Force Bolt

Skill Details

Spell Books: Tome of Force
Granted By: Belweir
Prerequisites: None

Mana Cost: 10
Experience Cost: 0

Encyclopedia

A bolt of pure force is created and slammed forward with devastating effect. While the range is very short, it is more than made up for with the power. Many objects are instantly shattered by the strength of this spell.

Description

Fires a ray that deals 4 physical damage to whatever it strikes. It has a maximum range of 1, so it cannot bounce off walls. It will also cause "knockback" -- either the target or the caster will be pushed 1 square away from the other:

• First, if either (but not both) of the two does not have room to move in that direction, the other will be knocked back. Walls block motion, liquid tiles (water, lava, acid) do not.
• If both could move, but one creature is smaller than the other (strength is not checked), the smaller one gets knocked back.
• Otherwise, each creature has an equal chance to be knocked back.

The real usefulness of this spell lies in its other effects:

• It will shatter closed doors and destroy them. This works even if the door is invisible, and can be a useful, somewhat costly way of searching for hidden doors.
• It will shatter viewports, causing a vacuum to suck you outside.
• It will shatter both Forest and Forest Fire tiles. These shatter tiles will create 8 arrows, and throw one in each of the 8 directions. They will fly until they strike a wall or enemy. This can be a useful way to create artifact arrows.
• It will shatter boulders into a stack of rocks, between 3 and 8 of them.
• It will shatter the petrified statue of a creature, creating between 2 and 4 rocks, and giving an XP reward for 'killing' the creature.
• Note that a force bolt will not break ice.