Well, in all fairness, at level 5, someone SHOULD have access to a teleport spell....
... like the Wizard who has to soak a -4 to his save?
Other than a travel-domain cleric (a domain which won't be in all parties, even with the classic four), who's going to do the Teleport once the Wizard forgets how to tie his shoes?
Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete. C'est la vie.