Beyond Time (CB)

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:It is done.
:This day have I accomplished something worth my decades of study, experimentation, and failure; I touched a new dimension and walked on a new world. The momentum of time not only can be manipulated, but observed, measured, and moved through. There is a higher state of existence, or a more basic one, depending on viewpoint, and I alone might be the sole possessor of its secrets.
:: -The final entry in The First Journal of Kandalon
Temporal Prime is a pseudo-reality that permeates every plane of existence among the alternate realities. There, time exists in a physical state that can be looked at, measured, and moved through. It is from Temporal Prime that a chronomancer draws mystical energy, and it is by traveling Temporal Prime that one may journey to the past or future.
Temporal Prime has been referred to as one of the innermost planes, beyond even the elemental planes. There is a certain measure of truth to this, since time is a basic component of every plane of all known realities, as important as length, width, and depth. This notion is not quite accurate, though.
All planes of known realities are reflections cast by the existence of linear spirits and substances within the dimensional plane of Temporal Prime. The elemental planes are the first reflection, that of linear substance. The outer planes are the last reflection, that of linear spirit. And the basic Prime Material plane of reality that balances between them is a merger of substance and spirit: life.
Although the planes of existence stem from the dimensional planes, and the proper viewpoint for explanations might be from this direction, it is the specific interaction of linear creatures with Temporal Prime that this book is most concerned with. To make matters as clear as possible, the following information is presented from the viewpoint of such creatures when possible.
==Beyond Time==
Temporal Prime would not be the only dimensional plane, of course. Beyond it would be length, width, and depth. The concept of these planes escapes the grasp of the human mind, and it is unlikely that life or matter as we know it could exist there.
So from where do life and matter spring? Are there dimensional planes nestled between depth and time that contain the building blocks of matter? What about magic or physical laws such as gravity? If deities created the multiverses, are they made of these blocks, or did they make the blocks? Where does the DM call a stop? The answer is: Wherever he wants. Players who wish to spend time investigating these questions can be swayed by the simple statement, "It is beyond the ken of understanding, and likely fatal if tampered with."
Category:Chronomancer Book