Are Teleport spells broken?

[DarakuGato]

I cast them, but all it says is, "The air around you vibrates." and then nothing happens at all.

[ephang]

It take some turn to active after that message. Just run around or do other thing to pass turn.

[AvG]

return makes you vibrate, if it was successfully cast it will open a window asking which city you want to go to, usually just your recent dungeons and your home.
evacutate makes you vibrate too, like return they take up to 10? turns to activate. the message about vibrating means its going to complete properly, and u can cancel it by casting the spell again if you change your mind.

[Iyasenu]

Yeah, it's just got a delay.
Make sure not to cast it while the air is tensing up, or it'll return the air to normal, cancelling the spell.

Just cast it and... I dunno, run around, or meditate, or just click on yourself to Wait and pass turns until the teleport happens.

[gimmethegepgun]

As the others said, you have to spend some turns. It's so that you can't easily use those to escape a perilous fight. That's what the Teleport spell/scroll is for, to move somewhere else in the level that hopefully isn't as dangerous.

[Dirty Old Man]

You also might have items equipped that prevent you from being teleported(and yes, that means that tp by a spell is a bust too, although Return and Evacuation are not affected)

[DarakuGato]

So it's not instant like it used to be? I know the scrolls were few ticks after you used them, but the spell teleport and short teleport were instant. So was that changed recently, or how can I tell what is causing that. I'm not failing to cast it either. Sucks, it was a great way to escape if I got surrounded.

[Iyasenu]

Originally posted by DarakuGato:

So it's not instant like it used to be? I know the scrolls were few ticks after you used them, but the spell teleport and short teleport were instant. So was that changed recently, or how can I tell what is causing that. I'm not failing to cast it either. Sucks, it was a great way to escape if I got surrounded.

Oh, Teleport and Short Teleport are instant, and just move you somewhere else on the current map.
But, they aren't the spells that create the "The air around you starts to tense up." message.
That's from the Return/Evacuation spells, which aren't instant and will transport you after a delay.

[Sebastian]

you do get a "the air vibrates" or simmilar message when a telleport fails due to equipment whit "it prevents teleportation".

[Iyasenu]

Originally posted by Sebastian:

you do get a "the air vibrates" or simmilar message when a telleport fails due to equipment whit "it prevents teleportation".

I had no idea that was even an effect you could get on equipment.
Haven't run into that, yet.
What a double-edged effect that must be.

But, this must've been what was happening.

[Akameka]

Originally posted by Iyasenu:

Originally posted by Sebastian:

you do get a "the air vibrates" or simmilar message when a telleport fails due to equipment whit "it prevents teleportation".

I had no idea that was even an effect you could get on equipment.
Haven't run into that, yet.
What a double-edged effect that must be.

But, this must've been what was happening.

Yeah, so is 'it prevent mutations'. Works for bad and good ones. If you drink a blessed potion of mutation with such equipment, you are basically wasting it.

It's not too much of a problem though. Just unequip when you intend to teleport

[Iyasenu]

Originally posted by Akameka:

Originally posted by Iyasenu:

I had no idea that was even an effect you could get on equipment.
Haven't run into that, yet.
What a double-edged effect that must be.

But, this must've been what was happening.

Yeah, so is 'it prevent mutations'. Works for bad and good ones. If you drink a blessed potion of mutation with such equipment, you are basically wasting it.

It's not too much of a problem though. Just unequip when you intend to teleport

Haha, I've ran into this one, at least.
I wasn't paying attention, and was trying to give an ally a blessed mutation potion, and hadn't noticed one of their equipment pieces had that effect.

[DarakuGato]

Originally posted by Sebastian:

you do get a "the air vibrates" or simmilar message when a telleport fails due to equipment whit "it prevents teleportation".

That's exactly what it was. I didn't even check my accessories and it's a necklace I have that has it. T_T I feel pretty stupid hahahaha, but thank you all for your time and help!!!