Time Powers (FiD)

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Time is a mysterious and dangerous power. It allows looking into the past and possible futures, but can create deadly paradoxes.

Time is the governing principle of all things, the regulator or the stream from Order to Flux. Together with Space, Time governs position and movement. The universe would be incomprehensible without orderly time. Time is a favorite of disaster theorists. Many claim that time manipulation is foolhardy and dangerous. Some claim time is an artifact of our perception; that it is the ultimate prison. Time travel is possible, but temporal inertia tend to restore events to what they were and minimize the effect of any changes to the past.

Time attacks stops time for an instant, then you set up weapons and events to cause harm when time resumes. They are hard to defend against, but likely to cause severe backlash if time is released too soon.

Time Power Effects

Action	Basic No minimum 3 Stress	Advanced Minimum 2 Dice 5 Stress	Master Minimum 4 Dice 7 Stress	Apex Minimum 6 Dice 13 Stress
Attune	Chrono Sense Detect time creatures and powers.	Causality Collapse Dismiss a Time creature. End power effects by reducing duration.	Chrono Conjuration Summon Time creatures or versions of yourself from alternate timelines.	Wish Break down causality, causing events to happen without cause.
Command	Time Whisper Command Time creatures that normally wouldn't understand you.	Temporal Tip Send messages to your past self to improve resistance.	Time Tongues You and allies can communicate with time creatures.	Time Tyrant Command Time creatures as if you were their superior.
Consort	Alter Age You can change your age.	Temporal Transition Become yourself from various alternate timelines.	Chrono Change Temporal Transition a willing or helpless creature.	Wild Hunt Temporal Transition many willing or non-sentient creatures, give a task.
Finesse	Temporal Turbo Increase the speed of a mount or vehicle giving it fine quality.	Time Technique Set up a fine and potent close-range attack or give your friends Temporal Turbo.	Time Trim Manipulate time precisely in small spots.	Chrono Charge Set up a storm of blades, suppressing the effect of scale.
Hunt	Time Trace Track time-travellers and time warps.	Temporal Target Reverse time at range to make a creature attack itself.	Timelapse Change how much time an event takes compared to the outside world.	Temporal Turmoil Reverse time at range to make several attacks go wild.
Prowl	Time Tactician A warning of future events, improving your position.	Double Time You can halve or double speed, increasing the effect of movement maneuvers.	Temporal Transport You can bring allies along when you use Time Tactician and Double Time.	Time Travel Time travel. Extremely dangerous even when you know what you are doing.
Skirmish	Stopwatch Strike Set up a close-range attack, similar in effect to a melee weapon or pistol.	Time Touch Same as Stopwatch Strike, except the weapon is fine and potent.	Temporeal Tango Create areas of slowed time, useful for distracting some enemies while you fight others.	Time Torrent Set up attacks in all directions, attacking all enemies in the area.
Study	Chrono Classifier Identify objects and creatures linked to time, including clocks.	Chrono Clarifier Learn the powers and abilities of objects and creatures linked to time.	Chrono Chronicle Read the past events of any object or person.	Chrono Cartographer Chrono Clarifier on everything in a wide area. Then Chrono Chronicle some targets.
Survey	Time Tingle Feel Time effects in a wide area. This is always active and requires no rolls.	Time Twinkle Observe the past and possible futures at your location.	Temporal Temptation View a known creature in near past or a potential near future.	Transcend Time Perceive a large area in the past or a potential future.
Sway	Tempo Understand time creatures and gain a sense of their motivations.	Translate Time You and allies can communicate with time creatures.	Temporal Temptation Plant suggestions for future action in the mind of any creature.	Temporal Tyrant Permanently change the personality and motivations of time creatures.
Tinker	Temporal Tools Work with clocks as if you had the appropriate tools and protective devices.	Tailor Tempo Make a machine operate faster or slower.	Time Transformation Conjure objects from alternate timelines to make fine and potent items.	Conjurer's Clock Time Transformation to mass produce or make something large, like the Big Ben.
Wreck	Age Erodes Expose objects to the wear of time. Noisy and leaves a twisted object in place.	Future Fault Expose objects to potential future events. Rips most construction like cardboard.	Date of Destruction Future Fault, and destroyed targets silently disappear or are reduced to a fine dust.	Tide of Time Future Fault a large area. This can evaporate a lake and similar massive destruction.

Chrono Conjuration
Summon Time creatures or versions of yourself from alternate timelines. A common trick is the three ages of fate, that is yourself at two additional different ages.

Wish
Break down causality, causing events to happen without cause. This is beyond dangerous but can allow wish fulfilment.

Time Trim
Manipulate time precisely in small spots. This can slow down or hasten alarms, timers, and other mechanisms.

Transcend Time
Perceive a large area in the past or a potential future, giving you an idea of strategic events.

Expanded Time Powers

Expanded descriptions of effects that differ significantly from Typical Powers.

Attune

Harness the powers of time to perceive and manipulate temporal energies.

Chrono Sense You can detect time creatures and powers.

Causality Collapse Force a time creature that is native to another plane of existence to return to that plane. You can end power effects by forcing their duration to run out.

Chrono Conjuration Summon time creatures or versions of yourself from alternate timelines. A common trick is the three ages of fate, that is yourself at two additional different ages.

Wish You can break down causality, causing events to happen without cause. This is beyond dangerous but can allow wish fulfilment.

Command

Exercise authority over temporal forces and communicate across different timelines.

Time Whisper You can use the command action against creatures that normally wouldn't understand you.

Temporal Tip You can warn allies in the past of events in their future. This reduces the consequences of recent actions, as if the position had been one step better.

Time Tongues You and allies can communicate with time creatures.

Time Tyrant You can give commands to time creatures as if you were their superior. This does not remove existing motivations, which can lead to conflicts.

Consort

Merge with temporal energies and manipulate time to your advantage.

Alter Age You can change your age.

Temporal Transition You become yourself from various alternate timelines. Add 1d to one action and subtract 1d from all actions covered by an attribute except if you just raised one of them.

Chrono Change Temporal Transition a willing or helpless creature into themselves at another age or from alternate timelines. This is permanent, but you can easily break the effect.

Wild Hunt Transform a large number of willing or non-sentient creatures into future versions of themselves with +1d to all combat actions and give them a simple instruction, typically someone for them to hunt.

Finesse

Manipulate time with precision and finesse for various tasks and combat.

Temporal Turbo You can increase the speed of a mount or vehicle giving it fine quality.

Time Technique You set up a fine and potent close-range attack, similar in effect to a fine potent dueling sword or pistol, or you can give your friends the Ride ability.

Time Trim You can manipulate time precisely in small spots. This can slow down or hasten alarms, timers, and other mechanisms.

Chrono Charge You set up and then release a storm of blades, suppressing the effect of multiple opponents and acting as a fine potent weapon.

Hunt

Track, hunt, and manipulate time to your advantage in various situations.

Time Trace You can track time-travellers and time warps.

Temporal Target You can set up a ranged attack, similar in effect to a fine and potent rifle.

Temporal Torrent You can set up an area attack similar to a fine and potent grenade. This allows you to fight many creatures in the same area very effectively, but there is a risk of collateral damage.

Chrono Cannon You set up the equivalent of a fine potent artillery barrage, attacking everything and everyone in a wide area. This can raze buildings and create rubble. Usually enough to provide cover for any escape.

Prowl

Move stealthily through time and manipulate it to your advantage.

Time Tactician This gives you slight warning of future events, making you less likely to be spotted or surprised, improving your position.

Double Time You can halve or double speed, increasing the effect of movement maneuvers.

Temporal Transport You can bring allies along when you use Time Tactician and Double Time.

Time Travel You can time travel, which is extremely dangerous even when you know what you are doing.

Skirmish

Engage in combat using temporal manipulation and tactics.

Stopwatch Strike Set up a close-range attack, similar in effect to a melee weapon or pistol.

Time Touch Same as Stopwatch Strike, except the weapon is fine and potent.

Temporeal Tango Create areas of slowed time, useful for distracting some enemies while you fight others.

Time Torrent Set up attacks in all directions, attacking all enemies in the area.

Study

Gain insight into the workings of time and utilize that knowledge to your advantage.

Analyze You can identify objects and creatures linked to time, including clocks. You can see the use of time abilities.

Research You know the powers and abilities of something you analyze.

Hindsight You can read the past events of any object or person. This includes how the target has been moving around as well as significant scenes.

Hyped Havoc You research everything in a wide area. This is easy to do where you are, more difficult at range. You can then use hindsight on some of these targets.

Survey

Monitor and perceive time and its effects.

Time Tingle You instinctively feel time effects in a wide area. This is always active and requires no rolls.

Time Twinkle You can observe the past and possible futures at your location.

Temporal Temptation You view a known creature, but this vision can be from the near past or a potential future.

Transcend Time You perceive a large area in the past or a potential future, giving you an idea of strategic events.

Sway

Influence and communicate with time to achieve your goals.

Tempo You can understand time creatures and gain a sense of their motivations.

Translate Time You and allies can communicate with time creatures.

Temporal Temptation You can plant suggestions in the mind of any creature, to be triggered under conditions you specify. This is a subtle power, but easier to spot once triggered.

Temporal Tyrant You change the personality and motivations of time creatures. This power is permanent, whatever that means for time creatures.

Tinker

Manipulate and craft with time-based materials to create tools and devices.

Temporal Tools You can work with time measuring devices and timers as if you had the appropriate tools and protective devices.

Tailor Tempo You can delay or accelerate timed mechanisms such as traps and computers.

Time Transformation You can conjure objects from alternate timelines. This can create complex tools, such as fine and potent items appropriate to the power(s) used.

Conjurer's Clock This is similar to Time Transformation, but you mass produce objects, even a set of different objects. You can also make something large, such as a vehicle or building.

Wreck

Destroy and dismantle using the power of time.

Future Fault You can expose objects to potential future events, much like a sledgehammer. Noisy and leaves a twisted object in place.

Age Erodes You can age objects. You can smash even hard objects as if they were wood. Works as a fine potent sledgehammer in combat.

Date of Disintegration Similar to smash, but destroyed targets silently disappear or are reduced to a fine dust.

Tide of Time Similar to Age Erodes, but over a large area. This can level a city block, empty a canal system of water, raze a city wall, and similar massive destruction