kirion wrote:- Create as many slave keys as you need for you and your friends from your master key. With those, you will be able to open doors from inside but not from outside. When you need to enter your base, just use your "teleport to hearthfire" ability.
I know it's a security no-no, but I have always made an inward facing gate so that way I can get inside in a hurry if I can't hearth home. Just make sure you don't lose the key. If you lose the key, change the lock immediately. If you get in a chase and can't get home, dump the key in the water so you don't die with it on you; this goes whether by beast or player. Immediately make a new lock after getting back home, whether that be inheriting or just hearthing home after being KO'd.