Time Dilation

Time Dilation

	Mental
	4
	TimeDilation
	yes
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Time Dilation

You distort time around your person in order to slow down your enemies.

Creatures within 9 tiles are slowed according to how close they are to you.
Duration: 15 rounds
Cooldown: 150 rounds
Distance 1: creatures receive a (level based) Quickness penalty
Distance 4: creatures receive a (level based) Quickness penalty
Distance 7: creatures receive a (level based) Quickness penalty

Time Dilation is a mental mutation that allows the user to distort time within a small radius, slowing other creatures caught within.

This mutation grants the "Time Dilation" activated ability, which when used, will cause any creature within 9 tiles of the user to receive a Quickness penalty determined by their proximity to the Time Dilation user and the user's mutation level. This 9 tile radius is effective in a square area centered on the user, translating to a full effect area of 19 x 19 tiles.

Time Dilation's Quickness penalty is calculated as a percentage of the target's base Quickness score. A creature's effective Quickness cannot be reduced below zero. Time Dilation will always apply at least a 1-point Quickness penalty.

Time Dilation can only apply its effect to creatures in the same zone as the user. However, once applied, the effect can be maintained across z-levels (above or below the user), as long as the target continues to stay within a total three-dimensional distance of 9 tiles from the Time Dilation user.

Formula

The following formula is used to determine Quickness penalty based on proximity to the Time Dilation user and mutation level.

Quickness Penalty	(9 - Distance)2 × (0.0005 × Level + 0.0085) × 100

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Quickness Penalty
	Distance 1	Distance 4	Distance 7
1	57.6%	22.5%	3.6%
2	60.8%	23.7%	3.8%
3	64.0%	25.0%	4.0%
4	67.2%	26.2%	4.2%
5	70.4%	27.5%	4.4%
6	73.6%	28.7%	4.6%
7	76.8%	30.0%	4.8%
8	80.0%	31.2%	5.0%
9	83.2%	32.5%	5.2%
10	86.4%	33.7%	5.4%

Mutation Level	Quickness Penalty
	Distance 1	Distance 4	Distance 7
11	89.6%	35.0%	5.6%
12	92.8%	36.2%	5.8%
13	96.0%	37.5%	6.0%
14	99.2%	38.7%	6.2%
15	102.4%	40.0%	6.4%
16	105.6%	41.2%	6.6%
17	108.8%	42.5%	6.8%
18	112%	43.7%	7%
19	115.2%	45%	7.2%
20	118.4%	46.2%	7.4%

Mutation Level	Quickness Penalty
	Distance 1	Distance 4	Distance 7
21	121.6%	47.5%	7.6%
22	124.8%	48.7%	7.8%
23	128%	50%	8%
24	131.2%	51.2%	8.2%
25	134.4%	52.5%	8.4%
26	137.6%	53.7%	8.6%
27	140.8%	55%	8.8%
28	144%	56.2%	9%
29	147.2%	57.5%	9.2%
30	150.4%	58.7%	9.4%

Ability Cooldown

Time Dilation's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	203	15	158	21	113	27	68
10	195	16	150	22	105	28	60
11	188	17	143	23	98	29	53
12	180	18	135	24	90	30	45
13	173	19	128	25	83	31	38
14	165	20	120	26	75	32	30

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Allows the user to reduce their enemies' Quickness score, causing those enemies to take much longer to perform any action
• Quickness penalty increases dramatically the closer the user is to their victim(s)
• Affects every creature within range at once

Disadvantages

• High cost at character creation
• Short duration
• Long cooldown

Creatures with Time Dilation

No creatures have this mutation by default.