Lesser Gate: A New Spell (critiques, please?)

[Kerrick]

I actually redid the gate spell (one of the ones that pretty much everyone agreed was overpowered) such that it's almost exactly like before, except that you can't summon anything through it. IOW, you've got a two-way gate that's open for 1 rd/level. This, I think, is worth a 9th-level spell, all things considered. Now, if you want to make the duration concentration, I would drop it to 8th - but no lower. Not only does it allow instantaneous error-free transport, but it goes both ways, and you can transport a LOT more creatures/equipment than either a greater teleport OR a shadow walk. IMO, you should be able to throw/fire objects through the portal (yes, I was thinking of Stargate also), but line of effect would be disrupted.

(Incidentally, the version where you can summon any being in the universe is an epic spell.)