Dispersal (brand)

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This page describes the Dispersal brand. For the spell, see Dispersal.

It will cause any target it hits to blink, with a tendency towards blinking further away from the one who threw it.

The dispersal brand is only found on boomerangs. It causes ammunition to force enemies that it damages to blink semi-randomly, usually away from the shooter. It does not check willpower, however it must deal damage, and it fails against stationary monsters (e.g. statues, oklob plants).

Boomerangs of dispersal are single-use, and will always mulch after being thrown. On the plus side, mulched items deal +33% damage, meaning that dispersal boomerangs always get this damage bonus.

Tips & Tricks

• You don't need to keep dispersal missiles quivered to have easy access to them, and probably don't want to be using them for most fights anyway; just hit F and select them from your inventory to fire.
• You cannot target yourself with this effect.
• The fact that you need to damage your target to cause it to blink means that a stack of dispersal boomerangs is unlikely to help much against anything armoured or evasive, unless you've put some serious points into Throwing.

History

• In 0.31, dispersal brand will be moved from boomerangs to darts (which do not need to do damage to disperse).
• Prior to 0.30, mulched items did not deal extra damage.
• Prior to 0.24, tomahawks existed and could have this brand.
• Prior to 0.18, arrows could be branded, including with dispersal.
• Prior to 0.15, dispersal darts also existed.