In effect, the time warden “loses” the old spell in exchange for the new one.

The numbers on Table: Time Warden Spells Known are fixed.) Upon reaching 3rd level, and at every other time warden level after that (5th, 7th, and so on), a time warden can choose to learn a new spell in place of one he already knows. (Unlike spells per day, the number of spells a time warden knows is not affected by his Charisma score. At each new time warden level, he gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table: Time Warden Spells Known. A time warden begins play knowing four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of the time warden’s choice. The time warden’s selection of spells is extremely limited. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Charisma score (see Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells). His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Time Warden. Like other spellcasters, a time warden can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a time warden’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the time warden’s Charisma modifier. To learn or cast a spell, a time warden must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time. SpellcastingĪ time warden casts temporal spells drawn from the time warden spell list presented in Spell Lists. Weapon and Armor ProficiencyĪ time warden is proficient in all simple weapons, but no form of armor or shield. The time warden’s class skills are Appraise ( Int), Climb ( Str), Craft ( Int), Diplomacy ( Cha), Intimidate ( Cha), Knowledge (all categories, each taken separately), Linguistics ( Int), Perception ( Wis), Profession ( Wis), Ride ( Dex), Sense Motive ( Wis), Spellcraft ( Int), Survival ( Wis), Swim ( Str), and Use Magic Device ( Cha).Īll of the following are class features of the time warden. Time wardens can be of any alignment but because of their instinctive desire to protect and maintain their own timeline, most time wardens are lawful. Certainly a time warden can be of great benefit to a band of adventurers, granting time-based benefits and hampering foes, if not through direct damage. Much like the bard or monk, the role of the time warden is less well defined than classes that stick closer to the cleric/ fighter/ rogue/ wizard mold, but by the same token is less likely to overlap with existing characters filling those traditional roles. Through manipulation of chronothurgy, a time warden can divine the future, heal his allies, undo many harmful effects, and eventually carry friends through time. They are spellcasters, calling on temporal spells as sorcerers call on the arcane and clerics on the divine. Of course, time wardens do far more than place a stitch in time. The measure of how likely a given use of time is to cause damage is known as chronal dissonance, and time wardens seek such dissonance and do their best to reduce it. Time wardens are aware that if time is stretched too far, ignored too much, or called upon too recklessly, the result can be an injury to time.

With the ability to manipulate time comes the ability to abuse it, and, if damaged, time can become dangerous. The time warden is a master of chronothurgy, the magic of manipulating time, and a self-appointed guardian of the timeline-the sequence of events from the beginning up to the present, and stretching out to the end. Time is one of the great forces of the universe.īut what if time doesn’t just happen? What if time is fragile, or at least mutable, and must be guarded? We do not need to understand time to make use of it, but no matter how much we deny its power, we remain beholden to it. Philosophers grant time the power to heal all wounds, but also warn it is the death of all things from mountains, to kings, to peasants. Time has been called the 4th dimension, nature’s way of making sure everything doesn’t happen all at once, and a philosophical construct to allow for the comparison of durations.

Time is something we all understand on an instinctive level, at least to a degree, but few of us have ever tried to define.

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