TessarrianDM
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Sublime Chords (Complete Arcane) gain the following bardic music ability:
Song of Timelessness (Su): A sublime chord of 6th level or higher with 16 or more ranks in a Perform skill knows the song of timelessness. As a standard action, he can envelop a single creature within 60 feet in a field of timelessness, provided he has line of effect to the target. The subject is entitled to a Will save (DC 10 + sublime chord level + Cha modifier) to negate the effect.
If the subject fails its save, it is frozen in a shimmering aura of timelessness and can take no actions. However, no force can affect it- weapons cannot reach it, spells that target it automatically fail, and if the ground it is standing on suddenly disappears, it would not even fall. A sublime chord can keep the target frozen in time for as long as he maintains the power by continuing to perform, up to a maximum of 1 minute per level. When he stops performing, the subject immediately returns to normal. As far as the creature is concerned, no time seems to have passed.
Two questions: are the durations of any ongoing effects the target creature is under (buffs, etc.) extended (or suspended) for the duration of the timelessness effect, and is the creature immune to damage from area effect spells (as they do not specifically target it)?
My interpretation is yes to both, as it seems that the creature exists "outside of time", so time does not pass and it is essentially not there. Am I correct?
Song of Timelessness (Su): A sublime chord of 6th level or higher with 16 or more ranks in a Perform skill knows the song of timelessness. As a standard action, he can envelop a single creature within 60 feet in a field of timelessness, provided he has line of effect to the target. The subject is entitled to a Will save (DC 10 + sublime chord level + Cha modifier) to negate the effect.
If the subject fails its save, it is frozen in a shimmering aura of timelessness and can take no actions. However, no force can affect it- weapons cannot reach it, spells that target it automatically fail, and if the ground it is standing on suddenly disappears, it would not even fall. A sublime chord can keep the target frozen in time for as long as he maintains the power by continuing to perform, up to a maximum of 1 minute per level. When he stops performing, the subject immediately returns to normal. As far as the creature is concerned, no time seems to have passed.
Two questions: are the durations of any ongoing effects the target creature is under (buffs, etc.) extended (or suspended) for the duration of the timelessness effect, and is the creature immune to damage from area effect spells (as they do not specifically target it)?
My interpretation is yes to both, as it seems that the creature exists "outside of time", so time does not pass and it is essentially not there. Am I correct?
