the mana loss is an extra unwanted bonus but that message has replaced the
"your spell has interrupted" message you usually get.

-----Original Message-----
From: mstokes <mstokes@...>
To: eq_wizards@onelist.com <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Your gate is unstable and closes

>From: mstokes <mstokes@...>
>
>"Your gate is unstable and closes" I've gotten this message a couple of
>times now (since the last patch) Has anybody else gotten this? Has it
>been that way since day one, and I've just been lucky until now?
>It's happened 3 or 4 times to me so far. Once when it was a life or
>death situation. I died and it really pissed me off. I did a shadow
>step then a gate. The gate went through the complete casting time, used
>100 mana, did the graphics, and then came up with that message.
>
>Malkin
>
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