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A '''Town Portal''' is a specific spell that opens a portal to the closest [[Horadrim]] [[magic]]al gateway. Most people would need this This spell written down on a [[Scroll]] to use itwas learnable in Diablo I, as it's very complicated to learnbut could only be cast from scrolls in Diablo II. It is not found in Diablo III.
==Diablo 3 Town PortalPortals==There will be a lot less Town Portals are no town portals in Diablo III. The [[Diablo 3D3 Team]], and exactly how felt they will work is unknownwere an exploitive game mechanism that made it too easy to escape from danger. In Diablo III characters must stay in the [[WWI 2008]] [[gameplay video]], we saw a [[Barbarian]] finding and rescuing [[Deckard Cain]], and he returned back to town through a Town Portal, so it's likely that they will exist in some way. Possibly a lot less commonfight, or with a [[cooldown]]. We will know more closer try to releaseflee on foot.
To make travel easier in Diablo III, there are more [[Waypoint]]s than there were in Diablo II. There are also various conveniences to make it less necessary to return to town. These include the [[Scroll of Wealth]], the [[salvage cube]] and various conveniences from the merchant [[NPCs]] in the [[Caravan]].
Jay Wilson commented on this during an interview at Gamescom 2010: <ref> {{cite web | url =http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-gamona/ | title =Jay Wilson Interview @ Gamescom | accessdate = 2010-08-20 | quote = We’ve put in several things to offset the lack of Town Portals. }}</ref> ::'''''Gamona.de: '''There are no town portals in Diablo 3. What’s the alternative for easy travel?''::'''Jay Wilson: '''We’ve put in several things to offset the lack of Town Portals. The most obvious are more frequent Waypoints. These give players more opportunities to return to go back to town. We’ve also added salvaging to let players break items down into small parts that stack up in your inventory. We’ve also added a Scroll of Wealth that allows you to sell items right on location. ==Spell Background==
The Town Portal spell seems to be closely related to the [[Horadric]] [[Waypoint]] network, and work with similar magical components to the [[Teleport]] spell, however, it does not seem to require the same type of physical component as the runed stone of a Waypoint. The Brotherhood constructed numerous magical gateways between their mighty fortresses and settlements so that they could quickly concentrate their defences against any incursion by the [[Demon]]s. With but a thought, the Crusaders of the Light could transport themselves to predetermined destinations many leagues apart.
Although the secret of creating these gateways as well as the Waypoints has been long lost, it is still possible to use the pathways that are already in place. A Portal opened by means of this spell will always take the caster to the location of the nearest gate and remain open long enough to bring the caster back to his point of origin. The [[Tristram Cathedral]] is built upon the remains of a Horadrim monastery, and has at least in the past harboured a portal gateway nearby.
==References==
* [[Diablo I Manual]]
* [[Diablo II Manual]]
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