Seems like the entire point of the feat is to allow this, but I'm no expert on this.
Also, you can get the "Death From Above" feat.
Seems like the entire point of the feat is to allow this, but I'm no expert on this.
That was my thought too.
Well, the feat has another benefit: You can bypass most obstacles on the way (friends, foes, traps, difficult terrain, rifts, lava etc.). That's already a lot for a feat (compare to Charge Through, although that one comes much earlier and works all day).
If you focus on the "special charge", you are bound to the charge rule "You must move to the closest space from which you can attack the opponent.". But if you view it as a teleport with a "attack normally allowed on a charge" at the end, teleporting further and changing direction seems legit. So I see a point to both positions.
Rule of Cool clearly supports the more liberal reading. On the other hand, the attacker can profit from such a ruling multiple times a day, and figure out more and more uses over time (easier flanking, easier bull rushes into a rift etc.).
That's already a lot for a feat (compare to Charge Through, although that one comes much earlier and works all day).
If it was just a feat, maybe, but it also uses up a spell or spell-ish ability.
Sure. Hence IMO its power level is fine, both with and without teleporting further + changing direction.
I mean the feat lets it count as a charge without you even moving as far as I can tell so I don't know if you can pop out 10+feat away and continue a charge because as far as I can tell it's a full-round to just teleport and attack as if it were a charge.