The Clock Master

Once, The Clock Master was a temporal cartographer named Aldric Thorne, tasked with mapping the invisible currents of time that flowed through the world, until a catastrophic experiment fractured reality itself and scattered countless moments across the forgotten places of existence. Desperate to prevent these orphaned seconds from unraveling the fabric of causality entirely, he made a pact with something ancient and unnamed—a being of pure chronology that fused his mortal form with clockwork machinery, granting him the ability to hunt and preserve these lost fragments. Now he wanders through abandoned villages and crumbling cities, drawn by the faint resonance of stolen time, collecting each precious moment in the pocket watches that line his coat like a living museum of what-could-have-been. His clockwork mask serves as both anchor and prison, keeping his consciousness tethered to the present moment while simultaneously preventing him from ever knowing his own future, a necessary sacrifice to prevent paradox from consuming him entirely. Though centuries may have passed—or perhaps only decades—The Clock Master remains bound to his eternal work, driven by the fear that should he ever stop, all those preserved seconds might flood back into the world at once, rewriting history in ways that could unmake everything and everyone he ever knew. With each second he saves, he carries the weight of a life unlived, a decision unmade, a word unspoken, and yet he continues on, believing that even the smallest stolen moment deserves to be remembered.

Strength

12, modifier +1

Dexterity

18, modifier +4

Constitution

16, modifier +3

Intelligence

20, modifier +5

Wisdom

16, modifier +3

Charisma

14, modifier +2

Borrowed Second

The Clock Master can steal one second from the future, allowing him to move while all else is still. This grants him advantage on his next attack roll or saving throw.

Temporal Snare

The Clock Master targets one creature within 60 ft. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns.

Last Pendulum Strike

The Clock Master swings his staff, dealing 3d8 bludgeoning damage and forcing the target to make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of its next turn.

Echo of Time

The Clock Master can briefly reopen a moment from the past, allowing him to cast a spell he knows without expending a spell slot. This can be used once per long rest.

Temporal Echo

Once per turn, The Clock Master can reroll a failed saving throw, but must take the new result.

Timekeeper's Insight

The Clock Master has advantage on initiative rolls and can sense disturbances in time.

strength

+5

dexterity

+8

intelligence

+9

wisdom

+7

Psychic

Necrotic