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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ciaran" data-source="post: 2910978" data-attributes="member: 756">Better than Dimension Door?  You are aware that Dimension Door lets you 1) pass through walls and other obstructions, and 2) take the entire party with you, right?Reasonable enough.  I suppose the inherent flexibility of any kind of teleportation merits a 2nd-level minimum.  It just feels odd to put such a minor instantaneous-travel spell at level 2, when the level 1 movement spells (Expeditious Retreat and Jump) each have a 1 minute/level duration.I think I'll split the difference and merge the two into a single Spatial Step spell: level 2, with a range of Medium.Finger of Death damages the target even if he fails the Will save, and some high-level opponents have the wherewithal to survive on other planes.  And since Acid Fog and Delayed Blast Fireball are area-effect damage spells rather than targeted save-or-die spells, I have no idea why you're bringing them into the discussion.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Fair enough, it's overkill.  Options include:1) Send the target to a random plane;2) Send the target to a random Prime Material Plane;3) Send the target elsewhere on the same plane.I'm probably going to go with #3.The -4 encourages the caster to send Prime Material targets elsewhere on the Prime Material, rather than to the Plane of Fire or wherever.  But in retrospect, that's a poor design decision.Here's an alternative version of the spell:ExileConjuration (Teleportation)Level: Wizard 7Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 standard actionRange: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)Target: One creatureDuration: InstantaneousSaving Throw: Will negatesSpell Resistance: YesThis spell banishes the subject to a random location on the same plane of existence.  You may indicate a general destination, in which case the target appears 1 to 100 miles (d%) from that location; otherwise, the destination is entirely random.  The target will not appear in a place that is actively hostile to human life (i.e. high above the ground, at the bottom of the ocean, or inside solid rock).</blockquote>

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