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Message: <blockquote data-quote="plisnithus8" data-source="post: 8588802" data-attributes="member: 6870553">It seems contradictory to say the definition of Teleport doesn’t doesn’t apply to the word teleport in Thunderstep while pulling the phrase “an instant” in as a synonym for “instantly.” If anything, “an instant” in your quote is relating to “instantaneous” duration, not “instantly” teleporting.It seems like you are saying your interpretation is RAW because you keep using RAW in your arguments.A spell only does what it says it does. The rules also don’t say a Tarrasque appears. No matter what I say, the spell doesn’t change the composition of air by RAW, even though as DM I can ignore RAW.The spell never uses the phrase “an instant” in regard to the speed of the teleport portion of the spell.The spell never mentions reappearance. It makes no distinction between the timing of teleport, disappearance, or reappearance.There is nothing in RAW that says teleport takes time. It says the entire spell happens “instantaneously.” Teleport happens instantly/immediately.But if there is a gap in disappear/reappear part of the spell, why wouldn’t there also be a gap in the boom/damage part? If you are going to create a gap that the description doesn’t mention, why would it only apply to part of the spell (a part that protects the caster)?RAW doesn’t mention an infinite number of things happening in a spell. That does not make all of those possibilities RAW.In between the boom? The boom is one thing or do you mean during the boom? Why must there be something happening during the boom? That still doesn’t seem to have anything to do with a teleport time gap.The entire spell happens instantaneously. It never says that the teleport part of the spell takes an instant.Actually, “immediately” means “instantly” or “without an intervening time or space.”“Instantly” is used in the only reference we have to how long Teleport lasts. The spell says “each creature” in range takes damage. The caster is a creature. This part is very clearly worded.</blockquote>

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