Bolt spells - Revision history

Ge0ff: /* Lightning Bolt */ monsters' LB is full LOS too

2024-01-27T20:33:54Z

‎Lightning Bolt: monsters' LB is full LOS too

Ge0ff: Quicksilver Bolt's range is LOS_RADIUS

2024-01-27T20:31:39Z

Quicksilver Bolt's range is LOS_RADIUS

Qqqqwe2: whoopsie

2024-01-26T00:32:36Z

whoopsie

Qqqqwe2: fix numbers

2024-01-26T00:28:34Z

fix numbers

Hordes: /* Player-Castable */

2023-06-14T04:23:23Z

‎Player-Castable

Hordes: remove mentions of player casting, at this point its useless

2023-06-14T04:23:01Z

remove mentions of player casting, at this point its useless

Ge0ff: the range-reduction mechanic is no more

2023-05-08T15:06:57Z

the range-reduction mechanic is no more

Hordes: /* Player-Castable */

2023-05-08T04:08:13Z

‎Player-Castable

Hordes: final nail in the coffin

2023-05-05T01:45:18Z

final nail in the coffin

Hordes: /* History/Trivia */

2023-03-15T18:36:25Z

‎History/Trivia

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 *Deals [[electricity]] damage
 *Can bounce off walls; [[multizap]]s
-*Range 7
+*Full [[LOS]] range
 ===[[Bolt of Magma]]===

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 Almost all bolt spells have been removed from player libraries, although there are a few spells that create bolts:
-* [[Plasma Beam]]
+*[[Plasma Beam]]
-* [[Shock]]
+*[[Shock]]
-* [[Starburst]]
+*[[Starburst]]
 ==[[Evocable]]==
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 *Deals irresistible damage
 *Strips [[potion of cancellation|cancellable]] enchantments from targets
-*Range 6
+*Full [[LOS]] range
 ===[[Venom Bolt]]===
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 ==History/Trivia==
-*[[Energy Bolt]] was reworked into [[Bolt of Devastation]] in [[0.31]]
+*In [[0.31]], [[Energy Bolt]] was reworked into [[Bolt of Devastation]].
 *In [[0.30]], [[Lightning Bolt]] was made monster and Makhleb only, removing the last player-castable bolt spell.
 *In [[0.29]], the [[wand of quicksilver]] and [[wand of light]] were added as [[alternate items|alternatives]] for the [[wand of acid]]. Each game can have only one "bolt" wand type now.

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 *Can bounce off walls; [[multizap]]s
-Major Destruction can also fire Corrosive Bolt. All of the bolts created by Greater Destruction have a range of 7 (screen-wide).
+Major Destruction can also fire Corrosive Bolt. All bolts created by Major Destruction have a range of 7 (screen-wide).
 ==Monster==
 ===[[Bolt of Fire]]===
-*Deals [[fire]] damage
+*Deals pure [[fire]] damage
 *Range 6
 ===[[Bolt of Cold]]===
-*Deals [[cold]] damage
+*Deals pure [[cold]] damage
 *Range 5
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 ==History/Trivia==
-*Energy Bolt was reworked into Bolt of Devastation in [[0.31]]
+*[[Energy Bolt]] was reworked into [[Bolt of Devastation]] in [[0.31]]
 *In [[0.30]], [[Lightning Bolt]] was made monster and Makhleb only, removing the last player-castable bolt spell.
 *In [[0.29]], the [[wand of quicksilver]] and [[wand of light]] were added as [[alternate items|alternatives]] for the [[wand of acid]]. Each game can have only one "bolt" wand type now.

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-{{version030}}
+{{version031}}
-The '''Bolt spells''' are a series of spells which all function similarly, hitting multiple targets along its line of fire.  Although there is some variance in their damage output and range, they all behave in nearly the same fashion.
+The '''Bolt spells''' are a series of spells which all function similarly, hitting multiple targets along its line of fire.  Although there is some variance in their damage output and range, they all behave in nearly the same fashion. [[Repel missiles]] is less effective at repelling bolt projectiles.
 Players no longer have access to any "traditional" bolt spell in their spell library, though bolts are still accessible through other ways.
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 ===[[Bolt of Fire]]===
 *Deals [[fire]] damage
 ===[[Bolt of Magma]]===
 *Deals partially irresistible [[fire]] damage
 ===[[Bolt of Draining]]===
 *Deals [[negative energy]] damage
 *Inflicts [[draining]]
 *Also available through Nemelex's [[pain card]]
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 *Deals [[electricity]] damage
 *Can bounce off walls; [[multizap]]s
-Major Destruction can also fire Corrosive Bolt.
+Major Destruction can also fire Corrosive Bolt. All of the bolts created by Greater Destruction have a range of 7 (screen-wide).
 ==Monster==
 ===[[Bolt of Fire]]===
 *Deals [[fire]] damage
-*Range 7
+*Range 6
 ===[[Bolt of Cold]]===
 *Deals [[cold]] damage
-*Range 6
+*Range 5
 ===[[Crystal Bolt]]===
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 *Deals [[negative energy]] damage
 *Inflicts [[draining]]
-*Range 6
+*Range 5
-===[[Energy Bolt]]===
+===[[Bolt of Devastation]]===
 *Deals irresistible damage
 *Range 7
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 *Deals [[electricity]] damage
 *Can bounce off walls; [[multizap]]s
-*Range 5-12 (depending on [[spell power]])
+*Range 7
 ===[[Bolt of Magma]]===
 *Deals partially irresistible [[fire]] damage
 ===[[Quicksilver Bolt]]===
 *Deals irresistible damage
 *Strips [[potion of cancellation|cancellable]] enchantments from targets
-*Range 7
+*Range 6
 ===[[Venom Bolt]]===
 *Deals partially irresistible [[poison]] damage
 *Inflicts poison.
-*Range 6
+*Range 5
 ==History/Trivia==
 *In [[0.30]], [[Lightning Bolt]] was made monster and Makhleb only, removing the last player-castable bolt spell.
 *In [[0.29]], the [[wand of quicksilver]] and [[wand of light]] were added as [[alternate items|alternatives]] for the [[wand of acid]]. Each game can have only one "bolt" wand type now.

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 ==Player-Castable==
-Almost all "bolt" spells have been removed from player libraries, although there are a few spells that create bolts:
+Almost all bolt spells have been removed from player libraries, although there are a few spells that create bolts:
 * [[Plasma Beam]]

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 {{version030}}
-The '''Bolt spells''' are a series of mid-level [[Conjurations]] spells which all function similarly, hitting multiple targets along a freely selectable line of effect. Although there is some variance in their damage output, range, and spell level, they all behave in nearly the same fashion. The majority of these spells have been removed from player libraries, but may still be accessible in other ways.
+The '''Bolt spells''' are a series of spells which all function similarly, hitting multiple targets along its line of fire.  Although there is some variance in their damage output and range, they all behave in nearly the same fashion.
 ==Player-Castable==
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 *In [[0.28]], Bolt of Magma was made monster and Makhleb only.
 *In [[0.27]], Makhleb's Major Destruction was made explicitly bolt-only.
 *Most bolt spells were removed from player's libraries in the positional magic update of [[0.25]]; [[Bolt of Fire]], [[Bolt of Cold]], [[Bolt of Draining]], and [[Venom Bolt]] were removed.
 *Prior to [[0.21]], the [[wand of lightning]] existed, which cast [[Lightning Bolt]].
 *Prior to [[0.20]], there were special evocable items called [[Rod|rods]]; the [[Rod of inaccuracy]] had a powerful but highly inaccurate bolt spell called [[Bolt of Inaccuracy]], and the [[Rod of ignition]] could fire a special version of Bolt of Fire named [[Explosive Bolt]].

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 ==Player-Castable==
-All "bolt" spells have been removed in the libraries, though there are a few spells that create bolts:
+All "bolt" spells have been removed from player libraries, though there are a few spells that create bolts:
 * [[Plasma Beam]]