Blades Runner
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Joined: Tuesday, 11th December 2018, 19:14
Player distortion brand --> no TP
That is not the case for TP. Teleport other is a beneficial optional spell, but spamming this effect constantly is annoying. You either lose XP or hunt down the monsters. Cases where teleporting the monster creates additional danger for the player rather than reducing it are very rare.
This is in contrast to monster distortion. A random monster getting tossed somewhere else in the level isn't threatening to the player, but the PLAYER getting warped elsewhere in the level might be more dangerous than even banishment, depending on how far along in the game it is. So this is a reasonable thing to leave on as a threat.
Annoyance should not be a primary deterrent from using something. I'm neutral on whether it's better to simply increase the odds of other brand effects or simply replace "teleport other" effect with "nothing" for player distortion. Either serves the purpose as far as I'm concerned.