[[File:Timetravel.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Time travel requires that haircut. It's a cosmic law or something.]]

In the search for understanding, many [[SRD:Monk|monks ]] turn inwards to understand the self. It permits them control over their bodies for certain, but their power is limited to the self. For the Monks of the Wheel of Time, they sought their answers beyond. For all living creatures are ultimately bound by the constraints of time and space. If one was to understand the flow of time and its effects on the world, perhaps they could escape its bonds and reach a different sort of physical perfection, one that frees them of the bonds of material universal constraints. Thus these monks shed wisdom for intellect, meditation for study. They turned to the stars, studied history, and pondered on the great mysteries to become the temporal adepts, masters of time and body.

'''Abilities:''' Temporal Adepts are ultimately a melee class, and thus enjoy a strong [[Strength]] and [[Dexterity]] both. On the other hand, [[Intelligence]] determines many of their aspects, and can easily be used in place of attack and damage. [[Constitution]] will keep them alive in battle. This leaves [[Wisdom]], useful for [[Will ]] saves, and [[Charisma]] as the runners up.

'''{{Anchor|AC Bonus}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' When unarmored and unencumbered, the temporal adept adds her [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] bonus (if any) to her [[SRD:AC|AC]]. In addition, a temporal adept gains a +4 bonus to [[SRD:AC|AC]] at 1st level. This bonus increases by 1 at 2nd level and every even temporal adept levels level thereafter (+6 at 4th, +7 at 6th, and so forth).

'''{{Anchor|Flurry of Blows}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' When unarmored, a temporal adept may strike with a flurry of blows at the expense of accuracy. When doing so, she may make one extra attack in a [[SRD:Round|round]] at her highest [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|base attack bonus]], but this attack takes a –2 penalty, as does each other attack made that [[SRD:Round|round]]. The resulting modified base attack bonuses are shown in the Flurry of Blows Attack Bonus column on [[#Table: The temporal adept|Table: The temporal adept]]. This penalty applies for 1 [[SRD:Round|round]], so it also affects [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] the temporal adept might make before her next action. When a temporal adept reaches 5th level, the penalty lessens to –1, and at 9th level , it disappears. A temporal adept must use a full attack action to strike with a flurry of blows.

The temporal adept receives ''[[SRD:True Strike|true strike]]'' at 1st level, costing 1 time warp point. At 2nd level , she receives ''[[SRD:Deja Vu|deja vu]]'' for 1 time warp point. At 4th level , she receives ''[[SRD:Object Reading|object reading]]'' for 2 time warp points. At 6th level , she receives ''[[SRD:Time Hop|time hop]]'''' for 3 time warp points. At 8th level , she receives ''[[SRD:Psionic Dimension Door|psionic dimension door]]'' for 4 time warp points. At 10th level , she receives ''[[Alternate Future (3.5e Power)|alternate future]]'' for 5 time warp points. At 12th level , she receives ''[[SRD:Suspend Life|suspend life]]'' for 6 time warp points. At 14th level , she receives ''[[SRD:Fate of One|fate of one]]'' for 7 time warp points. At 16th level , she receives ''[[SRD:Mass Time Hop|mass time hop]]'' for 8 time warp points. At 18th level, she receives ''[[SRD:Temporal Acceleration|temporal acceleration]]'' for 9 time warp points. And finally Finally, at 20th level, she receives ''[[SRD:Timeless Body|timeless body]]'' for 9 time warp points.

Usually , a temporal adept’s unarmed strikes deal lethal damage, but she can choose to deal [[SRD:Nonlethal Damage|nonlethal damage]] instead with no penalty on her [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack roll]]. She has the same choice to deal lethal or [[SRD:Nonlethal Damage|nonlethal damage]] while [[SRD:Grappling|grappling]].

A temporal adept also deals more damage with her unarmed strikes than a normal person would, as shown on [[#Table: The temporal adeptTemporal Adept|Table: The temporal adeptTemporal Adept]]. The unarmed damage on [[#Table: The temporal adeptTemporal Adept|Table: The temporal adeptTemporal Adept]] is for Medium temporal adepts. A Small temporal adept deals less damage than the amount given there with her unarmed attacks, while a Large temporal adept deals more damage; see [[#Table: temporal adept Temporal Adept Unarmed Damage by Size|Table: temporal adept Temporal Adept Unarmed Damage by Size]].

'''{{Anchor|Cunning Fighter}} {{Ex}}:''' At 2nd level , a temporal adept learns how to strike with cunning, placing their blows for optimal damage in minimal time. By spending 1 time warp point , they can use their [[Intelligence]] instead of their [[Strength]] or [[Dexterity]] to attack rolls. Alternatively (or in addition to) this, they can spend 1 time warp point to add [[Intelligence]] to damage in place of [[Strength]] or [[Dexterity]]. The benefits last for 1 round, and activating this ability is a free action that can preformed be performed at the beginning of her turn.

'''{{Anchor|Evasion}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 2nd level or higher , if a temporal adept makes a successful [[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, she instead takes no damage. Evasion can be used only if a temporal adept is wearing light armor or no armor. A [[SRD:Helpless|helpless]] temporal adept does not gain the benefit of evasion.

'''{{Anchor|Fast Movement}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 3rd level, a temporal adept gains an a bonus to her speed, as shown on [[#Table: The Temporal Adept|Table: The Temporal Adept]]. A temporal adept in armor or carrying a medium or heavy load loses this extra speed.

'''{{Anchor|Lesser Sudden Blow}}:''' At 3rd level , the temporal adept receives [[Lesser Sudden Blow (3.5e Feat)|Lesser Sudden Blow]] as a bonus feat.

'''{{Anchor|Slow Down}} {{Su}}:''' At 5th level, a temporal adept can bend time to make everything run in slow motion for her. As a an immediate action , the temporal adept can spend 1 time warp point. It grants them their [[Intelligence]] bonus to [[Reflex]], initiative checks, and skill checks that can be completed in 1 round or less. They are under the effects of ''[[SRD:Feather Fall|feather fall]]'' and they move over liquids as if they were solid. Attacks while slowed down pack a bit more punch than usual, and she adds her [[Intelligence]] to damage (stacking with Cunning Fighter if used). The effect lasts until the beginning of her next turn.

'''{{Anchor|Speed Up}} {{Su}}:''' At 5th level, a temporal adept can bend time to make herself run faster than normal. As a an immediate action , the temporal adept can spend 1 time warp point. It grants the effects of ''[[SRD:Haste|haste]]'' (personal only), she may charge in a non-straight line, all jumps are considered running jumps, and she may stand up from prone as a free action. The effect lasts until the beginning of her next turn.

'''{{Anchor|Sudden Blow}}:''' At 6th level , the temporal adept receives [[Sudden Blow (3.5e Feat)|Sudden Blow]] as a bonus feat.

'''{{Anchor|Time Platform}} {{Su}}:''' At 7th level, a temporal adept can freeze the time of the air below her feet. Without motion, the air is solid and allows her to walk in the air as if she were on the ground. She is constantly under the effects of ''[[SRD:Air Walk|air walk]]'', but only if she moves at least 10 feet each round. Otherwise , the platform drops out from under her by the next round and she falls.

'''{{Anchor|Wholeness of Body}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 7th level or higher, a temporal adept can heal her own wounds. She can heal a number of [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]] of damage equal to 10x 10× her current temporal adept level each day, and she can spread this healing out among several uses.

'''{{Anchor|Pounce}} {{Ex}}:''' At 10th level, the temporal adept gains the [[SRD:Pounce|pounce]] ability. This allows her to make a full attack at the end of a charge.

'''{{Anchor|Greater Sudden Blow}}:''' At 12th level , the temporal adept receives [[Greater Sudden Blow (3.5e Feat)|Greater Sudden Blow]] as a bonus feat.

'''{{Anchor|Delayed Charge}} {{Ex}}:''' At 13th level, a temporal adept can hold back an attack in the timeline, effectively "charging up" as the pressure for the action to take place builds. She can delay an attack for up to 5 rounds delay. For each round she delays, the damage is multiplied , starting at x2 ×2 and increasing by one step each time (x3×3, x4×4, x5×5, and x6 ×6 damage). This is useful when setting up an ambush, attempting to bust through damage reduction, or attacking creatures immune to critical hits (as the damage bonus is not a critical hit).

'''''{{Anchor|Temporal Walk}}'' {{Ps}}:''' At 13th level, a temporal adept can duplicate the effects of ''[[SRD:Shadow Walk|shadow walk]]'', except she scraps scrapes along the edge of the dangerous Plane of Time. This allows her to travel anywhere which has flowing time (meaning she can travel from the material to the outer planes, or the astral to the outer planes, but not from the material to the astral , as the astral plane is timeless). More importantly , though, rather than being displaced from the intended destination in space, they are displaced in time. They arrive at their intended destination within 1d10x6 minutes. In addition , roll 1d6. On a result of 2, you arrive instantly according to the outside world instead of time passing. On a result of 1, you have traveled the listed amount back in time instead. Time traveling back in time is very hazardous (see Time Traveling below). If a paradox (below) occurs, the temporal adept and any who came with her are rapidly shunted into the future 1 hour, and all creatures are rendered confused for 1 round and fatigued (no save).

'''{{Anchor|Replay}} {{Su}}:''' At 14th level, a temporal adept can bend time to cause the same effect that happened a moment ago. As an immediate action , the temporal adept can spend 7 time warp points and have the last action go off again, such as an ally re-casting a ''[[SRD:Fireball|fireball]]'' spell, an ally getting another physical attack, or an opponent provoking for standing up from prone. Positions are reset during the reply replay in order for the events to go off a second time, dealing damage, healing, or other effects for a second time. In the case of a reply which affects an unwilling target, they get a [[Will]] save DC 10 + 1/2 HD + [[Int]] modifier to resist, save negates. A temporal adapt adept can only replay something which has occured in the last round.

'''{{Anchor|Temporal Exile}} {{Su}}:''' At 15th level, a temporal adept can attempt to punch someone so hard they punch them out of time itself. Make an unarmed strike, spending 8 time warp points. If it hits, they the target must make a [[Fortitude]] save or be punched out of time, DC 10 + 1/2 + [[Int]] modifier, save negates. A creature which has been punched out of time is in chronological limbo, like if they were under ''[[SRD:Time Hop|time hop]]'', but they cannot return. A ''[[SRD:Freedom|freedom]]'' spell, ''[[SRD:Wish|wish]]'', ''[[SRD:Limited Wish|limited wish]]'', ''[[SRD:Miracle|miracle]]'', or being called by another creature (such as through ''[[SRD:Gate|gate]]'') can break their exile. Regardless of success or failure, a creature who is hit by temporal exile is immune to further attempts for 24 hours.

'''{{Anchor|Big Bang Attack}} {{Su}}:''' At 17th level, a temporal adept who makes a confirmed critical threat (regardless if the enemy can be effected by critical hits) natural 20 can open up a small brief portal to the beginning of creation, letting its awesome force blast through. When making a confirmed critical hit the temporal adept can negate Instead of the normal critical and damage they instead create a 30 foot cone followed by a 30 -foot wide line , 720 feet -foot long line of raw energy. This deals 2d6 points of untyped damage to all creatures in the area, DC 10 + 1/2 HD + [[Int]] modifier [[Reflex]] save for half. She may also create this effect as a standard full round action by spending 9 time warp points.

'''{{Anchor|Paradoxical Rebirth}} {{Su}}:''' At 19th level, a temporal adept shows clear signs of messing with the timeline. If the temporal adept dies, a future alternate version of her travels through time to alter events in history , causing the one who died to have been a decoy all along. Effectively , she respawns within 1d10 days at a location of her choice. If she dies within 1 week of being reborn through time shenanigans , though, she dies for real though, as time can only be manipulated so often without dire consequences.

'''{{Anchor|Eternal One}} {{Ex}}:''' At 20th level, a temporal adept becomes a magical creature. She is forevermore treated as an [[SRD:Outsider Type|outsider]] rather than as a [[SRD:Humanoid Type|humanoid]] (or whatever the monk’s temporal adept’s creature type was), though she may act as a member of her previous type when beneficial. Additionally, the monk temporal adept gains DR 10/epic and fast healing 10 , as her body is always healing in rapid time.

'''''{{Anchor|Time TravellingTraveling}}'' {{Ps}}:''' At 20th level, a temporal adept can attempt the move most dangerous and powerful of all moves. She may attempt to travel through time. Doing so is a ritual which takes a various amount of time (as seen below). She may take herself and up to 1 creature per 2 class levels she possesses. All creatures must be holding hands at time of transport. What happens depends on if they want to go forward, backward, or nowhere in time at all.

''{{Anchor|To the Future}}:'' Travelling to the future is easy. The ritual only takes 1 minute, after which all travelers are displaced from time. Shadowy blurry images of their surroundings exist, but they are no longer visible or even physical on that plane anymore. They may skip up to 1 hour in a round. Then after that, 1 day in a round. Then 1 month. Then 1 year. Then 10 years. Then 100. The rate of acceleration is unlimited and most prefer to stay at a much slower rate, though the minimum time they may jump is in 1 hour increments. The only problem is that it is all real time lost, and getting back is extremely difficult. In addition, the future you arrive in is only one of many possible futures (specifically futures devoid of your presence all that time) , and so the future is never fixed. Beware that bringing objects or information from the future into your own timeline or the past may result in [[#Paradox|paradox ]] (see below).

''{{Anchor|To the Past}}:'' Travelling to the past is extremely hard. The ritual takes 8 hours, after which all travelers are displaced from time in a manner identical to travelling forward, but backwards. The easy part is getting back in time. The hard part is avoiding [[#Paradox|paradox]]. Time is flexible enough to manage small changes, such as a butterfly flapping its wings or someone stepping on a flower, but changes which alter history and the behavior of creatures , such as meeting yourselves in the past or killing certain despots , have a violent effect (see paradox below). As such, any trips to the past tend to be purely observatory in nature , as altering the timeline has terrible effects. In addition, the further one goes back in time , the greater effect small changes have on the environment, until it is nearly impossible to travel back without incurring paradox.

When something occurs which changes history in any significant matter, the resulting change is suddenly reverted and its offending causes catapulted violently back to their own time. They all take 1d10 points of backlash damage for every year out of time you they were displaced (minimum 1 year) and all creatures are shaken for 24 hours, exhausted, and temporal monks take a -1 penalty per year to their effective class level for time warp points and other class features (minimum level 1) for 24 hours. If a creature dies from the backlash damage, they crumble into dust, having died of a sudden case of old age. And worst off, it provokes the attention of all kinds of inevitables that someone is messing with time.

What counts as a significant change in history varies. Generally , something mild such as a chair being displaced to the left or the table being a different color are not important, but stopping a car accident may very well change things. Time travelers have a dim sense of paradox at all times, a strange pressure set on their minds. Whenever they are about to do something which will result in paradox , they can often receive a saving throw (typically [[Reflex]] DC 15) to pull back from whatever action they were about to do. Other times, such as running into themselves in the past, there is no save that is possible.

'''Religion:''' Temporal adepts tend not to be religious, not out of any lack of conviction and , but more to do withbecause of, ironically, a lack of time. To study time and space itself is a full -time job that requires an analytic mind and a sound body. There is no time for idle prayer.

'''Advancement:''' Classes which work for monks often work for the temporal adept, but notably , they also qualify for some psionic classes due to their limited psionic abilities.

'''Notables:''' Its It's said a famous doctor named Atomos had become an accidental temporal adept after an accident with a spacetime bending artifact and a few unfortunate trips through the cosmos at the whims of the sands of time.

Characters with ranks in Knowledge History (history) can research temporal adepts to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

| 15 || class="left" | A temporal adepts adept can disrupt magical effects , causing them to run out early, and can seemingly step out of turn and out of time, at a cost.

| 20 || class="left" | Rumor has it powerful temporal adepts are so good at what they do that they can travel through time itself. But of course , if this is true, where are all the time tourists? They must be hiding well...

| 30 || class="left" | Those that reach this level of success can research specific temporal adepts, there their motives, whereabouts, possible alterations in the timeline, and other details.

'''Sample Encounter:''' A time criminal from the future is seeking to change the pass past in subtle clever ways without invoking paradox. If he succeeds, the future is doomed!