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Old 2011-09-11, 03:03   Link #16
WarpObscura
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Originally Posted by Justin_Brett View Post
If it's meant to be super unique, I'll have to call bull. That's hardly something any mage couldn't do if they really put their mind to it.
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Originally Posted by Tiresias View Post
The significance of his teleportation, if any, is that none of our teleport-capable protagonists seemed to remember that they have one, so someone using it after such a long time came as a surprise (or at least a "damn, I forgot personal teleportation existed in this universe!") for the readers
But Deville's Nightcrawler-style tactical in-combat teleports is a different kettle of fish from strategic, potentially cross-dimensional 'ports like Dimensional Transfer. It might be theoretically possible for any mage, but I should think it's not practical for the average Joe, or even most ~A-rankers. Maybe doing the calcs for the 'port in the heat of combat, and doing it quickly and frequently enough to be useful, is difficult? Whereas a strategic port may require much more complex work, not stuff you can cook up on the fly?
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