Misty Summons

This spell requires a special portal to be built prior to the casting-a doorway or archway of stone. It must be at least three feet wide, but no more than thirty. The materials to build it cost 3,000 gp and the labor takes six months. All the labor must be performed by the caster. Once built, it looks like any normal doorway or arch, although it may be as plain or ornate as the caster desires.

When casting the spell, the wizard visualizes a place he knows well, which must be within the range of the spell and in the same domain as the caster. The wizard must also be within 30 feet of the portal. Over the next 7 rounds, a misty fog coalesces at that distant place and within the portal. Once the fog has been created, the caster no longer needs to concentrate on it. He can dispel it at any time, but cannot change its position. The fog is magical, with an aura of alteration and invocation, but is otherwise indistinguishable from normal fog.

Any creature stepping into the mist walks out of it through the portal; anyone seeing the mist forming can choose to not step into it. If the mist is created over characters, they have 7 rounds to escape. If they are sleeping or otherwise immobile, the characters are transported through the misty portal.

Count Von Zarovich has built a misty portal somewhere in his castle, but its exact location is unknown. Those whom he summons to his castle rarely return...

Notes: Common spell in the Ravenloft setting; otherwise very rare. Can be researched only on the Demiplane of Dread.