This seems to be an oversight
it probably means medium sized or smaller creatures, but since that only references the size of objects taken with you you should be without problem be able to teleport the worm
It may well be intended to be relative to the caster. A frost giant can bring along his frost giant battleaxe, which is bigger than most punynoids while a normal punynoid can bring along a normal punynoid battleaxe.
It is deliberately vague.
The reason for leaving it vague is so that the ruling can be adjusted for the needs of a particular campaign. Or even a particular casting of the spell.
If the spell was instead limited to 4 medium sized creatures or objects that fit in a 5 foot cube, then OP's party's pet Purple Worm wouldn't be able to tag along any more. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing should be left up to that table's GM to decide - not something that needs to be codified into the rules.
This is one of the many reasons that this spell is tagged as Uncommon.
Hey, uhhh, I know this is almost 6 years later, but even the "remaster" doesn't specify a size. Like, why bother with using Bulk if not for this exact reason?
Because, like the guy asking the question initially, "objects roughly the size of a creature", *could* be castles, or even planets.
There are *living planets* that *are* creatures that you could teleport if they're willing. So, what's the ruling here?
Can my party's wizard teleport the BBEG's castle 100 miles into the sky? Or as a tenth level spell, into a star on the other side of the galaxy?
Because this is "limitation" is waaaaaaaaay too vague.If it were an oversight, wouldn't it have been corrected in the remastered version?
"Ambiguous Rules
Sometimes a rule could be interpreted multiple ways. If one version is too good to be true, it probably is. If a rule seems to have wording with problematic repercussions or doesn't work as intended, work with your group to find a good solution, rather than just playing with the rule as printed."This is an excellent case for applying the ambiguous rules section. While there's some wiggle room built into "objects roughly the size of a creature", the things you've listed definitely fall under "problematic repercussions" that "don't work as intended".
Purple worm and living planets are fine since they count as a creature.
Only objects are limited to "the size of a creature" whatever that means.
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I'm pretty sure its deliberately vague so you don't run into situations like in PF1 where a party could teleport somewhere unless someone plays a large PC and then suddenly they can't. What counts and what doesn't will be up to the GM.
As a GM, my solution would be that objects are restricted to the size of a medium creature. Actual creature size (for those being teleported) is irrelevant, strangely.
If this creates issues on its own...I would remind players of the Shrink Item spell, the Petrify spell (to turn someone into a statue) and Bags of Holding.
Now this would be kind of a desperate situation, because now you have to get your friends not to be statues after the fact but it will allow you to get everyone there in one trip.