Ice Thorns: Difference between revisions

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Trunk-only: This article pertains to a feature of Crawl which is being tested. It will likely change before the next release, and may even be removed entirely.

Ice Thorns
Level	1
School¹	Earth
School²	Ice
Source(s)	Book of Minor Magic
Casting noise	1
Spell noise	0
Power Cap	25
Range	LOS
Flags	Destructive, Needs target, Target

Causes a ring of sharp icy thorns to sprout from the ground around a targeted enemy. These thorns deal damage to any non-flying creature which steps on them and then crumble away.

The caster can step onto their own thorns without harm (but they will still crumble when doing so).

Ice Thorns is a level 1 Earth/Ice spell which creates a ring of ice thorns on the ground around a targeted monster. Those thorns do small amount of cold damage to anyone, stepping on them, except caster and then disappear. Flying creatures do not interact with ice thorns. If the caster steps on a tile with ice thorns, they are destroyed harmlessly.

Mystics start with this spell memorized.

Strategy

For a mystic, this spell synergizes well with the starting Vision talisman, as one can frequently cast it in LOS distance to create glimmer clouds for small amount of MP, which then could be triggered by stepping on them. Flying monsters in the early game are limited to bats, which are not especially dangerous.

History

In 0.35, Ice Thorns will be added into the game^[1]

References

↑ New level 1 Ice/Earth spell: Ice Thorns (0.35-g0969576)

[1] New level 1 Ice/Earth spell: Ice Thorns (0.35-g0969576)

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 {{spell info}}
-'''Ice Thorns''' is a level 1 [[Earth]]/[[Ice]] spell which creates a ring of ice thorns on the ground around a targeted monster. Those thorns do small amount of cold damage to anyone, stepping on them, except caster and then disappear. Flying creatures do not interact with ice thorns. If the caster steps on them they are destroyed harmlessly.
+'''Ice Thorns''' is a level 1 [[Earth]]/[[Ice]] spell which creates a ring of ice thorns on the ground around a targeted monster. Those thorns do small amount of cold damage to anyone, stepping on them, except caster and then disappear. Flying creatures do not interact with ice thorns. If the caster steps on a tile with ice thorns, they are destroyed harmlessly.
 [[Mystic]]s start with this spell memorized.
 ===Strategy===
-For mystic this spell synergizes well with starting [[Vision talisman]], as one can frequently cast it in LOS to create glimmer clouds for small amount of MP, which could be triggered later by stepping on them.
+For a mystic, this spell synergizes well with the starting [[Vision talisman]], as one can frequently cast it in LOS distance to create glimmer clouds for small amount of MP, which then could be triggered by stepping on them. Flying monsters in the early game are limited to [[bat]]s, which are not especially dangerous.
 ===History===