Town Portal
A Town Portal is a specific spell that opens a portal to the closest Horadrim magical gateway. Most people would need this spell written down on a Scroll to use it, as it's very complicated to learn.
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Diablo 3 Town Portal
There will be a lot less Town Portals in Diablo 3, and exactly how they will work is unknown. 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 common, or with a cooldown. We will know more closer to release.
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 Demons. With but a thought, the Crusaders of the Light could transport themselves to predetermined destinations many leagues apart.
It's likely that there are Waypoints with additional magic infused into them to allow the use of a Town Portal spell to the vicinity of that Waypoint. A Waypoint located at a former Horadrim fortress or settlement site could be what enables Town Portal spells to bring you there. If this is the case, it might be possible for a Sorcerer with enough skill to use a similar spell to teleport directly to a Waypoint.
It could also be a completely different set of teleportation nodes, besides the actual Waypoint network, made specifically for retreating back to the nearest safe place, and nothing else.
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.
Known Town Portal Gateways
- Tristram Cathedral - Gateway probably working
- Rogue Encampment - Unknown status
- Lut Gholein - Unknown status
- Kurast Docks - Unknown status
- Pandemonium Fortress - Unknown status
- Harrogath - Unknown status, possibly destroyed when Mount Arreat exploded.
Speculated Town Portal Gateways
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