Talent

Your awakened mind manipulates the flow of time, making it simply another dimension that all things move through. Unlike you, most creatures go in one direction through time, but you can look and wander back and forth, slow it down, speed it up, or make it stand still. Chronopaths are sometimes called time masters, and those who follow the Chronopath specialization do so at the Academy of Time.

You rapidly advance the age of objects with your mind, causing them to turn to dust. You can use an action to gain 1 strain while touching a mundane object not carried or worn by another creature. If the object is Medium or smaller, it disintegrates into a pile of dust. If the object is Large or bigger, you disintegrate a 5-foot-cubic portion of the object.

Additionally, while touching a Construct, you can use an action to gain strain up to your proficiency bonus. The Construct must make a Wisdom saving throw against your talent power save DC, taking 2d10 necrotic damage for each strain you gain on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

At the beginning of a fight, you bend time to your advantage. If you are surprised at the start of combat and aren't incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn. You can also gain 1 strain to allow a surprised creature within 90 feet of you that you can see to act normally on their first turn.

Additionally, whenever you roll initiative, you can switch the initiative count of two creatures you can see within 90 feet of you that rolled initiative at the same time as you.

You temporarily remove a creature from space and time with your mind. As an action, you gain 3 strain and focus your mind on bending time around a creature you can see within 120 feet of you, which must make a Charisma saving throw against your talent power save DC. On a failed save, the creature takes 6d10 psychic damage and disappears, reappearing at the end of your turn 1d4 + 1 rounds later. The creature reappears in the space it previously occupied, or the nearest unoccupied space. On a success, the creature takes half as much damage and their speed is halved until the end of their next turn.

You don't belong to a talent academy. Whether you rejected the offer when it came your way, or you don't even know such places exist, you make no special distinction between the powers you wield. By undertaking the Maverick specialization, you hone innate abilities that make any power you manifest more effective.

When your powers tax you, you release some of that debilitating energy out into the world. Whenever you gain strain, you can choose a creature you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your talent power save DC or take 1d6 psychic damage for each strain you gain.

By making use of your psychic energy, you shield yourself from harm. Whenever you take damage, you can use your reaction to gain 1 strain and halve the damage.

With intense focus, you pour all your might into a manifested power. When you deal damage with a power, you can deal maximum damage instead of rolling damage dice. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Your brain allows you to alter a creature's body chemistry, letting you close wounds, grant superpowers, and even bring back the dead with a mere touch of the mind. Metamorphs are sometimes called changers, and those who make a formal study of the Metamorph specialization do so at the Academy of Body.

By force of will alone, you close a creature's wounds or cure what ails them. As an action, you touch one creature (which can be yourself) and gain strain up to your proficiency bonus. For each strain you gain this way, the target regains 1d10 hit points, or you cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affecting them.

The psionic power flowing through your body heightens your senses. You add a bonus equal to your Intelligence modifier to Wisdom (Perception) checks and to your passive Wisdom (Perception) score.

By expending psionic energy, you return a dead creature to life. After spending 1 hour concentrating on and touching the remains of a creature that died within the last 8 hours, you gain 8 strain, and the creature returns to life with 1 hit point. Any poisons or diseases that affected the creature when they died are neutralized or cured when they return to life. This power closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.

Additionally, if you die and can gain 8 strain without surpassing your strain maximum, you gain 8 strain and your remains reform 1 hour after your death. When your remains reform, you return to life as above.

You can use this feature to return a creature to life (including yourself) once, regaining the ability to do so when you finish a long rest.

Any creature that benefits from your Psionic Toughness feature gains the following additional benefits for 1 hour:

By interacting with the explosive energy found in all things, you can create and manipulate fire with your mind. To you, the flames you wield might be a beautiful work of art, a representation of your burning passion or rage, or simply a tool you use to do your job. Pyrokinetics are sometimes called burners, and those who take up the Pyrokinetic specialization do so at the Academy of Fire.

A mastery of pyrokinesis allows you to change flame into raw energy and bend it to your will. Whenever you manifest a pyrokinesis power, you can pick one of the following options:

Your psionic fires can seek and destroy your targets. Ranged attacks you make with the flames created by your Flame On feature have a range of 120 feet. All attacks you make with your Flame On feature ignore half cover and three-quarters cover.

Additionally, the fire damage dealt by attacks made with your Flame On feature improves to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier (minimum +1).

Channeling your pyrokinesis powers lets you set your enemies ablaze. Once per turn when you deal fire damage to a creature with a pyrokinesis power or your Flame On feature, you can make the target catch fire for 1 minute. While on fire, a target takes fire damage equal to twice your proficiency bonus at the start of each of their turns. At the end of each of their turns, a target can make a Dexterity saving throw against your talent power save DC, extinguishing the fire on themself on a success.

Through sheer force of will, you create and reshape objects and creatures, literally making your dreams and your enemies' nightmares come true. Resopaths are sometimes called makers, and those who enter the Resopath specialization do so at the Academy of Creation.

The power of your mind creates one or more living creatures that come to your aid. As a bonus action, you gain strain to create a soulless creature with the statistics of a Beast of your choice, whose challenge rating is no higher than your talent level divided by 3 (rounded down). The strain you gain equals the creature's challenge rating (minimum 1).

The creature appears in an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet of you that you can see, and acts after you on your initiative count. The creature can understand any languages you speak and follows your commands to the best of their ability. If you don't issue any commands to the creature, they defend themself from hostile creatures but otherwise take no actions. Your manifested ally disappears if they are reduced to 0 hit points, if you die, if you use this feature again to create another ally, or after 10 minutes.

You make objects you need appear from nowhere. As an action, you create any Large or smaller mundane object, which appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you, with you touching the object. You can use this feature to create a copy of any object you have touched, such as a key or a statue of a specific dragon. This feature can't be used to make functional spell components.

The object you create disappears if you stop touching it for 5 minutes or until you use this feature again. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum once), regaining all uses when you finish a long rest.

Terrain you shape with your mind is capable of harming your enemies. At the start of each of your turns while your Manipulate Terrain feature is active, you can select up to three creatures you can see in the area affected by that feature and shape the ground around them into attacking weapons (no action required). Each creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your talent power save DC or take bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (your choice) equal to your talent level.

Your psionic powers allow you to physically manipulate other objects and creatures. All the world is a puppet show and you are the puppet master, pulling invisible strings that can send stones, people, and even buildings flying. Telekinetics are sometimes called movers, and those who undertake the Telekinetic specialization do so at the Academy of Motion.

Whenever you manifest a power that allows you to move one or more creatures or objects, you can increase the distance the power allows you to move the targets by 10 feet.

Additionally, when you make a Strength or Dexterity saving throw, you can gain 1 strain to make an Intelligence saving throw instead.

Enemies feel your power when their attacks are reflected back at them. When you use a reaction to activate Invisible Armor and the triggering attack misses, you can make a power attack roll against the creature that triggered the reaction. If your attack hits, the target is hit by the triggering attack and takes extra damage equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1).

The might of your mind allows you to move yourself and your allies with ease. You gain a flying speed of 60 feet.

In addition, as a bonus action, you can move a willing creature you can see within 60 feet of you up to 15 feet in any direction, including up. A creature moved up begins to fall as soon as that movement ends.

Your psionic powers read and manipulate the minds of others. With only a thought, you can communicate with people silently over great distances, uncover hidden secrets, and turn enemies into friends. Telepaths are sometimes called readers, and those who make a formal study of the Telepath specialization do so at the Academy of Mind.

Your awakened mind is acutely sensitive to the emotions of others. Whenever you make an ability check that makes use of the Deception, Insight, Intimidation, or Persuasion skills, you gain a bonus to the check equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum +1).

Your foes develop an overwhelming sympathy for you thanks to your telepathy powers. When a creature fails a saving throw against a power you manifest, you can momentarily flood the creature with conflicting emotions that prevent them from attacking you until the start of your next turn. Creatures that can't be charmed are immune to this effect.

You can facilitate an incredible psychic connection between yourself and other creatures. When you forge a telepathic link with your Greater Telepathy feature, each linked creature gains the following benefits:

As you open up the minds of your enemies, you cause their secrets to spill forth. Whenever a creature fails a saving throw against a telepathy power you manifest, you can choose one of the following options: