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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 2183219" data-attributes="member: 172">That strikes me as a bit of an artificial comparison.I mean you as the DM probably drew the map, and put the nations there. That's still you controlling the directions they can go. And you are further limited by (usually) 2 dimension. A nearby huge influential empire limits what else you could put in that direction and it's enimies.While I would not deny the fact that portals gives you more control is a matter of great appeal to me, there is also a great deal of room to give the players more latitude. That said, as a practical matter, it seems to me that the GM realistically needs to restrain or cajole the players motion anyways.I'm just saying... portals can be either more or less flexible than a standard fantasy world on the issue. Which is the good thing. Flexibility.And if that's your preference, there is really not that much I can say about it. If you don't like portals, you don't like portals.However, I would hasten emphasize that it need not be that simple. Even in PS it wasn't -- you needed portal keys. Phil's planar gate PDFs also provide some great examples of intriguing gates with great flavor and story potential. Getting through a portal can be an excercise for the party to pursue their goals. (Not only can it, I would go so far as to say occasionally, it should be, to keep portals from becoming, well, pedestrian.)</blockquote>