So I'm about to start in a game as an Inquisitor with the Travel Domain and I'm planning on taking Spring Attack at 7th level. So what I'm wondering is, with spring attack and dimensional hop (the 8th level ability from the Travel Domain) can I teleport, attack, and then teleport again? And if so is the limit just the maximum movement of my teleport or my base speed? Spring Attack says you can move up to your speed and I assume they don't say base speed for those characters that can fly or swim or burrow or things like that.
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Unless you have greater than an 80ft speed, when you get Dimensional Hop you would be limited only by your speed. Spring Attack does not say it requires an action, so you would be able to combine the two in my opinion. So as long as you could teleport 10 ft before attacking (should be easy) you would be able to teleport away up to your speed.
Unless you have greater than an 80ft speed, when you get Dimensional Hop you would be limited only by your speed. Spring Attack does not say it requires an action, so you would be able to combine the two in my opinion. So as long as you could teleport 10 ft before attacking (should be easy) you would be able to teleport away up to your speed.
Ok, just to get an idea of what you said, my character will start with a 40 foot base speed (30 from human +10 from the travel domain) so I could teleport 10ft, attack, then teleport up to 30ft away?
That's kind of what I thought my DM would rule I just wanted to get some other peoples thoughts on the subject.
I'm not sure of the rules, but just wanted to mention that sounds like a fun ability!
Lol, ya I thought combining the ability to teleport then attack then teleport away would be fun. Before the new base classes came out I had thought about doing it as a Shadow Dancer but the problem with that would be they teleport as a standard action so it wouldn't really work out. I guess I could also do this as a Cleric but I like it more as a Inquisitor (mainly because I don't have to worry about Selective Channeling or being the main healer).
That's exactly it. At 8th level, you'd be able to do that twice. Or you could teleport 10ft, attack, then teleport 10ft away for a total of 20ft, and still be able to do it three more times.
Ok, another question then, if I teleport 10ft to the enemy, attack, then teleport 10ft away can I still move 20ft (just walking or whatever)?
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Ok, another question then, if I teleport 10ft to the enemy, attack, then teleport 10ft away can I still move 20ft (just walking or whatever)?
Since the Dimensional Hop ability states it takes a move action, I would hazard no. Spring Attack basically lets you take your standard action in the middle of your move action. So you're taking a standard action to attack, and a move action to teleport. To move 20ft after teleporting 20ft would require another move action you would not have.
Ok, another question then, if I teleport 10ft to the enemy, attack, then teleport 10ft away can I still move 20ft (just walking or whatever)?Since the Dimensional Hop ability states it takes a move action, I would hazard no. Spring Attack basically lets you take your standard action in the middle of your move action. So you're taking a standard action to attack, and a move action to teleport. To move 20ft after teleporting 20ft would require another move action you would not have.
Ya that makes sense.
By RAW wouldn't work but you can always see of your GM would allow it.
Dimension Hop is a move action and each time it is used it would cost a move action.
That's true but kind of like TriOmegaZero said, I'm 99% sure my DM will allow it because I'm spending 3 feats on it (well kind of 5 because I'm taking Vital Strike and Improved Vital Strike for when I Spring Attack)
Don't forget that you can only do this a max of four, maaaaaybe five time if you only go 5ft after attack. You'll get to do it a little more as you go up in level, but you're devoting all of your domain power to a combat use instead of using it elsewhere.
It's not all going into spring attack, I was just wondering what other peoples thoughts on it were. I'm probably also going to use it for getting injured enemies out of places (because if I double the use I can teleport more than 1 person) as well as other nifty things like teleporting up to an enemy that's further away than the rest or something like that. On another note, with this kind of idea do you think it would be more beneficial for my character to use a long spear or rapier (I can only use the rapier if Cayden Cailean is my deity).
Houseruling aside, these two abilities are not compatable as written.
Houseruling aside, these two abilities are not compatable as written.
Spring Attack and Dimensional Hop? That's been established, about the 10th post, thanks though.