Arcane Tradition: Chronomancer
Time is a peculiar and hard concept to study, especially combined with the arts of magic. Manipulating the flow of time grants a wizard control over the battlefield, as positions and executions of events are seen through a new dimensional perspective.
Organic Clock
When you adopt this tradition at 2nd level, your inner clock is in perfection. You always know what time of day it is, down to the second, as long as you're in a place that has a distinct day/night cycle. You always know how much time has passed since a certain point in time that is not before you gained this feature, as long as you are currently experiencing time at the same rate as that certain point in time is.
Guiding Glimpse
Starting at 2nd level, with the use of a bonus action you can get a quick glimpse to see how a future event unfolds. Before rolling, you can grant yourself advantage on your next attack or ability check. This can also be used to impose disadvantage on the next attack targeted towards you within 1 hour.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Timeless Casting
Beginning at 6th level, your spells do not follow the standard laws of time. The following features can be used 3 times per short rest.
Delayed Activation. You can cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 action or bonus action in a timeless void, delaying the activation of it. You can then activate the spell on any of your subsequent turns while the spell remains in the void (no action required), together with any required somatic or verbal components. You can not cast a 1st level spell or higher on the same turn as using this feature. You can only have one spell stored in the void, and it will disappear after 1 hour if not used.
Delayed Effect. When you cast a spell, you can delay the effects to activate at the start of your next turn, instead of now. Any initial rolls are still rolled for when the spell is cast.
Delayed Target. When you cast a spell, you can choose one creature that you could see on your previous turn. That creature can be affected and targeted by the spell as if it was in a space of your choice that it occupied during your previous turn.
Future Blur
Beginning at 10th level, you constantly see how things will move and have moved, granting you a +1 to your AC and saving throws. Additionally, you can use your Guiding Glimpse feature as a reaction to stop yourself from being surprised.
Rewind
Starting at 14th level, your body can transfer itself back in time to deflect wounds. As a bonus action, you can choose one space within 300 feet of you that you were at the start of your last turn, or as close as possible if occupied. You teleport to that space, and your current hit points become the number of hit points you had at the start of your last turn. You can use this feature once per short rest.
These four spells are included as flavor. You don't have to be a Chronomancer to learn these spells.
Chronoflash
4th-level conjuration
- Classes: Warlock, Wizard
- Casting Time: 1 action
- Range: Self (30-foot-radius)
- Components: V, S
- Duration: 1 Round
When you cast this spell, a purple bubble of time freeze appears in a 60 ft. sphere with you as the center. Creatures and anything solid that is fully inside the sphere are frozen in time for 1 round, meaning their turn is entirely skipped and unaware of the chronoflash. Interactions from outside into the bubble will fail, one can only look inside it. You are also frozen in time but aware of it, aswell as you can see and hear outside the bubble.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the bubble will last one additional round.
Deja Vu
1st-level conjuration
- Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Casting Time: 1 bonus action
- Range: Self
- Components: V
- Duration: Instantaneous
As a bonus action, you appear back at the location you were at the start of your last turn. The location must be within 120 feet of you and an unoccupied space.
Rapid Recovery
2nd-level transmutation
- Classes: Cleric, Wizard
- Casting Time: 1 minute
- Range: Touch
- Components: S, M (a small flower)
- Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a willing prone creature. Whilst casting the spell, their body will rapidly accelerate to the future. During this time, the creature is incapacitated and can't move, but doesn't suffer exhaustion due to time elapsed not resting. If the spell lasts for its full duration, 1 hour has passed for the creature. If the spell is interrupted, the creature reverts to the state it was in before the spell was cast. The accelerated time of this spell affects the duration of spells, magical effects, poisons and other effects with limited durations both on the target and used by the target, but doesn't count towards the duration of a short or long rest.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th or 5th level, the creature will wind 8 hours to the future. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th or 7th level, the creature will wind 24 hours to the future. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 8th or 9th level, the creature will wind 7 days to the future.
Warpbolt
1st-level evocation
- Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a creature within 60 feet of you starts casting a cantrip
- Range: 60 ft.
- Components: V, S
- Duration: Instantaneous
You make a parallel version of a cantrip cast by a creature, by taking it from a separate time-dimension. The cantrip must have a casting time of 1 action or bonus action, and must involve a ranged spell attack. The parrallel version will have the same result that the original cantrip rolled, including the original modifiers. You can select any target within that cantrip's range to cast the parrallel cantrip on, from your position.
Credits
This homebrew arcane tradition was created by u/JollerMcAwesome
Version 1.1
Artwork:
- Infinity Clock (V.3 Blue) by Genty
- Frostgrave: Wizards (Chronomancer & Apprentice)
Note: Previous version of this subclass should have been named 1.0 and not 0.1