Blades of Exile Portal Tricks


    There are some tricks that you can use to make more interesting portals in BoE. A simple way to do so? Make the portal lead to another town instead of the same town. It's super duper easy, but I don't seem to see it much. To do it, use a stairway node on the portal (do not use a generic stairway node; the results will make you look like a moron.) Type in some text like 'You've found a portal' or something.

    That's not all. You can also make a portal 'inactive' (that is, to make it not work properly until the party does something or gets a certain item.) I am working on a scenario called 'Final Battle' where you encounter a portal at the 1st warp gate. To go through it, you need to ask the altar east of the portal to make it active. Asking the altar triggers a 'Give special item' node. The item lets you enter the portal. You can also use a SDF to do this. It's even possible to use this with a stairway, though you'll need to be much more creative in why you can't go through.

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