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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6309837" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Engineering-wise, this refrain strikes me as a tempest in a teapot.&nbsp; - Any regularly trafficked area that would require emergency entrance or egress would be completely unaffected by the cultural dynamic personal, short range teleport on a 5 minute schedule.&nbsp; If stairs/doors/elevators were only usable on a 5 minute schedule, the structure would never pass a code inspection. A singular catastrophic event that required orderly and immediate egress would cost significant loss of life with subsequent philosophy changes on infrastructure.- Defensive battlements could only be vertically staged (taking advantage of the mobility) if military units strictly forbade the liberal usage of Feystep. It would either be the purview of a commander who is mobilizing strategic withdraw/advance as a unit or the Eladrin military would be a chaotic free for all.- Eladrin prisons could make easy use of blindfolds, long or steep cells, and manacles.5 minute scheduling is just way too long to have significant implications for the engineering philosophy that underwrites the infrastructure and city planning for an extremely large, even if lacking diversity, social body.&nbsp; Might there be some vertical, recreational flourishes (such as decks only accessible by 30 ft teleport or earthmote access)? Of course. But any breathless hand-ringing over it strikes me as fanciful, I'll-informed silliness that is probably more edition war curve fitting than it is serious, objective analysis. I'm sure I could easily examine any number of non 4e core races and find some real challenges to infrastructure and city planning credulity. If I was so inclined. Which I'm not. Because this is a recreational fantasy game. If I can look past dragons, giants, and Arthropods 50 - 100 times the size of a chicken, I can handle Eladrins as a core race.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 6309837, member: 6696971"] Engineering-wise, this refrain strikes me as a tempest in a teapot. - Any regularly trafficked area that would require emergency entrance or egress would be completely unaffected by the cultural dynamic personal, short range teleport on a 5 minute schedule. If stairs/doors/elevators were only usable on a 5 minute schedule, the structure would never pass a code inspection. A singular catastrophic event that required orderly and immediate egress would cost significant loss of life with subsequent philosophy changes on infrastructure. - Defensive battlements could only be vertically staged (taking advantage of the mobility) if military units strictly forbade the liberal usage of Feystep. It would either be the purview of a commander who is mobilizing strategic withdraw/advance as a unit or the Eladrin military would be a chaotic free for all. - Eladrin prisons could make easy use of blindfolds, long or steep cells, and manacles. 5 minute scheduling is just way too long to have significant implications for the engineering philosophy that underwrites the infrastructure and city planning for an extremely large, even if lacking diversity, social body. Might there be some vertical, recreational flourishes (such as decks only accessible by 30 ft teleport or earthmote access)? Of course. But any breathless hand-ringing over it strikes me as fanciful, I'll-informed silliness that is probably more edition war curve fitting than it is serious, objective analysis. I'm sure I could easily examine any number of non 4e core races and find some real challenges to infrastructure and city planning credulity. If I was so inclined. Which I'm not. Because this is a recreational fantasy game. If I can look past dragons, giants, and Arthropods 50 - 100 times the size of a chicken, I can handle Eladrins as a core race. [/QUOTE]

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