Draw Steel ancestry
Time Raider
Time Raider is an ancestry in Draw Steel: Extraplanar beings who travel through time and space with an alien perspective.
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Key facts
- Speed
- 5
- Size
- Medium (1M)
- Traits
- Temporal Awareness, Time Slip, Raider Heritage
Overview
Time Raiders are extraplanar beings who travel through the timescape, the network of planes and timelines that underlies reality. They experience time differently than other ancestries, sometimes perceiving multiple timelines simultaneously. Their alien perspective and temporal abilities make them both fascinating and unsettling to others. Time Raider characters bring temporal awareness and planar knowledge to the party. Their abilities may include brief glimpses of the future, temporal manipulation in combat, and knowledge of other planes and timelines. They are warriors from beyond conventional reality who have chosen to fight in this time and place.
Tips and playstyle
Best Classes: Talent (temporal psionic power), Censor (seeing through time), Elementalist (manipulating primal forces across time), Shadow (striking from temporal blind spots). Character Concepts: Temporal warrior, displaced time traveler, planar exile, timeline guardian, prophetic fighter, alien strategist. Why Choose Time Raider: If you want the most unusual and alien ancestry option. Time Raiders bring a unique perspective on reality, temporal manipulation abilities, and a backstory that connects to the broader cosmology of the setting.
Frequently asked questions
Can Time Raiders travel through time?
Time Raiders have traveled through the timescape in the past, but during gameplay, their temporal abilities are limited to combat-relevant effects like brief precognition and minor temporal shifts. Full time travel is a story element, not a mechanical ability.
Why would a Time Raider become a hero?
Time Raiders might be stranded in this timeline and fighting to survive, or they might have seen a future catastrophe they are trying to prevent. Perhaps they were drawn to this time specifically because heroes are needed. Their motivation ties their alien nature to the heroic narrative.