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Does Dimensional Slide require only a move action or is the intent to actually move(change location) even when not withdrawing?
Dimensional Slide (Su): The arcanist can expend 1 point from her arcane reservoir to create a dimensional crack that she can step through to reach another location. This ability is used as part of a move action or withdraw action, allowing her to move up to 10 feet per arcanist level to any location she can see. This counts as 5 feet of movement. She can only use this ability once per round. She does not provoke attacks of opportunity when moving in this way, but any other movement she attempts as part of her move action provokes as normal.
PS: Withdraw is actually mentioned as a withdraw action<---Just wanted to point out that while it actually uses a full round action it uses that term(withdraw action) in the book. Hopefully this avoids any derails.
Is it PART of a move- or withdraw-action. You use it while moving.
Example: Let's say a character with a base speed of 30 feet wants to move away from an oponent. He/She use this supernatural ability and "slides" 10 feet with Dimensional Slide, consuming 5 foot of his/hers movement. This would allow the character to move 25 feet "on foot" after the dimensional slide.
If the same character wishes do withdraw, but there are oponents threatening squares on the withdraw path, that are not the starting square, the character can first move until reaching a threatened square, then slide, and then move further (if he/she has movement left).
EDIT: Minor text fix (removed "can" in the second sentence).
I agree with turing85, it's saying that you can use it during the move move action or during the withdraw full-round action. It's actually the last sentence that makes me think it's this rather than "any action of the move action type", with the "any other movement she attempts as part of her move action" bit.
I agree that the intent is to actually move, but I think it needs to be written better. I am hoping they errata it, which is why I made this FAQ.
I agree that the intent is to actually move, but I think it needs to be written better. I am hoping they errata it, which is why I made this FAQ.
You should then hit the FAQ Button on your original post.
I agree that the intent is to actually move, but I think it needs to be written better. I am hoping they errata it, which is why I made this FAQ.You should then hit the FAQ Button on your original post.
I did. I was the first one to do it.