For some of us, distance is best measured in miles. For others, it is best measured in time. For wizards of great power, to whom the mysteries of the universe are daily and tangible perils, it is best measured not at all, for through sorcerous wiles and more than a little courage the very best among them have found the secret shortcuts between planes and positions, that they might travel over great spans and spaces in an instant.

The Tent of Burjat Yon

This yurt is hardly a tent at all, so much as it is a portal. Walking into the tent through its stretched-hide door, you will emerge not into a tent but a room on the very far side of the world: the study of Burjat Yon. Walking back out the same door of the study will set you on the soft sandy earth upon which the yurt is situated, as if you stepped out of the tent.

The sorcery that creates this link is two-fold: first, the door frames of both the tent and the study are built of planar larch, an exceedingly rare wood grown at the very edges of dimensional rifts and warped by the curious energies of these points; and second, the frames are enchanted with carved runes that represent a complex bewitchment. With planar larch and the binding spell, a wizard of sufficient power could create her own paired doorways. There is a bit of a catch, though – the doorways only seem to work if affixed to a structure. Perhaps it is the torque of the planar fold that requires some kind of substantial anchor, or perhaps it is merely the wishy-washy whims of the magical weave; only the gods can truly know. What is clear, however, is that attempting to activate the doors without a sufficient structure will cause them to crumple and implode into the intra-planar space, collapsing the portal’s throughway forever and taking whatever (and whoever!) is in-transit with it.

A book on the subject, including the runes required to ensorcel the door frames, is a rare artifact of legend, said to be where Burjat Yon himself learned of these spatial magics. It is titled Ruminations on the Space Between Worlds and the Experimental Study of Etheric Passages. It is bound in wooden covers with hammered copper tarnished by centuries of verdigris with a chased design of planets and an oared trireme-like boat positioned between them. In its pages there is also several pages of notes by the author, a wizard by the name of Ponn Jariss, which mention vessels capable of plying the starry skies. This book’s whereabouts are currently unknown, and could probably be found in just about any strange ruin haunted by sorcerers or sages (or maybe it’s just in Burjat Yon’s study; you decide!)

That’ll do it for today’s entry, my friends! I have screamed my possum AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAs into the void and perhaps your table will one day host the tent of Burjat Yon and the strange texts that explain how to make your own such gateways. Hopefully it seems useful and fun as a diversion anyway. I’ll see you round these parts again soon, as we are entering the final days of RPGaDay 2026.