{"id":"mage/power/rote/temporal-disturbances","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Temporal Disturbances","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":109}],"entries":["All of the Effects described below leave temporal disturbances in their wake; the bigger the Effects, the bigger the disturbance. Other {@sphere Time|M20}-savvy characters can sense those disturbances (typically with a {@attribute Perception|V20} + {@ability Awareness|V20} roll), and may be waiting to see what happens if and when a time-traveling character emerges from the temporal stream.","Generally, a temporal disruption looks like a ripple or wave in the “fabric” of time and space. Such ripples and analogies may have inspired {@umbral_realm The Tapestry|M20|the Tapestry} metaphor as a model for Creation. Some mages detect temporal fluxes as “ghost-sounds” from other times, as ticking clocks, or as the sensory echo of things that either have occurred in the past, or are likely to occur in the future. Matrix-style “bullet-time” could mark areas where time either speeds up or slows down for a few seconds, while a feeling of déjà vu creeps in around smaller or more subtle disruptions. Really massive, vulgar fluctuations may cause stutters, freezes, and other supposedly impossible alterations to the local reality; in such cases, a Paradox backlash is almost certain to occur, and may already be in progress…"],"tags":["hdydt","feat"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"hdydt-feats"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/temporal-disturbances","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/temporal-disturbances","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/temporal-disturbances/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":109,"folio":109,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Temporal Disturbances","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"All of the Effects described below leave temporal disturbances in their wake; the bigger the Effects, the bigger the disturbance. Other Time-savvy characters can sense those disturbances (typically with a Perception +","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}