Teleport and location changes

[Tim Statler]

I have a question about how teleport would function if the area the wizard is trying to teleport to has changed since the last time he was there.

Say the wizard used the back room of the inn the party frequents as a familiar location. Then the wife decides to change the furniture around while the party is out adventuring. What happens to the chances of success for the teleport?

I noticed that now you have to scry on a person not an area.

[Tim Statler]

bump

[pauljathome]

Its pretty much the GMs call what effect minor and major changes in a site would have. The rules are pretty vague (presumably intent I only)

[Starglim]

Teleport wrote:

“Seen casually” is a place that you have seen more than once but with which you are not very familiar.

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“False destination” is a place that does not truly exist or if you are teleporting to an otherwise familiar location that no longer exists as such or has been so completely altered as to no longer be familiar to you. When traveling to a false destination, roll 1d20+80 to obtain results on the table, rather than rolling d%, since there is no real destination for you to hope to arrive at or even be off target from.

If the location has just changed by moving furniture around, "Seen casually" is probably the appropriate row.

[Kayerloth]

Starglim wrote:

Teleport wrote:

“Seen casually” is a place that you have seen more than once but with which you are not very familiar.

..
“False destination” is a place that does not truly exist or if you are teleporting to an otherwise familiar location that no longer exists as such or has been so completely altered as to no longer be familiar to you. When traveling to a false destination, roll 1d20+80 to obtain results on the table, rather than rolling d%, since there is no real destination for you to hope to arrive at or even be off target from.

If the location has just changed by moving furniture around, "Seen casually" is probably the appropriate row.

And/or take into account where in the room the player states they choose to teleport ... in the space next to the door is much more unlikely to have anything placed there regardless of how much the furniture is rearranged, for example. And, of course, things might be frightfully more interesting if the door has been barricaded against attackers or the room is simply on fire :p). Personally I tend to use this sort of thing to remind my players that Teleportation does have its risks while introducing a bit of fun into an otherwise 'routine procedure'.

[Ignipotens]

I would say you are still considered very familiar with the location. Yes the area might look a little different but you are still know where the room is in relation to everything else. Say you always teleport to the center of the room. The center of the room never changes. If someone moves a chair over the center you will end your teleport on the chair.

So in essence you will still arrive on location and not somewhere else. What it looks like when you get there is a different story. As Kayerloth said, it still has a risk. The whole building could be on fire and you teleport right into it! Or maybe the building was destroyed and you teleport to where the room used to be but it is now rubble.