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{{flavour|Anyone stepping on this trap will translocate themself and anyone else in view to a new location nearby. Hostile monsters may trigger this trap, but your allies will avoid stepping on it.}} | {{flavour|Anyone stepping on this trap will translocate themself and anyone else in view to a new location nearby. Hostile monsters may trigger this trap, but your allies will avoid stepping on it.}} | ||
| − | A '''dispersal trap''' is a magical [[trap]] that causes all actors (the player and monsters) in line of sight of the trap to [[blink]] when anything steps on the trap. | + | [[File:Dispersal trap.png]] A '''dispersal trap''' is a magical [[trap]] that causes all actors (the player and monsters) in line of sight of the trap to [[blink]] when anything steps on the trap. |
==Tips and Tricks== | ==Tips and Tricks== | ||
* Be careful to avoid letting anything step on one of these traps where being blinked could put you in a significantly worse position, such as having monsters trapped between you and your retreat path or the upstairs. | * Be careful to avoid letting anything step on one of these traps where being blinked could put you in a significantly worse position, such as having monsters trapped between you and your retreat path or the upstairs. | ||
* When there is only one monster around, and that monster is normal speed, you can use dispersal traps to your advantage to try to create a gap between you and the monster so that you can fire [[wand]]s or [[spell]]s or ranged weapons at them, or run away (in a similar manner to the [[Blink]] spell. This is not recommended for faster monsters, as they could catch you up as you run away and deal damage. | * When there is only one monster around, and that monster is normal speed, you can use dispersal traps to your advantage to try to create a gap between you and the monster so that you can fire [[wand]]s or [[spell]]s or ranged weapons at them, or run away (in a similar manner to the [[Blink]] spell. This is not recommended for faster monsters, as they could catch you up as you run away and deal damage. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
*Added in 0.23 as part of the [[trap]] rework. | *Added in 0.23 as part of the [[trap]] rework. | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 25 January 2019
Version 0.23: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Anyone stepping on this trap will translocate themself and anyone else in view to a new location nearby. Hostile monsters may trigger this trap, but your allies will avoid stepping on it. |
A dispersal trap is a magical trap that causes all actors (the player and monsters) in line of sight of the trap to blink when anything steps on the trap.
Tips and Tricks
- Be careful to avoid letting anything step on one of these traps where being blinked could put you in a significantly worse position, such as having monsters trapped between you and your retreat path or the upstairs.
- When there is only one monster around, and that monster is normal speed, you can use dispersal traps to your advantage to try to create a gap between you and the monster so that you can fire wands or spells or ranged weapons at them, or run away (in a similar manner to the Blink spell. This is not recommended for faster monsters, as they could catch you up as you run away and deal damage.
History
- Added in 0.23 as part of the trap rework.
