Gem Portal

[jacobdm]

I created an alchemist, and I recently got the "gem portal" skill. When I use it, nothing seems to happen, except the skill goes on cooldown, and I loose 5 alchemical gems. How do I use this to actually move?

[Freddybear]

Stand next to a wall when you invoke it, and you can walk right through the wall, as long as there is open space on the other side (within a certain number of spaces).

[Chunes]

I'm pretty sure it's bugged, though. It doesn't always work like it should.

[jacobdm]

So the distance it states for the skill is the distance you travel on the other side of the obstacle? Assuming there is space...

[Frumple]

Yes, jac.

As for it being bugged, Chunes, th'only thing that should be screwing it up is trying to portal through or in a vault, which can cause problems (i.e. it tries to go all the way through the vault no-teleport area, and usually doesn't have the range to do that.). It also won't land you in a square something else is in, requiring the talent to either go another space forward or, if there's no room directly opposite the critter, to keep going, most likely either hitting the edge of the map (which causes the talent to fail) or extending the teleport beyond the talent's range.

Gem portal is, fairly literally, nothing more or less than a one-shot Probability Travel. Any problems with one is going to be problems with the other.

But if there's something else going on, please report it Poor alchies really need what little natural escape options they have.

[jacobdm]

Yeah, it does seem to work that way. Thank you for the information!