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The Chronomancer’s Guide to the Future is the essential reference for every Fifth Edition roleplayer who wants to time travel to and play in an incredible cyberpunk future. It contains rules for time traveling, crafting advanced machinery, new backgrounds, feats and skills, modern exploration and combat, equipment, spells, and much more. This guide immerses you in a world of futuristic adventure. Explore digital cyberspaces and deadly alleys. Battle robotic monsters while searching for legendary relics of old. Gain experience and power as you trek across time and space with your companions.

The time for heroes is now. Will you answer the call?

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This has been a product over 400 days in the making. Starting as a small leap into a modern campaign, the Chronomancer's Guide to the Future quickly became a juggernaut of rules, tips, and tricks to running a time-hopping campaign for Fifth Edition players that were obsessed with the future. Within this guide you will find:

  • 156 x Illustrated pages to get the imagination running
  • 3 x Alternate Theories on Time Travel
  • 4 x New Mechanics on Augmentations, Driving, Hacking, & Complex Device Crafting
  • 10 x New Factions, Guilds, & Major Corporations
  • 6 x Modern Gods
  • 1 x New Plane of Existence ("Cyberspace")
  • 8 x New Vehicles
  • 6 x New "Potions"
  • 3 x New Viruses
  • 4 x New Diseases
  • 2 X New Conditions
  • 2 x New Races ("Mechanoids")
  • 2 x New Racial Traits
  • 4 x New Backgrounds
  • 6 x New Feats
  • 24 x New Subclasses
  • 27 x NPC's of the Future
  • 50 x New Minor-Feats ("Augmentations")
  • 13 x New Weapons & Ammunition
  • 12 x New Armors
  • 19 x New Modern Items
  • 6 x New Modern Tools
  • 12 x New Specialty Devices
  • 6 x New Magic Items
  • 35 x New Spells ("Chronomancy" & "Technomancy")
  • 1x Level-1 adventure introducing time travel to your campaign (SET IN HELL?!)
  • 28 x New Monsters
  • 5 x Random Tables for building your future

Learn more about it all from Mr. Terrasque himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJS2zgmdDA

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Efraim O February 06, 2023 4:55 am UTC
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question about "Eternity Beam" 1st level spell, is it intended to be 120 feet long and 10 feet wide? seems like a lot for a 1st level spell that deals 1d6 damage.
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Mark C August 30, 2022 6:26 am UTC
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(I also can not leave a review.)

My hats off to you. I love the formatting in this book. I could format all day but it's always going to be a bit clinical and you've managed this punk aspect that suits the book really well. The fonts and the colors really pop and that makes it easier to read. My books, well, I shudder, especially when I look at my older stuff.

Cybernetic Tyranosaurus Rex - A book on time travel would not be complete without one. Very nice.

Spent some time looking for a Ferngully easter egg under the Toxic Ooze. Didn't see one. That's okay.

The book delivers on it's name with a good focus on the future. It's a safer place to go. I appreciate the options for time travel. That's really important, mostly because we just really don't know how time travel works, so we've got to admit we're guessing.

Rules for Time Travel. I feel that the rules for time travel depend on what form of time you are in. In a non-paradox form of time where determinism...See more
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Nick P July 15, 2020 3:10 am UTC
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I'm unable to leave a review, so I'll do it here.

Firstly, 5/5 stars.

Tackling bloody time travel is NEVER an easy thing, and you'd have to be straight-up mad to tackle it in a TTRPG system. Thankfully for us, Haggard Clint is a little mad, and his madness -- his creative genius and outright determination -- has produced an EPIC supplement for the 5e system. It's inspiring, beautifully presented, and accessible. I personally found the tables, however, to be the supplement's greatest strength. Those and the new subclasses and, of course, the new creatures. My only gripe is that the document suffers from some minor grammatical errors. Overall, the future is a terrifying place, and the Chronomancer's Guide captures that. Looking forward to pretty much anything this guy makes from here on. Highly recommend.
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J. Kristian A March 19, 2020 9:03 am UTC
What about building the past? Can these rules accommodate time travel into the past, or are they just meant for the future?
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Cody H January 16, 2020 5:34 am UTC
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Hey so as of a few days ago I remember seeing that this went to print on demand, I was waiting for the paycheck to pick it up but it's no longer an option? Any word on why?
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Patrick S January 22, 2020 9:49 am UTC
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Yes, me too. I was just waiting for Svilland to go into PoD, to order both together.
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Maxi B December 05, 2019 3:03 pm UTC
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Really hoping this comes out in POD very soon. I could give a physical copy to each of my players for Christmas
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Patrick S January 07, 2020 11:15 am UTC
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Yeah, well ...
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Andrew C November 12, 2019 11:29 pm UTC
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Hi, just got the book but something stuck out to me: The barbarian Path of the Stars first ability is worded kinda... inadequately? It states that when you enter a rage, you can add d4 to your first attack roll. Is this your first attack roll per turn (as barbarians get multiple attacks per round), or is this your first attack roll per combat, or is this your first attack roll specifically after entering your rage?
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Clint S November 18, 2019 10:41 am UTC
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Hi Andrew!

Thanks for your question. The implication is your first attack roll after you rage. The specific wording states, "When you enter a rage, you can add a d4 to your first attack roll. On a hit, you deal an additional 1d6 radiant damage." As it says "when you enter a rage" and not "while raging", your first attack is the first attack you make after entering a rage.

Hope that clarifies things a little and thanks again for your question!
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Andrew C November 21, 2019 9:49 pm UTC
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Absolutely, but I've found another sticking point: The Faithless Domain's wording is not clear either. Tend the Flock says "As an action, you can touch a willing creature and expend a number of points equal to your cleric level to aid them. The creature gains temporary hit points equal to the number of points you expend into them. Any temporary hit points gained by you this way disappear when you use this ability again or when you finish a short or long rest."

The assumption I have to make is that this is expending hit points, as that's the only points Clerics get, but also that last sentence makes very little sense in context. I'm actually having a hard time wording this. Is it meant to be that the target loses their temporary HP next time the cleric uses this feature? Or is it that the cleric is supposed to gain temporary HP as well (replacing the permanent HP with Temporary HP) which can be lost by using the feature again? Sorry to bring another set of complaints up!

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Cameron G October 26, 2019 12:12 am UTC
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Is there a Changelog for the different versions?
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Clint S October 27, 2019 10:15 am UTC
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Hi Cameron G,

In each update, a message has gone out listing the changes. All changes have been either grammatical or clarification within the subclass. All other parts of the document have remained untouched. In the next update I'll be addressing an oversight in three of the subclasses that will bring it more inline with WotC language. I hope this suffices for a changelog for now.

Thanks!
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Tucker A June 15, 2020 2:46 pm UTC
Hey, I always love to have physical copies of books so I'm looking at buying the PDF physical bundle. What are you expecting in terms of updates/changes and when would you recommend getting ahold of a printed copy of the book?
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Phil B October 18, 2019 8:22 am UTC
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I can't rate this book because of my publisher account on DrivethruRPG... however, this is a straight up 5 STAR book... Absolutely wonderful, expertly written and some ingenious ideas. I can't wait for it to receive the POD treatment to grab that too!
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Clint S October 19, 2019 12:50 pm UTC
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Thanks so much for this review, Phil! I look forward to getting the POD treatment sorted ASAP!
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Patrick A October 27, 2019 6:52 pm UTC
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Please get a POD option. This is a must buy!
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Martin R October 18, 2019 6:27 am UTC
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Latest update is missing the bookmarks.
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Clint S October 19, 2019 12:23 pm UTC
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Oh crap, not sure how that happened. I'll take care of that in an update very soon. Thanks Martin!
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Hayden M October 17, 2019 8:46 pm UTC
I swear, some of this art came from the hellscapes rulebook
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Tom I October 17, 2019 11:29 am UTC
Any update when POD will happen? I’d like hard back color if possible.
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Clint S October 19, 2019 12:25 pm UTC
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No update just yet. Current turn around means it can take up to 7 weeks to receive your book once ordered, and I'm still trying to get approval from DriveThruRPG that the book is in a print-ready format. Once that's done, I'll be spreading the word far and wide as much as possible.
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Patrick S November 12, 2019 7:05 am UTC
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Any news regarding the PoD?
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Tom S October 15, 2019 6:27 pm UTC
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Hello! I have a question about the Warlock Program Adroitness Upgrade (and Competency Enhancement, working off that). The upgrade lasts until you next use the feature, but there does not seem to be a limit on how often you can use it. Does this mean a Program Warlock can get the +1 to any applicable roll whenever they want?
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Clint S October 16, 2019 9:53 am UTC
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Hi Tom S! The ability states that you get 1 point of Upgrade and that you can use this to grant yourself a +1 to any applicable roll. The intent should state here that you can do this once per short or long rest but as yet does not. I will amend this in the next update. Thanks for spotting it!
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Tom S October 16, 2019 10:31 pm UTC
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Hi Clint! I'm impressed by how quickly you got that updated!

It's still worded a little confusingly though. I was going over it with a friend and we both came up with a bunch of ways to interpret it.

Is it:
A) You can spend you upgrade point to gain a +1 on a single roll? If this is true then it should be clear that you regain your point after a short rest, and it needs to be clear at what time you can spend the point, e.g. how inspiration can be spent after rolling, but before knowing the result.

B) You have +1 to all applicable rolls while the upgrade is in effect? In which case having a point to spend seems unnecessary if it is effectively a constant effect, and the wording should be "You gain +1 to all attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws while your upgrade is active.

C) You have +1 to attack rolls with a specific weapon, a specific ability check, or a specific saving throw, and can use the feature to "switch" to a different...See more
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Clint S October 19, 2019 12:48 pm UTC
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Hi Tom S!

Thanks for your continued enthusiasm in this and your kind words. Great to see you so excited :)

In short, the answer is C. You get a +1 bonus to a specific attack (not the weapon, think more "Melee, Ranged, Spell"), specific ability check, or specific saving throw. It's the OR that's important here.

As for the Specialist Ranger, technically, if your DM allowed you have a drone that could do all the things the Specialist's Drone Companion offers, there's no way I or anyone can stop you. However, the subclass states that the drone is built through arcane programming, making it more akin to a magical creature than complex device (despite the drone having no sentience). It works as a magical extension that provides a great boon to any would-be adventurers who might find themselves without network connection. Correct on the repetition too, probably doesn't need to be stated a second time, but does provide slightly different suggestions for what your drone...See more
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Tom S October 25, 2019 11:39 pm UTC
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Great stuff Clint, thank you!
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Shareef J October 11, 2019 2:46 am UTC
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I don't know if i just missed something in the book but for the Slipstream Rogue's ability Response Time i'm not seeing a way to calculate the DC for the Dex saving throw for this ability.
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Clint S October 15, 2019 9:40 am UTC
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Hi Shareef J! You haven't really missed something, but it's calculated the way most calculations are done when no DC is supplied (8 + applicable modifier + proficiency bonus). I'll add it in though because having to hunt around for extra math isn't always fun. Thanks for commenting! :)
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Kaleton M October 18, 2019 10:36 pm UTC
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How long does the Response Time ability last? I see that (as of v4) the DC is listed now, but I'm curious how long that aura effect lasts.
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Clint S October 19, 2019 12:36 pm UTC
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Hi Kale, great question!

The ability lasts as governed by the Uncanny Dodge ability itself. Since it could be considered instantaneous, the aura lasts for the duration of your turn. I'll make a note to make this clearer in a future update.

Thanks!
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Ezekiel D October 06, 2019 6:10 am UTC
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Not sure if this is the right place to do this, but I wanted to let you know there was a little issue with the Temporal Domain.

"When you choose this domain at 1st level, you can use your
action to touch a willing creature to grant it an additional 5
feet of movement."

This could be used infinitely with this wording. Maybe it could be concentration, or only creature can benefit from it at a time. Or a number of creatures equal to your spellcasting modifier.

Also this so freaking cool, I love all the content. Thank you for making this!
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Clint S October 06, 2019 1:21 pm UTC
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Thanks Ezekial D! So glad you're loving the content and thanks for spotting that. There should be a limit in the additional movement duration and I'll make sure to amend that asap.
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Drew B October 05, 2019 4:37 am UTC
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Dungeons and Dragons uses such an archaic system. I don't think you'll ever catch me buying another book for...

...Oh...s#!t.
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Clint S October 06, 2019 1:22 pm UTC
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Haha, glad it can catch your eye Drew B!
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