The Chronomancer

Manipulate time through the time

shards embedded in your body!
t takes quite a toll on your body, but you can wit-
ness the equivalent of 1000 lifetimes, I myself witnes-
sed the rise of the Warforged and the events of their
400 year war.

Thaddeus

What is a Chronomancer?
A Chronomancer is someone that manipulates time
in order to cast spells, alter reality, reverse fatal wounds,
and protect their body from the ravages of ageing.
Chronomancy takes immense focus and isnt a
natural form of magic and is only controlled by those
that have possession of a time shard.

On the topic of shards...

Time Shards are of course rare... Really rare. They're
only created when a time orb is shattered, and if that
happens when there are no other time orbs close in or-
der to stabilise the timeline, disaster is bound to unfold
around the shatter-point.

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Class Features Spellcasting
As a Chronomancer you gain the following: As the time shards in your body touch the timeline
Hit Dice: 1d8 per chronomancer level, around you, youre able to start tapping into this en-
Hit Points at First Level: 8 plus your Constitu- ergy to cast Chronomancer spells. See chapter 10 of
tion Modiier the Players Handbook for the general rules of spell
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5)+ your casting, and you can see the speciic Chronomancer
constitution modiier per chronomancer level after spell lists at the end of this document.
irst
Cantrips
Proficiencies
At irst level you know two Chronomancer cantrips
Armor: Light from the Chronomancer spell list. You learn additio-
Weapons: Daggers, Quarterstaves, Light Cross- nal Chronomancer cantrips at higher levels.
bows, Maces
Tools: Forgery Kit Preparing and Casting Spells
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from: Arcana, History, Insight, The Chronomancer spell table shows how many spell
Investigation slots you have to cast your spells 1st level or higher.
To cast one of these spells you must expend a spell
slot of the spells level or higher. You regain all spell
Equipment
slots when you inish a long rest.
You start with the following equipment, in addition You Prepare the list of Chronomancer spells that
to the equipment granted by your background: are available for you to cast, choosing from the Chro-
nomancer spell list. When you do so choose a num-
(a) A shortsword and Light Crossbow (b) A Mace ber of spells equal to your Constitution Modiier +
and a quarterstaf your Chronomancer level (minimum of one spell).
Leather armor
Forgery kit Spellcasting Ability
10 pages of parchment, a quill, and some ink Constitution is your spell casting ability. You use
Dungeoneers pack your wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spell-
casting ability. In addition, you use your wisdom
modiier when setting the saving throw DC with one
of your chronomancer spells and when you make an
attack roll with one.
Spell save DC= 8 + your proiciency bonus + your
constitution modiier.
Spell attack Modiier= your proiciency bonus +
your constitution modiier.

Spellcasting Focus
As the time energy is literally manifesting itself insi-
de your body due to the time shards, you only need
to direct it.
You dont need a spellcasting focus, but you may
use one if you so wish.

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The Chronomancer
Le- Proiciency Features Cantrips 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
vel Bonus Known
1st +2 Spellcasting, Shard Rift 2 2
2nd +2 Shard Charge, Age is Just a 2 3 - - - - - - - -
Number
3rd +2 Time Shard Enhancement 2 4 2 - - - - - - -
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 2 4 3 - - - - - - -
5th +3 Reset 3 4 3 2 - - - - - -
6th +3 Time Shard Enhancement 3 4 3 3 - - - - - -
7th +3 Shard Rift 3 4 3 3 1 - - - - -
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 3 3 1 - - - - -
9th +4 Time Heals all Wounds 3 4 3 3 2 1 - - - -
10th +4 Gamble with Time 4 4 3 3 2 2 - - - -
11th +4 Time Shard Enhancement, Age 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 - - -
is Just a Number
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 - - -
13th +5 Shard Rift, Impact Pulse 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 - -
14th +5 Time Heals all Wounds 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 - -
15th +5 Clockwork Hands 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 -
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 -
17th +6 Flux, Time Shard Enhancement 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1
18th +6 Time Heals all Wounds, Age is 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1
Just a Number
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1
20th +6 Tachyon Surge 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
Chronomancer Spell list and spell descriptions are included at the end of this document.

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Shard Rift
At 1st level, you gain a portion of control over the
energy generated by the time shards in your body.
Instead of pulsing around your body, you can release
this energy in violent bursts during an attack.
You may add 1d4 Force damage to any successful
melee or spell attack you make.
You are able to do this Constitution Modiier
plus 1 times per day and you gain all uses of this
feature back after a long rest.
At 7th level, the damage increases to 1d8. And
then at 13th level, the damage increases to 1d12.
Shard Charge
At second level, drawing on the powers of the time
shards has built up a tolerance in your body, allo-
wing you to manipulate the ow of time around you
more meaningfully. Your discovery of this new found
power grants you short bursts of temporal surges re-
presented by Shard Charges.
You have Shard Charges equal to your proicien-
cy bonus plus Constitution Modiier.
When you expend a Shard Charge, it is unavail-
able to you again until you inish a long rest.
Predict the Future
Choose a target, as an action, you expend a Shard
Charge in order to attempt to predict the targets fu-
ture and slightly alter it. If the target is hostile or
unwilling, they make a Wisdom Saving Throw ver-
sus your Spell Save DC. If they pass, your predic-
tion fails, if they fail, you successfully predict their
immediate future. You maintain this hold on your
target for up to an hour or until you attempt to al-
ter their future or you use another Shard Charge
Ability.
As the target is taking an attack action or making
a skill check, you may attempt to alter their future.
If you do, roll a d6. You may add or subtract your
roll from theirs.
Running on Borrowed Time
You may expend one Shard Charge to bring the fu-
ture to you, bringing your future self to the present.
You take an additional action and move up to half
your movement speed in addition to your previous
actions and movement this turn.
On using this Shard Charge ability, you must for-
feit your next turn.
You may only use this Shard Charge ability once
per turn.
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Time Heals all Wounds
As an action, you can expend any number of Shard
Charges to heal 1d4+1 per fate die expended while
using this ability.
At 9th level, healing die becomes a d6, at 14th le-
vel, the healing die becomes a d8, and at 18th level,
the healing die becomes a d10.
Let's Just Pause to Think for a Second
You may expend a Shard Charge in order to create a
small temporal ield in your immediate area, giving
you a little bit more time to think and act. You may
take an additional Bonus Action this turn.
You may only use this Shard Charge Ability once
per round.
Age is Just a Number
At 2nd level, the Time Shards in your body begin
to alter you physiology slightly. You no longer show
signs of physically ageing, although, it does not af-
fect your actual age and you can still die from old
age.
At 11th level, you no longer age at all, except by
magical efects.
At 18th Level, not even magical efects efects can
age you, unless you so choose, you also now can
complete a full nights sleep in half the time it would
normally take you.
Time Shard Enhancement
When you reach 3rd level, the time shards within
your body begin to enhance your entire being, most
notably your speed, and your thinking capacity. You
can focus on one of these aspects or allow them to
continue to enhance your body on their own. These
focuses are:
Reex Shards
Mental Shards
Balanced Shards
These focuses are detailed at the end of the class
description, before the chronomancer spell list.
Your Time Shard Enhancement grants you fea-
tures at 3rd level, and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th
level.
Im late, Im late. For a very important date. No
time to say Hello, Goodbye. Im late, Im late, Im
late.
White Rabbit
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th,
16th and 19th level, you can increase one ability
score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two
ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you
cant increase an ability score above 20 using this
feature. You can choose to gain a feat as per the Play-
ers Handbook instead of improving ability scores.
Reset
At 5th level, you are able to shift time back a slightly
enough for you to ix small mistakes.
You may re-roll an attack roll, ability check, or
saving throw with advantage, you must take the new
roll.
You may only do this once per short rest.
Gamble with Time
At 10th level, if you have only 1 Shard Charge left,
you may expend it in order to roll 2d6 and consult
the following outcomes:
If 1 number is odd and 1 is even, regain 0 Shard
Charges
If both numbers are odd, regain 2 Shard Charges
If both numbers are even, regain 4 Shard Charges
If both numbers are the same, regain all Shard
Charges
Do 1d4 extra force damage
Take the disengage action as a bonus action
Cause the creature to be caught in a moment in
time and unable to move during its next turn
Form a temporary shield to increase your AC by 2
until your next turn
Flux
At 17th level, with so much temporal energy cour-
sing through your body, you constantly shift a few
milliseconds out of alignment with the current ti-
meline. This gives you a slight edge in combat and
grants you a bonus 3 AC.
Tachyon Surge
At 20th level, your abilities have reached their peak.
You gain the ability to learn the complete history of
an object by holding it and focusing your time en-
ergy through it for 10 minutes. If you are disturbed
during this time, you only learn key events in the
objects history and may have some muddled infor-
mation on other aspects.
You may only use this feature once per long rest.

This feature can only be used once per long rest.

Impact Pulse
At 13th level, if you are hit with a critical attack,
the Time Shards in your body react by slowing the
attackers weapon down slightly.
Roll the same die as the attacker rolled to calcu-
late weapon or spell damage and subtract your roll
from the total damage. If they used multiple die to
calculate damage, use the largest die.

Clockwork Hands
At 15th level, youve channel the current of time so
much through your hands, youre able to manifest
time energy into a physical form around them.
You become proicient in unarmed combat, your
ists do 1d6 force damage, and you may use Dexte-
rity or Strength as your attack stat.
In addition to this, if you successfully land a hit
with your ists, you may invoke one of the following
efects:

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Time Shard
Enhancement
Reflex Shards
Focusing all the temporal energy into your physical
abilities allows you to move faster and attack more.
Can't Be Late
Starting when you choose this Shard Enhancement
at 3rd level, your movement speed is increase by
15ft.
You also have advantage on initiative rolls.
Double-time
Starting at 6th level, you can take an additional ac-
tion during your turn.
Time Warp Again
Starting at 11th level, if you are reduced to 0 Hit
points, you can instead expend your remaining Shard
Charges and regain 1d4 plus 1 hit points per Shard
Charge expended and remain standing.
You also gain 1 bonus AC per Shard Charge ex-
pended until your next turn.
Flashpoint
At 17th level, you can push your body to the absolu-
te physical limits using channelled temporal energy.
Your movement speed is increased by a further
15 feet and you can take another additional action
on your turn.
Mental Shards
Technically, youre focusing on how to focus better.
But that means youll be able to control the ow of
time through the Shards with more control and i-
nesse, resulting in deadlier spells.
Temporal Intellectual
Starting when you choose this Shard Enhancement
at 3rd level, you can re-roll one spell attack roll per
encounter.
Impenetrable Mind
Starting at 6th level, you can no longer be Frighte-
ned, Charmed, or Maddened
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Snap Decision
Starting at 11th level, you can cast spells that re-
quire 1 action to cast as a bonus action instead.
Time strengthened spells
Starting at 17th level, your spellcasting ability is so
powerful you can predict what needs to be cast be-
fore you need it, as a result, the temporal energy
starts building up before you attack, strengthening
the efect.
Add +1 to both your Spell Save DC and Spell At-
tack
Balanced Shards
Instead of focusing on a speciic Shard element, you
instead opted to train your entire body to handled
the stresses of temporal entanglement better.
Predict the Fight
Starting when you choose this Shard Enhancement
at 3rd level, you have advantage when rolling for in-
itiative.
Double-time
Starting at 6th level, you can take an additional ac-
tion during your turn.
Snap Decision
Starting at 11th level, you can cast spells that re-
quire 1 action to cast as a bonus action instead.
Master of Body and Mind
Starting at 17th level, you have gained enough con-
trol over the time shards in your body to allow you
to teleport yourself.
Instead of moving during your turn, you can in-
stead teleport up to 50 feet in any direction. If you
end your turn inside a solid object or creature, you
take 1d10 bludgeoning damage and are moved to
the closest free space.
You can do this Constitution modiier + 1 times
per long rest.
This is why you dont freeze time, you guys. Its in-
credibly irresponsible.
Rick Sanchez
Chronomancer Spell List Melfs Minute Meteors
Slow
Cantrips (0 Level) Time Bomb
Blade Ward Tongues
Bolt of Time / Epoch Bolt Water Walk
Friends Wind Wall
Halt 4th Level
Mage Hand Arcane Eye
Mending Bane Shot
Message Blight
Minor Illusion Death Ward
Resistance Dimension Door
Shillelagh Elemental Bane
True Strike Fabricate
Vicious Mockery Hallucinatory Terrain
1st Level Phantasmal Killer
Absorb Elements 5th Level
Bane Antilife Shell
Charm Person Destructive Wave
Chromatic Orb Dominate Person
Command
Geas
Feather Fall
Hold Monster
Heroism
Modify Memory
Inict Wounds
Riddle
Jump
Scrying
Revert Time
Wall of Force
Silent Image
6th Level
Spell Blade
Arcane Gate
Tensers Floating Disk
Circle of Death
2nd Level
Contingency
Alter Self
Enervation
Arcane Lock
Augury Eyebite
Blur Globe of Invulnerability
Cloud of Daggers Magic Jar
Continual Flame True Seeing
Crown of Madness Woeful Stab
Find Traps 7th Level
Hold Person Delayed Blast Time Bomb
Invisibility Finger of Death
Mirror Image Forcecage
Misty Step Mordenkainens Sword
Ray of Enfeeblement Prismatic Spray
Reexive Shot Regenerate
Shatter Teleport
Sphere of Time 8th Level
3rd Level Abi-Dalzims Horrid Wilting
Aura of Vitality Feeblemind
Blade Ward Glibness
Blink Mind Blank
Bonesword Rip through Time
Counterspell 9th Level
Dispel Magic Meteor Swarm
Fly Quantum Shift Time
Haste Stop
Major Image Gate

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Spell Descriptions
The spells below are the ones from the Spell List that
are not in the Players Handbook or Elemental Evil
Players Companion. These spells are presented in
alphabetical order.
Bane Shot
4th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Touch
Components: S, V
Duration: 1 Round
You touch a ranged weapon that uses ammuni-
tion, infusing it with the power of time. For the du-
ration, when you attack with the weapon and hit,
the target must make a Constitution saving throw.
It takes an extra 4d6 Necrotic damage on a failed
save, or half as much on a successful one. For the
duration the weapon is considered magical if it is
not already.
Bolt Of Time (Epoch Bolt)
Evocation Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: S, V
Duration: Instant
A beam of energy with a blueish/purpleish hue
streaks towards a creature within range. Make a
ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the
target takes 1d8 (2d4) force damage. All damage in
brackets are when the spell is altered to be Epoch
Bolt. The spells damage increases by 1d8 when you
increase the spell every 2 spell slots making it 2d8
(4d4) at 2th level, 3d8 (6d4) at 4th level, and 4d8
(8d4) at 6th level and so on.
Bonesword
3rd-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (one bone, which the spell
consumes)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
A bone, held in your free hand, becomes a short
sword, longsword or great sword. It lasts for the du-
ration and then crumbles to dust. Anyone may use
the bone sword, and it is a magic weapon. While
wielding the bone sword, you are proicient with it.
It deals an extra 2d6 necrotic damage against any
living creatures.
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Delayed Blast Time Bomb
7th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 150 feet
Components: V, S, M (A small cog wheel)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A beam of white light ashes from your pointing
inger, then condenses to linger at a chosen point wi-
thin range as a glowing bead for the duration. When
the spell ends, either because your concentration is
broken or because you decide to end it, the bead
blossoms with a low roar into a vortex that spreads
around corners. Each creature in a 40 ft sphere cen-
tered on that point must make a Dexterity saving
throw. A creature takes force damage equal to the
total accumulated damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. The spells ba-
se damage is 9D8. If at the end of your turn the bead
has not yet detonated, the damage increases increa-
ses by 1d8. If the glowing bead is touched before the
interval has expired, the creature touching it must
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the
spell ends immediately, causing the bead to crea-
te a black hole. On a successful save, the creature
can throw the bead up to 40 feet. When it strikes
a creature or a solid object, the creature or object,
the spell ends, and the bead explodes. The explosion
damages objects in the area and moves light to mo-
derately weighted objects that arent being worn or
carried. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
using a spell slot of 8th level or higher, the base da-
mage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 7th.
Enervation
5th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 25 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You point at a target and they immediately feel
their life force slipping away. If it fails a Constitution
save, it loses hit points equal to the level of the spell
level multiplied by 4, if it fails, or half damage on a
success. If the targets hit points is reduced to 0 from
this spell, the target dies and cannot be resurrected
by anything other than a wish spell.
Reflexive Shift
2nd-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 re-action
Range: Self (30ft)
Components: V
Duration: Instant
 When any Friendly creature within 30 feet of you
moves, and would provoke an attack of opportunity,
cause the attack to have disadvantage.
Hush
1st-level illusion
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: S
Duration: Concentration (Up to 10 Minutes)
Your footsteps and armor make no noise, giving
you advantage on stealth checks to avoid detection
while moving. At Higher Levels. When you cast this
spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher the
number of creatures number of creatures you can
target increases by 1 for each spell slot above the
irst.
Revert Time
1st-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instant
A creature you touch has its wounds revert back
in time. That creature gains hitpoints equal to 1d8
+ your wisdom modiier. This spell as no efect on
creatures that are undead. At Higher Levels. When
you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or
higher, the healing increases by 1d8 for each spell
slot level above the irst.
Quantum Shift
9th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 1 mile
Components: S, V
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You force open the strongest rip in time creating
an aging vortex for any enemy inside its area. All
creatures within a 40foot-radius sphere centered on
a speciic target must make a Wisdom saving throw.
The sphere spreads around corners. A creature ta-
kes 7d12 force damage and 3d12 necrotic damage
on a failed save, or half as much on a successful
one. After the damage has been dealt, every enemy
that took damage from this spell must make another
Wisdom saving throw. On a success, creature takes
half damage, in addition to the damage previously.
On a failure, the creature ages 1d100 years.
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Rip Through Time
8th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 150 Feet
Components: S, V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Portals to other timelines rip open in a 60-foot
radius centered on a point you choose within ran-
ge. Each creature in that area must make a Con-
stitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creatu-
re takes 9d10 psychic damage and is immobilized
for 1 minute. On a successful save, it takes half as
much damage and isnt immobilized by this spell.
A creature immobilized by this spell makes another
Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its
turns. On a successful save, it is no longer immobi-
lized. This spell also sucks away any magically crea-
ted darkness.
Spell Blade
1st-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: self
Components: S, V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You conjure a blade of force in your free hand.
The blade is similar in size and shape to a short
sword, and lasts for the duration. If you let go of the
blade, it disappears, but you can conjure the blade
again as a bonus action. You are proicient with the
blade and can make melee weapon attacks with it. It
is a magic weapon with the light and inesse proper-
ties. As a bonus action, you may cast a spell with a
range of touch into the blade. The spell is held until
it is released or the blade disappears, and only one
spell can be held. If you hit a creature with the bla-
de, the held spell is released. The target is afected
as though you had cast the held spell on it.
Time Bomb
6th-level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 150 feet
Components:V, S, M (a small cogwheel)
Duration: Instantaneous
A bright streak ashes from your pointing inger
to a point you choose within range then blossoms
with a low roar into an explosion of arcane. Each
creature in a 20-foot radius must make a Dexterity
saving throw. A target takes 7d8 force damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one. The explosion spreads around corners. It sucks
in loose objects in the area that arent being worn or
carried. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
using a spell slot of 5th level of higher, the damage
increases increases by 1d8 for each slot level above
4rd.
Woeful Dagger
6th-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a single rib)
Duration: 1 round
A dagger in the back might hurt for some time,
but the pain of a woeful dagger never ends. You con-
jure a woeful dagger in your free hand, which lasts
for the duration. You are proicient with the woeful
dagger and you may use your spell casting ability in-
stead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of
melee attacks using it. It deals 2d4 piercing damage
it, and is considered a magic weapon. Once during
the spells duration, when you hit a creature with
the woeful dagger, you can make a woeful stab. The
creature you hit must make a Wisdom saving throw.
You deal an extra 10d10 psychic damage, half as
much on a success. If the creature fails, The crea-
ture is stunned for a minute or until it makes its
saving throw.
They always say time changes things, but you ac-
tually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol
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References
Images:
Chronomancer: Tabletop Game: "Frostgrave"
Shard: hsmr on DeviantArt [https://hsmr.deviant-
art.com/]
Clock: [http://tinyurl.com/y9yoyxxc]
Hourglass: Trading card game "Time Flux: Origins
of War"
Texts
Spells and Formatting: 5e Chronomage (Chronoma-
ny) by xFOAxREAPER [http://tinyurl.com/yarkyy5f]
Quotes: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/ti-
me
Rick and Morty
Alice in Wonderland
Original Credits
Heavily based on Zst0rm from reddits unearthed ar-
canas chronomage class. Just rebalanced and renamed
things for my game.
(Zst0rms ORIGINAL CREDITS) INSPIRATION
Pattycakeees Shaman homebrew class. Middle Finger of
Vecnas School of Chronomancy. Monk, Wizard, Sorceror
and Cleric from the 5e Players Handbook by Wizards of
the Coast. PERSONAL THANKS My local D&D groups
for being supportive and helping with the overall idea.
Time is an Illusion
Albert Einstein
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