Editing Teleportation (section)

== Dungeons and Dragons ==
[[File:Teleport circle 5e.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Teleportation circles are also a thing.]]

Powerful enough spellcasters and magical beings can use one of the eponymous spells or assimilated. Some spells come with that chance of [[fail|ending up in the wrong place]], depending of the nature of the spell and (most of all) how familiar the caster is with the place he wants to end up. In 1st-2nd edition most [[Demon]]s and [[Devil]]s can teleport themselves and a small payload at will; [[Hellbound: The Blood War]] tried taking that vast imbalance away from them, but it came back for 3e and 5e.

In [[Eberron]], the [[Dragonmark]] of Passage has various teleportation abilities past the least mark. The short distance for all but the most powerful (and rare) marked heirs means it's not too useful as a service for anyone but the obscenely wealthy, but in response to the rise of [[Airship]]s, House Orien has been working on a network of teleportation circles that will overcome this limitation.

Low-level versions might include Blink, where the teleportation only gets you or your [[Blink Dog|dog]] a few feet away. Long-distance Teleport is often fifth-level or higher given its ability to fuck with a linear plot. There's a Without Error variant that takes the risk off, for very high level.

WARNING: the DM is ''well'' in his rights to rule that Teleport does not work ''everywhere''. Nobody wants a crew of [[illithid]]s 'porting into the council-chamber with their pet [[tarrasque]] and 'porting out again ''sans'' monster. If this spell is readily available, reasonably-intelligent and powerful civilisations will be aware of it and will take steps against it. An excellent example is [[D1-2-3: Drow Trilogy]]: the [[drow]] simply settled a Vault down where Teleport barely works. Other magical wards ([[aboleth]] are handy with glyphs) will be set up in similarly-sensitive regions.

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