Stopping Time

Define Time Stop. Is it truly stopping time or the extreme slowing down of it. If the later..... watching Heroes the TV show (season one and two only) for how Hiro uses it and recent Quicksilver usage in Wolverine and X-men comics.

Also, the movie called Push, dealt with someone whom saw history thru others eyes. May give you some ideas

Ryujin said:

I suppose that would depend on the way that the villain is "stopping time." Is he stopping time for the entire universe? For just a localized area?Is he "stepping out of time", himself, and the universe just keeps on a-rollin'? This sort of thing would need to be considered.

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Well, how short a time can be perceived by a normal human mind? If my villain works at an hour per nanosecond rate a normal human brain would not be able to see him if he stood in plain sight for a whole hour of his subjective time.

megamania said:

Define Time Stop. Is it truly stopping time or the extreme slowing down of it. If the later..... watching Heroes the TV show (season one and two only) for how Hiro uses it and recent Quicksilver usage in Wolverine and X-men comics.

Also, the movie called Push, dealt with someone whom saw history thru others eyes. May give you some ideas

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I have not seen Push, but I am a fan of Heroes and the X-Men.

How to stop him: Trojan horse attack. The heroes rush in, trying to pin him down, and one of them throws a projectile intended to kill him or knock him out. He sees the perfect opportunity to turn the tables, stops time, and grabs it, intending to turn it back upon his attackers.

Then he finds out that it's coated with a powerful contact adhesive, fitted with a tracking device, and charged with enough electricity and/or poison to incapacitate him. Now he has however long a subjective period he can maintain his timestop to try and get rid of it before time unfreezes and it delivers its payload.

Bonus revenge/nemesis points if the final result is the heroes following the tracer to find only a severed hand.

Samloyal23 said:

He goes to his local mall every day and picks a hot chick to bend over a table on the foodcourt and use like a sex dol

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So he's leaving a lot of his DNA on his victims

Mirtek said:

So he's leaving a lot of his DNA on his victims

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Yes, he is very careless about that since he thinks he is invincible and cannot be caught in flagrante delicto...

Samloyal23 said:

Well, how short a time can be perceived by a normal human mind? If my villain works at an hour per nanosecond rate a normal human brain would not be able to see him if he stood in plain sight for a whole hour of his subjective time.

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If there's a ratio of time then he's not really 'stopping time'; he's just a really extreme version of The Flash.

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Legatus_Legionis said:

Are there any consequences for the power being used?

Along with the villain aging in "relative time", the need for food and rest should make things more interesting.

Before the "Speed Force" was introduced in the DC's the Flash, the Flash had to consume lots of calories to maintain his speed.

So the energy to "freeze time", or "phase out of time" should have a cost to it. The longer one is out of the timeline, the greater the energy required.

In Star Trek: TNG, the episode "Force Of Nature", repeated use of Warp-drive in a weakened area of space, damages space/time continuum.

If the villain uses it over and over again in the same area, does it weaken space/time where it needs to heal before the power can be used there again?

Does one using this power leave a phantom echo in the area one moves thru? How about on the objects one effects?

In Star Trek: TOS, the episode "Wink Of An Eye", those living in the "rapid-moving" time, cellular damage means a very quick death.

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Well, he is spending maybe an hour a day in his subjective time, total, usually broken up into segments of 10-15 minutes. So he goes to the bank, stops time, jumps over the counter to take a handful of cash from each teller box, walks back to his starting point, restarts time, and walks away. That is maybe 5 minutes in subjective time. Then he drives to the mall, walks around for a while in normal time until he sees something he wants to steal, stops time, carries the loot back to his car, stows it in the trunk, and restarts time. That is more like 15-20 minutes. Then he goes to the food court, buys some lunch, watches the crowd until he sees a hot girl, freezes time long enough to use rape her, then goes back to his seat and restarts time so he can observe her from a distance and gloat quietly to himself. That is maybe 20-30 minutes. Incidental uses can be anything from stealing the keys to a car at a valet stand to stealing a piece or jewelry, a watch, or someone's coat. These can be done in under a minute.

I like the idea of him creating a "weak spot" in time at the mall, where he goes several times a week. Let's say he makes a permanent dent in time on the mall food court. What effect would that have? People occasionally freeze for a moment? Would things disappear for a minute then reappear somewhere else? Would it reveal what he had been doing? Would it make someone suddenly age? Or create small temporary wormholes?

Samloyal23 said:

I like the idea of him creating a "weak spot" in time at the mall, where he goes several times a week. Let's say he makes a permanent dent in time on the mall food court. What effect would that have? People occasionally freeze for a moment? Would things disappear for a minute then reappear somewhere else? Would it reveal what he had been doing? Would it make someone suddenly age? Or create small temporary wormholes?

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Doctor Who and/or Captain Kirk pop in for no apparent reason and have just long enough to look around bewildered before they disappear.
A person at the mall might take a normal step but land clear across the Food Patio. Or steps forwards normally but enters the 'frozen time' effect just long enough for the effect to register and get scared / confused.
The PCs are alerted to the situation when the rumors and tales and really weird internet searches start flying.

Don't have the villain force his urges on the women at the mall. Have him do that at an apartment complex; he has access to women in the shower or who were asleep anyways, so he thinks he isn't leaving evidence and cannot be caught. The clues begin when a boyfriend tries to sneak into his girlfriend's apartment to surprise her and gets the same effect as is happening at the Food Patio above.