{"id":"mage/power/rote/time-dilation-bullet-time","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Time Dilation/ Bullet Time","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":69}],"entries":["One of the most useful tricks in a mage’s combat footlocker involves using {@sphere Time|M20} 3 to either speed himself up or slow his opponent down. Working with the phenomenon that twists time-perception during stress, the mage dilates temporal forces in his proximity. Story-wise, this comes across as the “bullet-time” effect made (in)famous by The Matrix and its many imitators. Game-wise, it involves extra actions for the mage – one extra action for every two successes rolled.","Reversed (and “attached” to the target through either {@sphere Correspondence|M20} 2 or {@sphere Life|M20} 3), the {@sphere Time|M20} Dilation can remove actions from an opponent at the same rate. Without the “attachment” element, the mage can simply speed or slow time down in the entire area – hence invoking “bullet time.”","If the mage speeds or slows time by more than three actions per turn (or three turns per action), all of these Effects become vulgar magick. Still, when you need to get an edge – and can wrap your head around the mysteries of {@sphere Time|M20} – this is an edge that works.","For other related feats of temporal magick, see {@sphere Time|M20}"],"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/time-dilation-bullet-time","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/time-dilation-bullet-time","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/time-dilation-bullet-time/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":69,"folio":69,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Time Dilation/ Bullet Time","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"One of the most useful tricks in a mage’s combat footlocker involves using Time 3 to either speed himself up or slow his opponent down. Working with the phenomenon that twists time-perception during stress, the mage","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}