ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

im finished in one of the early dungeons as an alchemist and i tried using the rod of recall

it fires and everything but nothing happens, im still sitting on level 3

from reading the wiki and item desc it sounds like i should be ported to the top of the world map instantly?

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

thanks

It doesn't fire instantly - it takes 40 turns before it returns you to the world map, to stop you using it as an escape mechanism from a bad fight. You should see a countdown on the side of the screen where your buffs are.

Just 'R'est until the timer finishes to be returned out.

When you use it, you'll notice a new icon appears in the area of your screen containing effects on your character (probably the upper-right). It shows the number of turns left before you actually Recall.