Chrono-Lock

"You freeze a moment around a single point, and time forgets to move it."

Seer R3 · Power Psionic

Cost: 1 Erosion
TN: 13
Tempo: T5
Steps: Yes
Resist: Yes

Effect

Target one object or creature within Near range. It is frozen in time for 5 Ticks:

A frozen creature cannot act, cannot be damaged, cannot be moved, and is unaware that time is passing
A frozen object hangs motionless regardless of gravity — a falling boulder stops mid-air, a bullet hangs suspended, a door cannot be opened or closed

Resist

ECHO + Resilience vs. your Channeling Sum (creatures only — objects have no Resist roll).

Steps

+3 Ticks duration per Step.

Special

When the effect ends, the creature or object resumes exactly as it was — the boulder continues falling, the bullet continues flying, the creature continues their action. Timing the release is everything.