Impose Continuity
Arcane Traditions
The study of wizardry is ancient, stretching back to the
earliest mortal discoveries of magic. It is firmly established in
the worlds of D&D, with various traditions dedicated to its
complex study.
School of Chronomancy
As a member of the school of Chronomancy, you seek to
control the fate of the universe at its most fundamental level.
While many novice chronomancers falter before the mind-
bending implications of their work, masters of the craft are
decisive in their manipulation of space and time. Of all the
schools of magic, members of this school are the most likely
to meddle with forces beyond their control, potentially leading
to catastrophe in the past, present, and future.
Temporal Savant
Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the time
you must spend to copy a spell into your spellbook is halved.
Chronostutter
At 2nd level, you can delay your spells for a short period.
When you cast a spell, you may delay its effect until an
initiative count of your choice (losing all initiative ties), or up
to 6 seconds when out of combat. The spell resolves as if you
are still standing in the space where you cast the spell.
Timeline Convergence
At 6th level, you can pull knowledge from versions of yourself
in alternate realities, where you took a different path in life.
You gain proficiency with a tool, skill, weapon, or armor piece
of your choice, or learn a cantrip from any spell list. During a
long rest, you can exchange the chosen proficiency or cantrip
with another one.
Starting at 10th level, when you cast a spell with a duration of
1 minute or longer, you can lock its presence in time. If you
would lose concentration on that spell, you can use your
reaction to maintain it. Affected creatures may repeat their
saving throws against the spell at that time. In addition, you
can double its duration to a maximum duration of 24 hours.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a long rest.
Causal Paradox
At 14th level, you discover the means to transmit spells
backwards in time. Your future self can now use you as a
temporal anchor, a remote location in space and time around
which their spells can manifest.
Spells from the Future. At any time, you may have a spell
spontaneously arrive from the future, with no discernable
source. This can even occur during other creatures turns, as
though an unseen caster had readied the spell for that
precise moment. Choose a spell of 1st to 5th level and a
casting time of one action or bonus action from the wizard
spell list. The effects of the spell occur with no action or
component cost required, although you count as the caster of
the spell for purposes of range, concentration, and ability
scores. The spell can use any spell slot of 1st to 5th level.
The Unspoken Promise. By universal decree, every effect
must have a cause. When a spell arrives from the future, you
accrue causal debt, a promise that at some point, the spell
will be repaid. While in debt for a spell, you cannot have
further spells arrive.
Spells for the Past. During a short or long rest, you can
perform an hour-long ritual to send the chosen spell into the
past, thus paying off your causal debt. At the end of the ritual
you cast the spell as normal, consuming material components
and a spell slot of the correct level. The effects of the spell
don't occur at the time of casting.
If you don't have the ability to cast the spell, you have to
prepare, learn, or aquire the spell before you can perform this
ritual.
Credit:
Homebrew by /u/belithioben
Art by Alex Stone Art