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| A Mistway is a type of path, usually located close to a [[domain]]'s border, leading through a bank of [[Ravenloft]]'s [[mists]], that may or may not deposit the traveller where he was expecting to go. Mistways vary in reliability to requiring a specific trigger to activate. Mistways can lead to literally anywhere, even providing an escape from the Demiplane itself (which, of course, is exceedingly rare.) A traveler making use of a mistway located in icy reaches of [[Vorostokov]] may find themselves, moments later, in the searing desert domain of [[Har'Akir]].
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| Traveling a mistway is not as dangerous as just blindly entering the mists, but it's not entirely safe, either. Only the [[Vistani]] and [[Mist Ferryman|Mist Ferrymen]] can expect to reach the desired destination at the other end of the mistway.
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| Several Mistways have been identified by the denizens of the Demiplane, however given their shaky reliability, only the more brave, foolhardy, or exceptionally desperate will make use of them.
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| ==Types of Mistways==
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| '''Permanent Mistways:''' A good number of these mistways have been discovered and documented by explorers, and their reliability ranges from reasonable to dangerously unreliable. Below is a listing of know, and oft-used Mistways.
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| '''Temporal Mistways''' These mistways are triggered by seasonal, astronomical, and time-based events. Some may only operate in the summer, or some may operate only during an eclipse, etc etc.
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| '''Conditional Mistways''' Mistways that are triggered by entirely random events. A mistway may only operate for the undead, or a mistway may only open for someone who has never failed a [[powers check]], for example.
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| '''Ritual Mistways''' These are always triggered by some evil act, and the more atrocious the act, the better of a chance the mistway will open and operate correctly. Considering the nature of these horrible paths, some are simply one-way trips to a [[pocket domain]] awaiting a new evil master.
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| ==Known Permanent Mistways==
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| '''[[The Bleak Road]]: Southeastern [[Nova Vaasa]] to [[Vorostokov]]'''
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| 2-way, poor reliability.
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| '''[[The Emerald Stream]]: Northern [[Sea of Sorrows]] to eastern [[Sri Raji]]'''
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| 2-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[The Heretic's Egress]]: Southwestern [[G'henna]] to North-central [[Darkon]]'''
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| 2-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[The Jackal's Ruse]]: East-Central [[Nocturnal Sea]] to Western [[Har'Akir]]'''
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| 1-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[Leviathan's Clutches]]: West-Central [[Sea of Sorrows]] to Western [[Saragoss]]'''
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| 1-way, excellent reliability.
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| '''[[Outlander's Gate]]: [[Prime Material Plane]] to Southern [[Barovia]]'''
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| Poor reliability, one way. Serves only to draw outsiders to the Demiplane.
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| '''[[The Path of Innocence]]: Southern [[Valachan]] to Northern [[Odiare]]'''
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| One-way, Poor reliability.
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| '''[[The Road of a Thousand Secrets]]: Southern [[Hazlan]] to Southeastern [[Pharazia]]'''
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| Two-way, moderate reliability
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| '''[[The Serpent's Coils]]: Eastern [[Nova Vaasa]] to [[Paridon]]'''
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| Two-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[The Shrouded Way]]: Northwestern [[Darkon]] to Southern [[Paridon]]'''
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| Two-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[Via Corona]]: Northwestern [[Darkon]] to Eastern [[Nidala]]'''
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| Two-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[The Wake of the Loa]]: Northwestern [[Nocturnal Sea]] to Northern [[Souragne]]'''
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| Two-way, moderate reliability.
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| '''[[The Way of Venomous Tears]]: Southwestern [[Sea of Sorrows]] to Northeastern [[Rokushima Taiyoo]]'''
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| Two-way, poor reliability.
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| ==Known Temporal Mistways==
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| '''[[Mount Frost]] ([[Rokushima Taiyoo]]) to City of [[Anhalla]] in [[Sebua]]'''
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| Possibly 2-way, requires a snowstorm to exist in Rokushima Taiyoo at the same time of a sandstorm in Sebua
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| ==Known Ritual Mistways==
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| '''Oak of Screams: Invidia to Unknown destination'''
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| One-way, requires the heart of an innocent during the full moon to operate.
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| [[Category:mistway]]
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