D&D 5E Can you use misty step to arrest a fall?

[UngainlyTitan]

Why would the planet change direction of rotation? It doesn't matter which way the teleporter goes, the world still rotates in the same direction. The sun doesn't rise in both the east and west, depending on where you are.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Do you have to disagree with someone in order to quote them?

No but why quote and not reference. I was wondering if I was being misunderstood or disagreed with or even supported. A hint would have been nice

 

[Maxperson]

Meh. None of this really matters since Misty Step does not state that it stops falls, so it doesn't by RAW do so. Any ruling is automatically homebrew. RAW = 20 foot of falling damage. A ruling saying that doesn't happen for whatever your reason is for making it = homebrew. Either way, have fun with it.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

why quote and not reference

Fewer key presses.

 

[embee]

What's the point in bringing real life physics into this though?

Because it's fun.

 

[Mannahnin]

Meh. None of this really matters since Misty Step does not state that it stops falls, so it doesn't by RAW do so. Any ruling is automatically homebrew. RAW = 20 foot of falling damage. A ruling saying that doesn't happen for whatever your reason is for making it = homebrew. Either way, have fun with it.

The rules for Misty Step do not specify either way, therefore the answer is open to DM interpretation under RAW. 20 feet of falling damage has no greater claim to be RAW than 50 feet of falling damage (or zero, for that matter).

 

[Dausuul]

Why would the planet change direction of rotation? It doesn't matter which way the teleporter goes, the world still rotates in the same direction. The sun doesn't rise in both the east and west, depending on where you are.

Here is the situation. We're looking down on a spinning planet from one of the poles. The arrows indicate the direction of spin. Notice that they point in different directions at different points on the equator.

If you teleport from "starting point" to "destination," but preserve your original momentum, this is what happens:

And you don't have to go all the way to the other side of the planet. As I calculated above, even a relatively short teleport can be lethal. The planet is slinging us around it at such incredible speed (1,000 mph at the equator) that getting just a little out of sync with your surroundings has dire consequences.

(Edit: Ninja-ed by Ardoughter.)

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It might also be worth pointing out that teleport doesn't just match your velocity to the destination, it also matches your orientation. Since teleporting to the other side of the planet does not land you standing on your head.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Here is the situation. We're looking down on a spinning planet from one of the poles. The arrows indicate the direction of spin. Notice that they point in different directions at different points on the equator.
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If you teleport from "starting point" to "destination," but preserve your original momentum, this is what happens:
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And you don't have to go all the way to the other side of the planet. As I calculated above, even a relatively short teleport can be lethal. The planet is slinging us around it at such incredible speed (1,000 mph at the equator) that getting just a little out of sync with your surroundings has dire consequences.

(Edit: Ninja-ed by Ardoughter.)

Yours is more thorough.

 

[Maxperson]

The rules for Misty Step do not specify either way, therefore the answer is open to DM interpretation under RAW.

RAW allows him to make the ruling, but the ruling is not RAW, it's homebrew. If you go by strict RAW only, then since it isn't written that the falling does not happen, it does.