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Word of Recall is monsters-only spell which teleports a random band of human intelligence creatures to the caster. The spell takes 30 auts to fully cast, however, so if you can disable the caster, the spell will not take effect. It is also subject to a breath timer, so it cannot be cast repeatedly. The following methods allow you to interrupt Word of Recall:

Silence and Waterlog
Engulf-flavour attacks (such as from a water elemental)
Yara's Violent Unravelling
Paralysis
Confusion
Frenzy
Fear
Sleep, through Ensorcelled Hibernation or otherwise
Full petrification
A wand of polymorph
Killing the caster

The following enemies cast Word of Recall:

p Ironbound convoker

It can also be cast on you as an effect of a Zot trap.

History

Prior to 0.27, this spell couldn't be interrupted by Yara's Violent Unravelling.
Prior to 0.17, curare had an asphyxiation effect that could block or interrupt Word of Recall.
Prior to 0.14, this spell had no breath timer.
Word of Recall was added in 0.12.

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 '''Word of Recall''' is monsters-only spell which teleports a random band of human intelligence creatures to the caster. The spell takes 30 [[aut]]s to fully cast, however, so if you can disable the caster, the spell will not take effect. It is also subject to a [[breath]] timer, so it cannot be cast repeatedly. The following methods allow you to interrupt Word of Recall:
-*[[Silence]]
+*[[Silence]] and [[Waterlog]]
+*[[Engulf]]-flavour attacks (such as from a [[water elemental]])
 *[[Yara's Violent Unravelling]]
-*A [[water elemental]]'s drowning attack
 *[[Paralysis]]
 *[[Confusion]]