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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7890086" data-attributes="member: 205">Line of sight would be a definite requirement.  Moving to somewhere you can't actually physically see should be a high level ability, aided by scrying or clairvoyance or such.I think the most common D&D narrative is that you do short-range teleport by entering another plane briefly, and then popping back out, since the planes don't really connect in a Euclidean fashion.  Since Wall of Force blocks etheral travel, I'd probably say it blocks the teleportation effect too.  But that's really a "how does your campaign cosmology work" question, not a balance question.Acrobatics checks seem apropos here, like in most cases where you want to see if the PC is going to fall on their ass.EDIT TO ADD: another consideration is whether the teleporter can carry someone else.  If yes then breaking people out of jail becomes a triviality; that alone would be enough to make me rule no.</blockquote>Thunder step lets you bring along one willing passenger as a 3rd level spell, so it would make sense as a limited Tier 2 feature for this hypothetical class, and an unlimited Tier 3 feature.Besides, a teleporter should have no fear of jail; the inability to be bound is literally the power fantasy that playing a teleporter is aimed at!  And even so, all it takes to control a known teleporter is a blindfold.[/QUOTE]