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JW86
2013-11-16, 10:00 AM
Aside from a Wizard ACF, is there any other method to attain 'Abrupt Jaunt'?

Speaking as an StP Erudite.

The nearest similar tactic I can think of is to manifest Celerity, then Dimension Door.

Biffoniacus_Furiou
2013-11-16, 10:15 AM
It's only available to a Wizard specialized in Conjuration. No other way to get it.

Piggy Knowles
2013-11-16, 10:18 AM
Flicker, the shadowcaster mystery, is similar (but still out of reach for an StP erudite). You can also pick it up as a binding. Maybe if you made a psionic version of the Anima Mage and nabbed it that way?

Alternately, readied action shenanigans are your friend. Get your psicrystal a dorje of the teleportation power of your choice, and each round have it ready an action to use it on you when you say "Oh Crud." Speaking is a free action that can be used when it's not your turn, so you should be able to trigger the readied action whenever you need.

Rubik
2013-11-16, 10:22 AM
A one-level dip in conjuror wizard with the ACF, or three levels of illithid savant.

There's also (Psionic) Contingency or Craft Contingent Spell. Combine either one of those with Dimension Door or Synchronicity/Celerity.

It's not quite the same, but you can use the tinfoil hat trick, as well. If you've got a raven familiar, you can cast Shrink Item on a dome, box, or cone made of metal, wood, or stone, and wear it as a hat. Then your familiar readies its action each round to call the hat's command word to blow it back up to full size whenever something would threaten you. The hat will block whatever it was that would've killed you by ruining LoE from all directions. Then you can either teleport out or (if you cast Permanency or Shrink Item again), you can shrink the hat back down to hat size and move on.

[edit] On a similar note to that last one, what about taking the Wild Cohort feat, then using a trick to teach your animal companion to ready an action to bull rush you out of danger on a free-action signal?

tyckspoon
2013-11-16, 12:48 PM
It's kind of power-point and powers-known intensive, but Fission + Synchronicity + Dimension Slide will get you a very similar effect. The Fission'd actions are used to manifest Synchronicity, the Synchronicity readied action is reserved to Dimension Slide, and there you are.

Big Fau
2013-11-16, 03:05 PM
A magic item in Drow of the Underdark does the trick.

Darrin
2013-11-16, 04:00 PM
A magic item in Drow of the Underdark does the trick.

Yep. Shadow Cloak, 5500 GP, 3/day teleport 10' as an immediate action.

Kazyan
2013-11-16, 05:20 PM
Every character that doesn't use their swift actions all the time should staple a Shadow Cloak onto their shoulders-slot item at later levels. It's the kind of item you want even in epic.

Rubik
2013-11-16, 05:26 PM
Every character that doesn't use their swift actions all the time should staple a Shadow Cloak onto their shoulders-slot item at later levels. It's the kind of item you want even in epic.You wouldn't want it stapled there.

You'll want to buy multiples, after all.

Sir_Thaddeus
2013-11-16, 06:16 PM
Abrupt Jaunt is a spell-like ability, right? You could probably get it by Planar Binding a Sarrukh. If your game allows that sort of thing.