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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6313974" data-attributes="member: 82106">I think in general what you have to say is "the rules are just guidelines". Nobody faults AD&D for its many weird rules interactions because no AD&D DM would let a rule be misapplied to the narrative, and any gaps aren't commented on as they are just considered "things for the DM to deal with". 4e is no different. A partially silvered mirror is just a question for the DM. Likewise its a question for the DM just how much advantage in terms of stealthy sneaking around Fey Step is to an eladrin thief (here I would note that the 4e stealth rules are quite open-ended and rely a lot on DM judgement OUTSIDE OF COMBAT). I'd be perfectly willing to let such a thief teleport BEHIND his victim and get a stealth check even though in combat he'd be in the open, and then try to sneak away without even being noticed. I agree, a human rogue could try the same sort of trick without teleporting, but he might not get the same opportunities since he'd have to make sure to work his way around out of the target's line of sight first, and the eladrin could bamf from any direction (albeit from close by). There are definitely advantages to being able to teleport, and some interesting social conventions that might arise, but I just don't see it as all that big a deal. If we can swallow that flying, healing, raising, curing, and all sorts of augury and divination have left society recognizably similar to historical equivalents then its not really a big pill to swallow to say that 25' range LOS teleportation once every 5 minutes won't shatter it either. Frankly very few of us are imaginative enough and have enough energy to dream up a completely alien society anyway. If its that huge an issue then just banish eladrin from the game, make them some sort of distant NPC race, non-existent, too rare to build cities, etc. Heck, you can still have one be a PC, the character is just unique. Maybe he's Corum, the very last of an ancient and decadent race! Or just take away Fey Step and give them some other thing instead if you really really want to, though honestly bamf! is kind of a unique shtick...</blockquote>

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