Caravans (PWH)

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A simple, relatively safe method of planar travel, particularly to or from Sigil, is to hook up with a caravan of merchants. These cutters know safe portals and paths, and the dark of their travel routes and destinations. They know where to stop to rest and where to hurry past quickly.
Caravans often use paths and even the Great Road, although they'll use faster portals if they know where to find them. Merchants tend to avoid conduits, as it's sometimes difficult to carry large amount of cargo through them quickly and gently. Many planar merchants have standing deals with boatmen on Oceanus and the Styx to provide transport down these plane-spanning rivers. Others garnish guardians and other potentially dangerous sorts to allow safe passage.
Traveling with a caravan usually requires some kind of compensation, often in the form of service to the merchants as guards or even workhands. Sometimes a bit of good old fashioned jink allows a basher to tail along with a caravan, no questions asked, no responsibilities given.