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====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the aeon walker.

'''{{Anchor|Time Walker Abilities}}:''' Aeon walker levels stack with levels of [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)|time walker]] for purposes of determining number of uses of [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] per day, improvements to the [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, and total [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Fast Movement|fast movement]] bonus.

'''{{Anchor|Tide of Time}} ([[Ex]]):''' An aeon walker is someone who can manipulate the flow of time, and, by extension, the flow of combat, with mere pushes of willpower, twisting it and turning it to his fancy. At first level, an aeon walker gains the ability to, as a [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]], sacrifice a single daily use of his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, and immediately either raise one place in order of [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]], or fall one place in order of [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] (at his choosing). If he chooses to rise one place in order of [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]], then his [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] count increases to where the combatant who went before him, is going after him (that combatant also gains an extra turn, after the aeon walker's turn concludes). If he chooses to fall one place in order of [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]], then his [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] count decreases to where the combatant who would be going after him, is suddenly going before him (after the aeon walker's turn concludes, that combatant is treated as having already gone, and is therefore skipped in the [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] count). Additionally, the aeon walkers [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] is changed to the new place in order of [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] for the rest of combat, unless this ability is used again.

'''{{Anchor|Nanosecond Reactions}} ([[Ex]]):''' An aeon walker is a warrior of time, and knows how to see things coming, especially a battle. This fact leads an aeon walker to always seem to move first when the time comes. At second level, an aeon walker gains the ability to add his [[SRD:Wisdom|Wisdom]] modifier to his [[SRD:Initiative|initiative]] rolls 

'''{{Anchor|Temporal Strike}}:''' An aeon walker is a very dangerous opponent when using the flow of time to his advantage. This ability functions exactly like the [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)|time walker]] ability of the same name. The distortion bonus increases by +1 every other level (2<sup><small>nd</small></sup>, 4<sup><small>th</small></sup>, 6<sup><small>th</small></sup>, 8<sup><small>th</small></sup>, and 10<sup><small>th</small></sup>). If an aeon walker gets a temporal strike bonus from another source the bonuses on damage stack.

'''{{Anchor|Evasion}} ([[Ex]]):''' Aeon Walkers can see into the future by a split second, and, from this, they can learn where they need to move in order to avoid an attack. At third level, an aeon walker gains evasion. If exposed to any effect that normally allows him to attempt a [[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] for half damage, he instead takes no damage with a successful [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]]. The evasion ability can only be used if the aeon walker is wearing light armor or no armor.

'''{{Anchor|Knot of Time}} ([[Ex]]):''' An aeon walker eventually learns how to twist and warp time into extremely confusing patterns, and seem to move faster than anything, while, from their perspective, they are merely moving at a leisurely rate. Of course, this manipulation does not come without drawback, and at fourth level, an aeon walker gains the ability to bargain with time itself, and pull time from the future, and into the present. This ability can be use one of two ways:
*An aeon walker can choose to, during his turn, as a [[SRD:Free Action|free action]], sacrifice a single daily use of his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, and exchange one of the actions available to him during his turn, with a single action available to him in his upcoming turn. For example, an aeon walker can exchange this turns [[SRD:Move Action|move action]] for his next turns [[SRD:Standard Action|standard action]], and take two [[SRD:Standard Action|standard actions]] on his turn, losing the ability to take any [[SRD:Move Action|move action]] on his turn, and, on his next turn, only being able to take two [[SRD:Move Action|move actions]] and no [[SRD:Standard Action|standard action]], unless this ability is used again on that turn. Only [[SRD:Standard Action|standard actions]] and [[SRD:Move Action|move actions]] can be exchanged this way.
*Or, an aeon walker can choose to pull an action from his next turn altogether, by taking a [[SRD:Free Action|free action]] during his turn, and sacrificing two daily use of his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability. When an aeon walker uses this ability, he may gain a single [[SRD:Standard Action|standard]], [[SRD:Swift Action|swift]], or [[SRD:Move Action|move]] action on his turn, and immediately use it for whatever purpose. Though, on his next turn, he loses the ability to make that particular kind of action (and, if the action pulled is a [[SRD:Standard Action|standard]] or [[SRD:Move Action|move]] action, the ability to make a [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]]), unless this ability is used again, to pull an action from his next turn.
The two versions of this ability can be used in conjuction, and in the same turn, but, there are certain matters that arrise when they are. For example, if an aeon walker exchanges his turns [[SRD:Standard Action|standard action]] for his next turns [[SRD:Move Action|move action]], then attempts to pull an action from his next turn as well, he cannot pull another [[SRD:Move Action|move action]], as that turn would not have any [[SRD:Move Action|move actions]] in it. Such matters are simple to see and figure out, but, they need to be kept in mind.

'''{{Anchor|Uncanny Dodge}} ([[Ex]]):''' An aeon walker is an impressive warrior in battle, and can seem to keep his cool even when a thousand attacks are pointed at his throat. Starting at fourth level, an aeon walker retains his [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] bonus to [[SRD:AC|AC]] (if any) regardless of being caught [[SRD:Flat-Footed|flat-footed]] or struck by an [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] attacker. (He still loses any [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] bonus to [[SRD:AC|AC]] if immobilized.)

'''{{Anchor|Anticipate}} ([[Ex]]):''' An aeon walker is someone who can glance into the future by an instant, see the flow of battle coming, and prepare himself for it. At fifth level, an aeon walker gains the ability to act normally in a [[SRD:Initiative#The Surprise Round|surprise round]], no matter the circumstances.

'''{{Anchor|Improved Evasion}} ([[Ex]]):''' For one who can see events before they even take place, being hurt is, at times, actually difficult to manage. This ability, gained at sixth level, works like evasion (see above). An aeon walker takes no damage at all on successful [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throws]] against attacks that allow a [[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] for half damage. What’s more, he takes only half damage even if he fails his [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]].

'''{{Anchor|Repose of Time}} ([[Ex]]):''' As an aeon walker grows more and more powerful, he eventually learns how to pull time's flow appart at the seams, and reconstruct it as he see's fit, stopping it, slowing it down, and removing himself from it entirely, even. At seventh level, an aeon walker gains the ability to bend the world itself to his whim, and stretch the borders of probability to a breaking point. This ability can be used in one of three ways:
*An aeon walker can, as a [[SRD:Move Action|move action]], sacrifice a single daily use of his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, and freeze time in it's tracks, sending it skidding off of it's preset track and into nothing. When an aeon walker uses this ability, he is 'shifted' into a world that is an exact copy of the material world, except that all things that existed in the material world, exist as mere statues in this world. This world is a ''now'', an infinitely minute point in time where there is no future coming, and there is no past that has passed. The statues in this world are mere represenations of the placement of all things in the 'real' world at that particular point in time, though, since in the ''now'', there is no future to speak of, altering one of these statues will have no effect on the 'real' world, as ''nows'' of the future will still be the same. While in a ''now'', the aeon walker has no need to eat, sleep, or do anything that he would otherwise be required to do in order to survive, he does not heal or recover in any other way that he might be capable of, nor does he age, he is incapable of being harmed, and items and abilities he may have that have an number of uses or charges per day do not regain uses or charges. If he attempts to create an instantaneous effect that does not directly affect him, while in the ''now'', that effect immediately fails, and if he attempts to create an effect with a duration, it instead has no effect, but, when he leaves the ''now'', it's duration begins. The aeon walker can [[SRD:Craft Skill|craft]] an item while in the ''now'', if he wishes to, following the usual rules for creating that particular kind of item, though, he may only take up to 10 lbs. of items that he created while in the ''now'' with him when he leaves it. The aeon walker can stay in the ''now'' for any period of "time", though, he must always leave eventually, and he is aware of this fact.
*An aeon walker can also, using this ability, as a [[SRD:Free Action|free action]], sacrificing a single daily use of his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, slow time down. When he uses this version of repose of time, he must declare an ''external duration'' and an ''internal duration''. The ''external duration'' can be any number of rounds ranging from one minute (10 rounds) to one day (14,400 rounds). The ''internal duration'' can be any number of rounds ranging from twelve seconds (2 rounds) to thirty seconds (5 rounds). For the ''external duration'' he set, the ''internal duration'' he set (from his perspective) is equal to a single round of actual time (For example, if he set the ''external duration'' for 12 hours, and the ''internal duration'' for thirty seconds (5 rounds), then, the 12 hour duration (7,200 rounds) would last for 2 days, 12 hours (36,000 rounds), from his perpsective). This change in time is only relevant to anything directly (or indirectly) dealing with the aeon walker himself, where-as other things are oblivious to (and not affected by) the alteration unless they begin interacting with the aeon walker. For example, if the time walker slows down time to allow his friends to get 8 hours of rest in 1 hour and 36 minutes, then, the rest of the world is only aware of 1 hour and 36 minutes having passed, while those who were involved with, observing, standing near, or otherwise interacting with the aeon walker or something else that is interacting with him, just had 8 hours of time to spend. This effect is useful for attempting to race the clock.
*Or, an aeon walker could, using this ability, as a [[SRD:Free Action|free action]], sacrificing a single daily use of his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, completely remove himself from time altogether. When he uses this version of repose of time, he, and everything he is carrying, vanishes. At any point in time after this, he may reappear, at his choosing, in the exact same orientation and state he was in when he vanished. While he is 'away', he is vaguely aware of the world around the point that he had existed in before when he vanished, but, he is not aware of the passage of time, as he is not part of it, and all events that occur in that area while he is 'away' seem to happen at both the point in time when he vanished, and the point in time when he reappears, meaning that his only way of judging when he's about to come out, is by feeling how much action has taken place. In this way, he can vaguely 'see' the future of that particular area and he may choose to re-enter time at any point, even one minute before a particular action he felt about to take place occurs, and recount what he felt.

'''{{Anchor|Improved Uncanny Dodge}} ([[Ex]]):''' Aeon Walkers are supremely aware of the battlefield, and everything that goes on there-in, for they have seen it beforehand. At eighth level, an aeon walker can no longer be flanked. This defense denies [[SRD:Rogue|rogues]] the ability to use flank attacks to sneak attack the walker. The exception to this defense is that a [[SRD:Rogue|rogue]] at least four levels higher than the aeon walker can flank him (and thus sneak attack him).

'''{{Anchor|Temporal Vacuum}} ([[Ex]]):''' As an aeon walker begins to approach his peak, he learns to manipulate time to the point that he can change things, and make it so that he can only exist in the present, meaning that he does not exist in the future or the past, as far as space goes, allowing him to technically never move as he hurtles across the battlefield. At ninth level, while in his [[Time Walker (3.5e Class)#Flow of Time|flow of time]] ability, an aeon walker does not provoke [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] because of his movement, and he gains the ability to move through occupied spaces as though they weren't occupied.

'''{{Anchor|Blink Reflexes}} ([[Ex]]):''' An aeon walker can move in the blink of an eye, and can attack with such exact prescision, that he can make a dozen attacks before a creature even realizes it left itself open. At tenth level, an aeon walker gains the ability to make a number of additional [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] equal to his [[SRD:Wisdom|Wisdom]] bonus, each [[SRD:Round|round]]. These extra [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] stack with the extra [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] gained from the [[SRD:Combat Reflexes|combat reflexes]] feat.

The epic aeon walker gains a {{Anchor|bonus feat}} (selected from the list of epic aeon walker feats) every three levels after tenth.  

''Epic Aeon Walker Bonus Feat List:'' [[SRD:Blinding Speed|Blinding Speed]], [[SRD:Epic Dodge|Epic Dodge]], [[SRD:Epic Fortitude|Epic Fortitude]], [[SRD:Epic Reflexes|Epic Reflexes]], [[SRD:Epic Speed|Epic Speed]], [[SRD:Epic Will|Epic Will]], [[SRD:Extended Life Span|Extended Life Span]], [[SRD:Improved Combat Reflexes|Improved Combat Reflexes]], [[SRD:Improved Manyshot|Improved Manyshot]], [[SRD:Perfect Health|Perfect Health]], [[SRD:Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting|Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting]], [[SRD:Superior Initiative|Superior Initiative]], [[SRD:Swarm of Arrows|Swarm of Arrows]], [[SRD:Uncanny Accuracy|Uncanny Accuracy]].
Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	High +
Author	Rithaniel +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Challenge Rating	14 +
Class Ability	Other +
Class Ability Progression	Full +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Prestige Class +
Length	10 +
Minimum Level	2 +
Name	Orin Maske (Timeline 4) +
Race	Human +
Rated By	Zhenra-Khal +
Rating	Rating Pending +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Size	Medium +
Skill	Balance +, Bluff +, Climb +, Diplomacy +, Gather Information +, Handle Animal +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Ride +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spot +, Survival +, Swim + and Tumble +
Skill Points	6 +
Summary	In this world, time walkers find themselves offered many thousand different paths to walk, the path of the aeon walker is one such path. + and A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, wearing some fine padded pieces of armor, with a thin blade slung over his shoulder. +
Title	Aeon Walker +
Type	Humanoid (Human) +
Will Save Progression	Good +