I was in the Dreamlands and I drew an OW card that said:
"Other: You've completed your task, but now you must escape before the portal closes! Pass a Speed (-2) check to return to Arkham. If you fail, you are lost in time and space. In either event, you automatically close the gate you entered through."
Now I assume that since it said I automatically closed the gate I could use my Elder Sign to seal it but I'm wondering whether that's correct.
I'm pretty sure it's been ruled that with that encounter you're out of luck for sealing. 
The Elder Sign needs to be used in the Arkham Encounters phase, and that event happens during the Other World Encounters phase. At least I think that's how it goes. You can't seal the gate, with clues or with elder signs.
Steve-O said:
The Elder Sign needs to be used in the Arkham Encounters phase, and that event happens during the Other World Encounters phase. At least I think that's how it goes. You can't seal the gate, with clues or with elder signs.
I thought that too but the Elder Sign says "Any Phase" so that's what made me think it would work.
The "Any Phase" is kind of a misprint. It's really only supposed to be used when you manually close a gate during the AE phase.
Tibs said:
The "Any Phase" is kind of a misprint. It's really only supposed to be used when you manually close a gate during the AE phase.
"Misprint" ::laughter:: I'm not sure if I'd describe it in exactly that word ;'D Maybe a two letter phrase that starts with F and ends with up.
"Fruit cup"
...?
Tibs said:
"Fruit cup"
...?
Don't be so obscene!