It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Scanlan Shorthalt, a gnome bard . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, They stumbled upon a small hive of basilisks that surrounded an obelisk of Ioun, which gave them their first clue as to the location where this sphinx could be found. They battled the basilisks, destroyed their underground hive, or at least the exit from it, via Fireballs and Stone Walls and other such endeavors.
DM: All right, Pike's going to stay up with you, since you have the bead right now and if worse comes to worst, she can help rush in and try and help at that point. All right, so who's doing what?
Player: I'm going to start casting the door.
DM: All right.
Player: And I'm going to do it back behind camp, on the treeline or whatever.
DM: Okay, back far this way?
Player: You know, just out of eyeshot of them.
DM: Okay, I'll put this little dice on the corner to represent where the door is.
