Must pass through intervening space

[Steffen]

Hello Steve!

 

I'm trying to build a power that allows the character to cover short distances in any direction almost instantly by transforming into some kind of energy. The character is invulnerable but cannot pass through walls or other solid barriers. Teleportation seems to be the obvious base power for this.

 

My question is, does the limitation "must pass through intervening space" allow the character to move unharmed through fire and to move vertically through the air or does it mean that he remains in physical form and can only move on the ground?

 

Thank you!

[Steve Long]

The Limitation Must Pass Through Intervening Space for Teleportation does not allow a character to move through either energy or physical phenomena — fire, in your example — without potentially suffering harm. That’s what the Limitation does:  requires a Teleporting character to move through physical space and encounter any obstacles or dangers it features, rather than automatically bypassing such things the way standard Teleportation does. Whether the character “remains in physical form” depends on special effects and the like; all the Limitation means, in this example, is that the character takes damage from the fire he moves through, whether he’s in energy or physical form.

 

However, the Limitation does not restrict what direction a character can Teleport in, require him to stay on the ground, or the like. So a character with this Limitation could Teleport upward from the ground to the third story of a building, down from a tree branch to the top of a car, or what have you.