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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 5520092" data-attributes="member: 51942">I think framing this as RAW vs. RAI is misleading.&nbsp; Clearly, and as been stated tons of times by lots of people, the DM is there to make judgement calls on situations the rules weren't designed to cover.&nbsp; I don't think people jumping and then teleporting (or for that matter doing anything) mid-jump was ever considered.A D&amp;D character can't jump and throw a ball mid-jump - by RAW anyhow, assuming throwing is a standard action.There's a good reason the rules don't cover it - doing something mid-jump is complex and rare, and it's not worth the bother nor the risk of imbalanced abuses.&nbsp; I don't see this as RAI vs. RAW - this scenario is just not one 4e is designed to handle.&nbsp; Kindof like 3d movement early on in the 4e development.&nbsp; That doesn't mean it can't happen or that it's &quot;cheating&quot; to try it - it just means you shouldn't look at the rules and expect anything sane to result.So, either accept that a jumping PC is fully occupied and play by RAW - or wing it, and accept that the rules just don't cover it, and try to be consistent.There is no RAI - jumping and then doing something mid-jump doesn't look like a scenario ever intended to work one way or the other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 5520092, member: 51942"] I think framing this as RAW vs. RAI is misleading. Clearly, and as been stated tons of times by lots of people, the DM is there to make judgement calls on situations the rules weren't designed to cover. I don't think people jumping and then teleporting (or for that matter doing [I]anything)[/I] mid-jump was ever considered. A D&D character can't jump and throw a ball mid-jump - by RAW anyhow, assuming throwing is a standard action. There's a good reason the rules don't cover it - doing something mid-jump is complex and rare, and it's not worth the bother nor the risk of imbalanced abuses. I don't see this as RAI vs. RAW - this scenario is just not one 4e is designed to handle. Kindof like 3d movement early on in the 4e development. That doesn't mean it can't happen or that it's "cheating" to try it - it just means you shouldn't look at the rules and expect anything sane to result. So, either accept that a jumping PC is fully occupied and play by RAW - or wing it, and accept that the rules just don't cover it, and try to be consistent. There [I]is[/I] no RAI - jumping and then doing something mid-jump doesn't look like a scenario ever intended to work one way or the other. [/QUOTE]

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