Quickest route to dimension door or abundant step

[firedancer]

Ultimate combat has a feat tree based on dimension door or abundant step, which lets you zip around like a flea.

I really like this idea, must have read more X-men/X-calibers than I thought!

What I'm not sure of is what is the quickest route to either of these two requirements?

Is there a race with dimension door as a spell like ability, is there an monk archetype that moves adundant step to an earlier level?

Many thanks for looking and any answers!

[Benjamin Robson]

firedancer wrote:

Ultimate combat has a feat tree based on dimension door or abundant step, which lets you zip around like a flea.

I really like this idea, must have read more X-men/X-calibers than I thought!

What I'm not sure of is what is the quickest route to either of these two requirements?

Is there a race with dimension door as a spell like ability, is there an monk archetype that moves adundant step to an earlier level?

Many thanks for looking and any answers!

Full casters seem to qualify for Dimensional Agility before anyone else (level 7), the monk is stuck waiting until level 12 for all current archetypes. Summoner gets Dimension Door as a 3rd level spell qualifying him at the same time as a Wizard would qualify (level 7) despite slower spell progression.

That leaves you with the Wizard, Cleric (with the Travel Domain), and Summoner qualifying at level 7, just in time for your seventh level feat. Sorceror just misses that cut-off getting Dimension Door at level 8 and waiting for the ninth level feat get a Dimensional Agility.

Now with Wizard you can get Dimensional Agility at level 7 and Dimensional Assault at level 9, but you don't qualify for Dimensional Dervish (the best one) until level 13 due to BAB, this can be fixed by multiclassing as a higher BAB class for a couple of levels. The wizard will have more dimension door spells per day then anyone else qualifying this early, but will lack the health, AC and attacks per round to really utilize it.

The Cleric would be ideal with 3/4 BAB if not for the limit on a single domain spell useable for dimension door, you may eek out a couple more by using higher level domain slots I'm not too familiar with Cleric spellcasting to really back that up.

The Summoner has the BAB and, if you take the Synthesist archetype, can be an effective melee combatant. The caveats with Summoner are really just the confusing rules text for the Synthesist archetype, your mileage may vary depending on your DM.

The least cumbersome method of qualifying might be the Horizon Walker's Terrain Dominance(Astral Plane) which grants 3+Wisdom Modifier per day uses of Dimension Door as a Spell-like ability. This method has the advantage of requiring a commitment of only 6 skill points, a feat in endurance, and 3 levels in Horizon Walker (A full BAB, d10 hit dice, 6+int skill points prestige class). The earliest you can qualify for Dimensional Agility with this method is 9th level (3rd level Horizon Walker). However you can add this onto a Monk and utilize that high Wisdom for extra BAMFs per day.

That's what I've seen so far in terms of qualifying for Dimensional Agility/Dervish. Beware prestige classes and abilities similar to Dimension Door, I believe the Shadowdancer's Shadow Jump does not qualify for Dimensional Agility due to not being Dimension Door the spell/spell-like-ability nor Abundant Step.

I would refrain from using a Monster race for qualifying (such as Nymph). These races are not balanced for use by PCs and often times only get a single use of the sought after spell as well as some really powerful abilities.

If anyone can find any other methods of getting Dimensional Agility, please let me know.

[Protoman]

Tark (and I think Cheapy) made a build with Travel domain cleric that had the feat, Preferred Spell, for dimension door to bypass the domain slot(s) limit. I'm totally gonna use that feat for my own cleric.

[DreamAtelier]

Synthesist can actually qualify for the feat chain as early as Level 6, when they pick up the Maker's Jump class feature that gives them Dimension Door as a spell like ability.

[Gignere]

DreamAtelier wrote:

Synthesist can actually qualify for the feat chain as early as Level 6, when they pick up the Maker's Jump class feature that gives them Dimension Door as a spell like ability.

Doesn't matter because you only gain feats for odd levels. So they are not getting it any earlier then the other spell casters.

[TarkXT]

Gignere wrote:

DreamAtelier wrote:

Synthesist can actually qualify for the feat chain as early as Level 6, when they pick up the Maker's Jump class feature that gives them Dimension Door as a spell like ability.

Doesn't matter because you only gain feats for odd levels. So they are not getting it any earlier then the other spell casters.

True but they also probably have the most advantages when it comes to that line of feats.

[Benjamin Robson]

I did overlook the Maker's Jump, my bad. It does allow a single level dip in another class while still hitting the feat at level 7. I don't know what would be useful in this case but more options/flexibility is always good.

Regarding races, there are actually two CR 1 monsters in Bestiary 2 that gain Dimension Door, the Jinkin Gremlin and the Brownie. This is according to d20pfsrd.com.

You might be able to work these but they are Tiny sized Fey with some unusual and powerful ability scores and special qualities(DR 5/Cold Iron, the Brownie's other spells, the self + 5lbs restriction on the Jinkin's Dimension Door).

You may be able to find a DM somewhere that would allow it, but most DMs would not and should not allow them. Not without some major balancing and a damn good backstory from the player.

[El Baron de los Banditos]

Teleportation School Wizards (APG) get a school power that functions "as Dimension Door," just at much shorter (but scaling) distances. If this isn't org play, you could ask your DM if you are allowed to use that with those feats. As an added bonus, Wizard is one of the first to qualify for DD, so you'd have a LOT of use of some kind of teleporting WAAY before you get a 3rd level spell.