teleportitis

teleport +‎ -itis

teleportitis (uncountable)

1. (video games, informal) In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to teleport from place to place without warning.
   • 1990, "Aaron Sher", Teleportation (on newsgroup rec.games.hack)

     Teleportitis is gained by eating a leprechaun or quantum mechanic or nymph.

   • 2006, "Rorschach", YAVP: Argos the Merry Minotaur (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.misc)

     That ring stayed on his finger until resists became more an issue than damage output, and stayed off when I got teleportitis in the Slime pits and had to rely on teleport control.

• polymorphitis