Changing D&D editions challenged Drizzt writer R.A. Salvatore

In a section in R.A. Salvatore’s upcoming Dungeons & Dragonsnovel The Finest Edge of Twilight, a monk notes that “teleporting,” “dimension stepping,” and “misty stepping” are all different terms for quickly moving by traveling between planes. The language comes from the many ways that the magical effect has been referred to by the rules of the tabletop role-playing game, and is an acknowledgement of how much difficulty Salvatore has had keeping track of the changing game mechanics over the decades.