at all.

Rare

1. Mental instability (1-5 hours)
2. Obsessive/Compulsive nature (1-5 hours)
3. Memory loss (1-5 hours)
4. Language difficulties (1-5 hours)
5. Dreams (Good/Bad)
6. Invigoration (1-5 hours)
7. Divine revelation (1-5 hours)
8. Hallucinations (1-5 hours)
9. State of harmony/ecstasy (1-5 hours)