Shoals Surfer
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Joined: Tuesday, 12th November 2013, 05:04
Proposal: Rename Iron Shot to Stone Javelin or Iron Javelin
1) The graphic animation looks like a crossbow bolt firing.
2) The English definition of shot, are small pellets, like what is in a shotgun shell. (that's why its called a "shot"gun)
3) If you fire a shotgun, you are not likely to miss, instead you are likely partially hit a target, and also there would be more of a cone shaped damage area (at range, or if it is a sawed off shotgun)
The reason to change it to Stone Javelin is simple. Javelin is the most powerful throwing weapon in the game, and presently there is no spell to simulate it. It would be cool to replace the "bolt" graphic with the "javelin" graphic, because the magic does not behave has other bolt magic, since it is single-target.
Alternatively, we could also call this spell "Stone Spear" since it has similar behaviour to Lehudib's Crystal Spear.
What do you like better, Stone Javelin or Stone Spear?