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Bluuegg
2013-02-04, 11:43 AM
Hello community! I am looking for any/all versions of Chronomancer Classes. Im talking if any appear as actual classes in any handbooks, Brews, Dungeon Magazine links, ect. my google powers are seeming to fail on this thus far, so the help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance all!

Psyren
2013-02-04, 12:03 PM
Psions (Nomads) in general, and the Chronorebel PrC from Hyperconscious in particular, have plenty of time manipulation abilities. Hyperconscious is a 3rd-party supplement, but it is written by Bruce Cordell, the lead designer of the XPH.

Bluuegg
2013-02-04, 12:12 PM
Where would one get their eyeballs on these said suggestions if you don't mind my asking?

Psyren
2013-02-04, 12:20 PM
Where would one get their eyeballs on these said suggestions if you don't mind my asking?

The d20SRD has everything from the XPH (http://www.d20srd.org/indexes/psionicPowerList.htm) - plenty of time-based powers there, like Temporal Acceleration, Time Hop, Time Regression etc. There are even more time-based powers in splats like Complete Psionic (e.g. Synchronicity/Anticipatory Strike) and Forced Dream (Magic of Eberron.)

Hyperconscious I'm not sure where you can get it nowadays, but most of its material (including the PrCs) is OGL, so I reposted the Chronorebel in a previous thread like this here. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11553437&postcount=31)

Bluuegg
2013-02-04, 01:45 PM
I would like to thank you very much for your posts. you have been a big help.

Morph Bark
2013-02-04, 01:48 PM
Since homebrew is okay, check out my Tier Compendium. There is a Chronomancer in there somewhere that is very, very good. Won a contest, even.

kestrel404
2013-02-04, 02:03 PM
Wizard/Sorceror can do this a little.

Swiftblade (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/prc/20070327) is a type of specialized combat-chronomancer.

I've seen various homebrew time-mage (http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Time_Mage_%283.5e_Class%29) classes, but none of them have stood out as awesome to me.

Gnoman
2013-02-04, 02:08 PM
The third-party sourcebook Encyclopadia Arcane: Chronomancy (http://www.rpgnow.com/product/1812/Encyclopaedia-Arcane-Chronomancy?it=1) is entirely based on time-based magic, and contains suitable prestige classes. It's 3.0, so a small amount of adjustment is going to be needed, but the entire Encyclopaedia series (with a single notable exception) is fairly high-quality.

mawexzon
2013-02-05, 11:06 AM
Also, For wizard/sorcerer, There is this spell: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pg/20030409b

G.Cube
2013-02-05, 07:52 PM
I believe there is a Chronomancer pretige class in Relics and Rituals II. It's for 3.0 so it might take a small amount of converting, if you don't mind that.

Lord Il Palazzo
2013-02-05, 08:21 PM
Pathfinder has a 3rd party class called Time Thief (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/3rd-party-classes/super-genius-games/time-thief) that lets you steal little bits of time from your own future and spend them to gain various bonuses. It sounds like you're looking for something more magical, but this might be worth looking over for its time manipulation theme.

Piggy Knowles
2013-02-05, 11:03 PM
A while ago I worked on a character that was a fire elf wizard/divine oracle/fatespinner, whose story was that his arcane experiments had knocked him slightly askew from time's flow. I had started a list of spells that already had a time theme, or that I could easily refluff to do so:


1-
Nerveskitter (+5 init, MoF - Hop forward in time slightly)

2-
Augury (PHB)
Lesser Celerity (Instant mv action, PHB2)
Snake's Swiftness (SpC - Push an ally forward in time)
Blur (PHB - Exist slightly out of alignment with time)
Mirror Image (PHB - Echos of future and past)

3-
Blink (PHB - Blink in and out of time's flow)
Snake’s Swiftness, Mass (SpC - Push several allies forward in time)
Haste (PHB - Speed up time)
Slow (PHB - Slow down time)

4-
Celerity (Instant standard action, PHB2)
Divination (PHB)

5-
Permanency (PHB)

6-
Contingency (PHB - I have foreseen this action)
Eyes of the Oracle (Gives readied action, DrM)
Legend Lore (PHB)

7-
Arcane Spellsurge (Reduced casting times on spells, DrM)
Vision (PHB)

8-
Greater Celerity (Full turn, PHB2)
Moment of Prescience (PHB)
Temporal Stasis (PHB)

9-
Hindsight (See in the past, SpC)
Teleport through Time (Web)
Time Stop (PHB)


It's not complete - the game ended up petering out before the first session, so I stopped combing through books for cool spells I could give a time theme to. But it's a start. If you're looking for a way to make an arcane chronomancer without homebrew or third party stuff, there might be some ideas there.