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Tempus Paragon
A Tempus paragon is a wise nomad, a titan in the mist, and a traveler from beyond the horizon. A Tempus paragon is to a Tempus as a saint is to the average man. They rise up amongst their people as saviors, leaders, and prophets, leading them through the wastes, to food, to new worlds. Tempus paragons are true bastions of unending patience and limitless wisdom in this universe.
Making a Tempus Paragon
Tempus Paragons are bastions of defense, guidance, and wisdom, who can stand against even the most unrelenting force, and stand their ground, never once flinching, never once faltering. They can spot enemies hiding in the shadows with ease and let their friends know without ever saying a word, withstand even the most intense storms without thinking twice, and shrug off terrible effects as though they knew they were coming. These facts tend to drive a Tempus paragon into becoming a leader, a defender, a savior, almost all the time.
Abilities: The most important ability score to a Tempus paragon is Wisdom, for they need it to best focus their defenses. Past that comes Dexterity, Strength, Intelligence, Constitution, and Charisma, all for different reasons. Some to help defend the Tempus paragon himself, some to help him guide his people better.
Races: Tempus only.
Alignment: Any.
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| 1st | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | Patience, Perception (Ex) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | Endure (Ex), Telepathy (Ex), Unending Endurance (Ex) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | Ability Boost (Wis +2), Paradigm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class Features
All of the following are class features of the Tempus Paragon.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Tempus paragon is proficient with all simple and martial weapons but with no armor, though they are proficient with shields (not including tower shields).
Patience: A Tempus paragon is a nonpareil of everlasting patience, and he is able to simply weather even the most brutal attacks because of this. A Tempus paragon can, a number of times per day equal to his Wisdom modifier, take 10 on a Will save.
Perception (Ex): A Tempus paragon is accustom to wandering in the shadows, and leading his people to safety. At first level, a Tempus paragon's darkvision doubles in range. In addition, the DC for any spot or listen checks the Tempus paragon makes is divided by two.
Endure (Ex): A Tempus paragon is a being who can withstand the most terrible heat, and the harshest cold of space. At second level a Tempus paragon is considered always under the effect of an endure elements spell.
Telepathy (Ex): At second level, a Tempus paragon gains the ability to communicate telepathically with any other creature within 100 feet of him.
Unending Endurance (Ex): A Tempus paragon barely ever needs to eat or drink, and can survive for a seeming eternity. A Tempus paragon can survive without water for 1 year plus a number of extra years equal to his Constitution score (not modifier). Additionally, a Tempus paragon can go without food for a number of years equal to 3 × his Constitution score (not modifier). Also, if a Tempus paragon finds the need to begin making Constitution checks to resist starvation, he only needs to do so once every five hours, instead of every hour. See Starvation and Thirst for more details.
Ability Boost (Ex): At third level, a Tempus paragon’s Wisdom score increases by 2 points.
Paradigm: At third level a Tempus paragon reaches a point where he truly embodies the power of his lost race, and can actually lead them out of the dust and the darkness at long last. At this point, the Tempus paragon loses the xenoblooded subtype, and aquires the xenotheric subtype, gains a bio-energy pool, and is permitted to take xenotheric feats. Additionally, they gain immunity to poison, fatigue, polymorphing, petrification and form-altering effects as well as resistance to acid 10 and electricity 10. As normal they do not possess an extraplanar or native subtype.
Campaign Information
Playing a Tempus Paragon
Religion: The Tempus have lost what religion they originally had, and this gives a Tempus paragon no real ties to a particular religion. Though, they often find themselves gravitating towards deities of travel and order, or of wisdom and stoicism, should they find a need for religion. This, combined with their endless patience, usually lead them to being very devoted and steady worshippers.
Other Classes: Tempus paragons can understand any point of veiw, and can sympathise with any creature, given they have enough time, and with their lifespan, they have enough time. A Tempus paragon can discuss things they experienced first hand with the historians, and the most learned of scholars. At the same time, they can understand the simplistic ways of the traveller and the rogue.
Combat: Tempus Paragons are a strange type of defender, who can defend against unusual things with startling consistancy. They can withstand mental attacks with an inexorability that is impossible to find in this world, and see the invisible shadows that would otherwise snuff them out before they could react.
Advancement: A thousand avenues of advancement are open to a Tempus Paragon, from that of the sage, to that of the warrior. Though, Tempus Paragons tend to be drawn mostly towards paths that utilize Wisdom score, and to paths that make use of their Strength and Constitution scores. Of course, a Tempus paragon is rarely ever drawn to paths that have a heavy reliance on Dexterity.
Tempus Paragons in the World
| “ | Even I will pass... | ” |
| —Unonun Reasarano, Tempus Paragon | ||
Most often, Tempus paragons are wanderers, guides, gaurdians, and saviors of their kind before all else. Tempus paragons tend to be relentless and infinitely patience in their mannerisms, able to outlast virtually anything and everything in this world, even outliving deities in their time. Tempus paragons are truly bastions of protection in even the harshest worlds.
Daily Life: The daily life of a Tempus paragon can take them anywhere, from the blistering heat of a glass desert, to the empty cold of an endless winter. Though, no matter where they are taken, they can survive. A Tempus paragon who chooses to be a gaurdian of his people usually tends to go where he is needed most, and do what is most beneficial of his kind.
Notables: Unren Pendara, Male Tempus Paragon: the last Tempus to actually have witnessed the death of their homeworld.
Oneno Vivasan, Female Tempus Paragon: said to have stood within the maw of the realm of true death itself, and stood her ground.
Newawe Hearteras, Male Tempus Paragon: first Tempus to actually find a home on another world.
Organizations: Tempus, on their home world, wander in groups that can contain numbers of ranging from twenty to two hundred, and are almost always led by a Tempus paragon. These groups are often reffered to as 'Solum' or 'caravans', and rarely ever stop moving, regardless of what may lay before them or behind them.
NPC Reactions: Tempus paragons, in the eyes of most races, are exceedingly unusual creatures. Their endurance is a thousand times greater than that of another creature, they tower above almost all civilized races, and their body looks as though it is made of dust. Those who know of Tempus paragons though, know they can withstand much, and will usually protect their people with a resoluteness that is almost not understandable.
Tempus Paragon Lore
Characters with ranks in knowledge (the planes) can research Tempus paragons to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.
| DC | Result |
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| 15 | The Tempus are not of this world. |
| 20 | The Tempus are extremely long lived entities, who have seemingly infinite patience. |
| 25 | Tempus paragons exemplify the Tempus race, in a many ways. |
| 30 | Characters who get this result can know the name and location of a specific Tempus paragon. |
Tempus Paragons in the Game
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| Article Balance | High + |
| Author | Rithaniel + |
| Challenge Rating | 11 + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Racial Paragon Class + |
| Name | Olous Valeron + |
| Race | Tempus + |
| Rating | Undiscussed + |
| Size | Large + |
| Skill Points | 8 + |
| Summary | A Tempus paragon is to a Tempus as a saint … A Tempus paragon is to a Tempus as a saint is to the average man. They rise up amongst their people as saviors, leading them through the wastes, to food, to new worlds. Tempus paragons are true bastions of unending patience and limitless wisdom in this world. tience and limitless wisdom in this world. + and An extremely tall figure, wrapped in shimmering light and distorted space, carrying a massive, heavy looking axe. + |
| Title | Tempus Paragon + |
| Type | Outsider (Xenotheric) + |
