Talk:Spellbook of force bolt

Range

Is there any data on how far a force bolt travels? Yidda 23:03, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I've seen a force bolt regularly hit 5 direct squares away, but I've also seen it reach only two diagonal squares. Yidda 05:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Does force bolt do shock damage? No One Special 11:25, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

No, it's magic damage. -Tjr 11:35, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Force bolt and nymphs

I disagree somewhat with suggestions that killing Nymphs with force bolt is a 'Bad Idea'. I think that it should be the last choice of ranged attack, but also that an awake nymph should be dealt with wherever possible. A luck penalty is much less infuriating, and more manageable than the potential consequences of a your inventory items being used against you.--PeterGFin 23:35, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Well, force-bolting nymphs is definitely a worse idea than leaving them asleep. Once it is running around, I usually kill it by whatever means, especially if I don't have a light source. -Tjr 04:00, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

Ok, perhaps the advice against force bolt was targeting the kind of people who haven't memorized what turn Luck exactly times out etc. -Tjr 04:01, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

It's also worth noting that Force Bolts cast by the player do not respect magic reflection. This can be very important if you're in a situation like I was just earlier today, with a pet-woken nymph stealing your amulet of reflection and your damned Magicbane. 71.199.74.75 18:57, May 12, 2010 (UTC)