Force Power Teleportation

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DESCRIPTION
Teleportation was the ability to move rapidly through the Force from one place to another. Rather than simply translocate from one place to another, however, teleportation involves stepping into another realm of existence known as "the current" and flowing down its magick before bursting free at the other end in an eruption of green flame and ash. A user must be able to visualize the place they are teleporting to in their mind.

Although the user is capable of seeing what is happening in the real world, they are not capable of interacting with the physical world while in the current. The user will simply pass through physical objects and cannot manifest inside of a space already occupied by something else.

From the viewpoint of an external observer, they see the user vanish into a cloud of green flame and smoke and reappear a few moments later at another location in a second flash of green flame and smoke.

It takes only a moment for the user to vanish into a cloud of smoke and a moment for them to reappear once again, and the difficulty and fatigue is largely influenced by distance traveled and the length of time spent within "the current."

Teleporting short distances is not particularly taxing, but moving large distances of hundreds of meters requires great strength in the Force. It should also be noted that the teleporting will not free one from the physical grip of another as both will be dragged into the current.

It was originally practiced primarily by the Nightsisters of Dathomir, but in the ancient days of the Sith Order, it was learned by a few Sith Lords including Darth Kravos. As such, its secrets can be found in some ancient Sith tomes, but it still remains a mystery to most. Due to its invention and perpetuations by darksiders, this ability is generally associated with those of the darkness. However, Force manifestations of the Light have been known to use this ability, which leads some to speculate that a variant of it could be used by a lightsider.

SPECIAL NOTE
It is not possible to teleport with such timing and precision as to be attacking while coming out of a teleport or teleport to avoid a swing already in motion. Do not attempt to abuse this in PvP.

INTENT
The goal of this is to bring the write-up into closer alignment with what we are seeing in canon. It is both a buff and a nerf to teleportation as there is now travel time involved (it is not instant translocation) but the time to enter and exit the travel process is quicker. Jedi: Survivor and Jedi: Battle Scars have both added some interesting information that significantly changes the way the ability functions. Shoutout to @Mr. Teatime for being my second set of balancing eyes on this.
 

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The article itself seems alright though I am uncertain that it won't be abused at some point. So for now I am going to approve it with the obvious caveat that if it becomes an issue I will reassess.

Approved.
 
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