Portal Projectile
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 Portal Projectile
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| Level | 3 |
| School1 | Translocation |
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| Casting noise | 3 |
| Spell noise | see ranged combat noise |
| This spell allows the caster to teleport fired or thrown missile directly to their targets for a short duration, spending an additional small amount of magic for each shot. Teleported projectiles have their accuracy (but not damage) greatly improved. |
Portal Projectile is a level 3 Translocations spell which grants your ranged weapons smite-targeting, allowing you to attack any target in your line of sight regardless of units in between, and with substantially increased accuracy. Alternatively, it allows you to teleport any item in your possession with similar targeting. Each ranged attack while Portal Projectile is active costs 1 additional MP; if you run out of MP, your projectiles travel normally until you regain MP.
All walls block Portal Projectile, even if you can see through them.
Strategy
- Its low spell level makes it easy for most characters to master. Any player focused on ranged attacks can benefit from it.
- Portal Projectile makes taking out summoners hiding behind a pack of summoned fodder easy. Even better is when you have your own pack of summons and you can still fire without risk of hitting them.
- Alternatively, if you can pin a weak monster between yourself and something dangerous, you can pelt the threat while it waits patiently for the weak foe to get out of the way.
- The item teleporation ability offers some interesting, if convoluted, attack options, such as sending a potion of poison out and then casting Ignite Poison.
- While most ammo brands will still function as normal with this spell, the returning and penetration brands are disabled.
Monster Version
The following monsters can cast Portal Projectile:
