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To me, this brought to mind the teleport patterns in the Riftwar. Locations would set up patterns that you could focus on to teleport there. If you knew a location well enough (Pug knew the pattern of cobblestones in his home town) you could just focus on that pattern.

In that case, the target "circle" didn't depend on a combination, but only repeated shape or series of shapes. I don't think that there were any duplicate patterns mentioned, but I believe the mage was also focused on the actual location, so even with a duplicate pattern you should still travel to your target.

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I would say the cost of teleportation, and the lack of location glyphs, would keep players from using it at low level but make it more viable at high level.

COST
From Circle to Circle, same plane - 85gp
From Place to Circle, same plane - 135gp
From Circle to Circle, other plane - 4,950gp
From Place to Circle, other plane - 5,000gp
From Circle to Place, same plane - 49,000gp
From Place to Place, same plane - 50,000gp

I was reading threads about teleportation and came across this quote, which sounded different that how I remembered reading the descriptions. So I reread the PH section. I didn't notice a correction in the thread, so I'll post it now.

Having a pair of circles for Linked Portal reduces the cost to 50gp, not by 50gp (to 85gp). The same wording applies to Planar Portal, as well, to that one also drops to 50gp. For True Portal, the reduction is to 1,000gp.

Here's a revised summary of the COSTS
From Circle to Circle, any plane - 50gp
From Place to Circle, same plane - 135gp
From Circle to Place, same plane - 1,000gp
From Place to Circle, other plane - 5,000gp
From Place to Place, same plane - 50,000gp (ie 3e Teleport).

So traveling to a known circle is quite affordable (definately for PCs and can likely be assumed to be used to transport low bulk / high value items and for "jetsetting" nobility).

At least partially repeating what has been mentioned in this thread, Circle placement and the possibility of hiding its symbols have large security implications. I'll leave out the True Portal from these considerations, because if you have a level 28+ being trying to get in, its going to get in.

Any guards on the target end will get very little warning (ie Portal opens and things pour out). Perhaps halfway through the ritual, it is noticeable that a Portal is forming (ie Stargate powering up)?

A hostile force will not be sending an army through the gate, though a squad of "elite" troops could do so. They won't be getting any reinforcements for at least 10 minutes though, assuming same origin point. If several casters are creating "Place to Circle" portals (or they have multiple origin circles), you very well might end up with a larger scale invasion. Perhaps a circle can only be used once in a 10 minute timeframe (if you try connecting to a circle that someone else is already performing the ritual for, you get a busy signal)?

Circle placement will very likely be placed towards the outer layers of any defenses. Placing it outside of those defenses will just be giving a besieging army a "no supply line required" card, while placing it too deep within the defenses just gives you an additional location to that requires defending. A city with a Circle could have it near its wall, in a large enclosure. Fortifications would be in place, though usually just manned with a "watchman" type force (nearby garison or main gate guards would be available if back up is needed). Any temple or guild who set up their own Circle within the town would likely have their charter revoked.

The above assumes that these Circles cannot really be hidden. Even if the symbols on the Circle itself can be obscured or hidden, anyone witnessing someone use Link Portal will have 10 minutes of observation to learn the symbols. Even with circles that are only used within a guild, you can never be sure that someone, somewhere, doesn't know your combination, and Telepaths (when available) will likely be able to pick up such information fairly easily. Perhaps the Arcane Lock or another, similar, ritual (with an increased component cost) could disable a Circle until dismissed?

Can powers extend through a Portal? I'd swear I read something about something similar, but none of the Portals mention it.

Is there a power that makes two squares adjacent?