Divine Traits
Titanic Presence
Creatures within 240 ft. feel the weight of ages.
They have disadvantage on saves against being frightened and cannot be immune to the frightened condition.
Master of Time
Cronus can sense, manipulate, and distort time.
He can act outside the normal flow of time and is never surprised.
Devourer of Destiny
Cronus can consume creatures, memories, abilities, or even segments of time itself.
Nothing he devours is ever truly lost—only repurposed.
Inevitable Return
When Cronus is reduced to 0 hit points, he does not die.
He retreats into the flow of time and reforms in 1d10 days unless his essence is bound beyond time.
That's a nasty little mechanic.
You don't kill Cronus.
You solve Cronus.
Divine Weapon
Scythe of Eras
Legendary Weapon — Artifact
- +4 to attack and damage rolls
- Deals 8d12 slashing + 4d10 necrotic damage
- On a critical hit, the target ages 5d20 years
- If aging is not applicable, the target instead suffers 2d10 reduction to its maximum hit points
- Can cut through planar boundaries
- Grants advantage on saving throws against antimagic
- Counts as magical and adamantine
This is a terrific signature weapon concept because the threat isn't merely damage.
Cronus can literally cut years off your life.
Actions
Multiattack
Cronus makes four attacks with the Scythe of Eras or uses divine magic.
Scythe of Eras
Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack
Attack: +21 to hit
Reach: 20 ft.
Target: One creature
Hit: 4d12 + 12 slashing damage plus 2d10 necrotic damage.
If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 28 Constitution saving throw or age 1d20 years.
Devour
Recharge 5–6
Cronus attempts to consume a grappled creature.
The target must make a DC 28 Strength saving throw or be swallowed whole.
A swallowed creature takes 6d10 necrotic damage per round and is trapped in a temporal stasis, transformed, or permanently erased from the current timeline.
That last result is gloriously evil.
Death saves?
No.
You have been edited out of continuity.
Call the Storm
Recharge 6
Cronus manipulates time and fate, causing a cataclysmic temporal storm.
The sheet refers to the Mythic abilities for the larger temporal effects.
Spellcasting — Divine Magic
Spellcasting Ability: Wisdom
Spell Save DC: 28
Spell Attack: +20
Cantrips
Time Tremor
Sapping Touch
Guidance
Mending
Spare the Dying
Word of Radiance
1st Level — 4 Slots Each
Alarm
Feather Fall
Detect Evil and Good
Identify
Sanctuary
2nd Level — 4 Slots Each
Lesser Restoration
Locate Object
Silence
Spike Growth
Warding Bond
3rd Level — 4 Slots Each
Slow
Haste
Water Breathing
Vampiric Touch
Time Stop
Yes, the sheet puts Time Stop here as well as at 9th level. I'd treat this 3rd-level version as a custom lesser temporal effect rather than the actual 9th-level spell.
4th Level — 4 Slots Each
Control Water
Death Ward
Freedom of Movement
Locate Creature
Stoneskin
Wall of Water
5th Level — 4 Slots Each
Mass Cure Wounds
Commune
Dispel Magic
Antilife Shell
Reincarnation
6th Level — 3 Slots Each
Disintegrate
Harm
Find the Path
Forbiddance
True Seeing
7th Level — 3 Slots Each
Plane Shift
Resurrection
Whirlwind
Finger of Death
Symbol
8th Level — 3 Slots Each
Antimagic Field
Clone
Mind Blank
Dominate Monster
Power Word Stun
9th Level — 3 Slots Each
Foresight
Gate
Mass Heal
Prismatic Wall
Time Stop
Wish
Beyond 9th Level
Cronus can cast any spell of 10th level and above without limit.
And the sheet adds:
Cronus can cast spells totaling 35th level or lower without components.
So we're well past "legendary spellcaster" and comfortably into “the Weave has an HR complaint” territory.
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Legendary Actions
Cronus can take 5 Legendary Actions per round, choosing from the options below.
Only one Legendary Action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn.
Time Lash
Force a creature to make a DC 28 Wisdom saving throw or lose its next turn.
Age the Flesh
Target within 120 ft. ages 3d20 years.
A DC 28 Constitution saving throw halves the effect.
Shift Moment
Move up to 60 ft. without provoking opportunity attacks.
Consume Memory
Target within 120 ft. must succeed on a DC 28 Intelligence saving throw or lose a key memory chosen by the DM.
This could be vicious outside combat too. A PC doesn't lose HP.
They lose the memory of why they're fighting Cronus in the first place.
Call the Past
Summon a temporal echo—an ancient version of a creature that Cronus has devoured.
Maximum CR: 21
Mythic Action Name. Enter the description for how mythic actions work for your monster here.
Mythic Action Name (Costs # Actions). Enter the description for your mythic action.
Description
Mythic Actions
Once per turn on his turn, Cronus can take one Mythic Action in addition to his normal actions.
He regains all expended Mythic Actions after a short or long rest.
Halt Time
Stop time in a 120-ft. radius for 1 round.
Creatures of CR 20 or lower are affected automatically, with no saving throw.
Ravage Realities
Tear open a temporal rift.
The effect deals 10d10 force damage in a 300-ft. line and creates random temporal effects.
Reap the Cycle
Choose a 300-ft. radius.
Cronus can save or age creatures within the area by 1d20 years, or reduce them to 0 hit points.
This one needs DM adjudication because the wording on the sheet is intentionally god-tier rather than standard 5e language.
Devour the Future
Remove a creature from existence, rewriting them.
No saving throw.
Legendary creatures receive a saving throw.
This might be my favorite Cronus ability on the sheet.
He doesn't kill you.
He removes the future in which you continued existing.
Reset the Moment
Return the battlefield to the state it was in 1 minute ago.
Cronus chooses what changes persist.
And that is the ability that makes this guy terrifying.
Imagine the party finally lands the perfect combination:
Paladin crit.
Wizard burns the 9th-level slot.
Fighter unloads Action Surge.
Everyone celebrates.
Cronus looks at them:
“No.”
And the last ten rounds never happened.
Except for whatever he wants to remember.
Flaw — The Only Weakness
The Fear of Oblivion
Despite his power, Cronus fears being forgotten.
Actions that threaten to erase his name, his legacy, or his existence from history can destabilize him.
If Cronus is subjected to a powerful effect that would permanently remove him from all timelines—such as a divine erasure or a wish to unmake his name—he must make a:
DC 30 Wisdom saving throw
On a failure, Cronus becomes vulnerable for 1 minute.
What this means narratively
Cronus's weakness isn't physical.
It's meaning.
He can survive death.
He can survive time.
He can survive the destruction of his body.
What terrifies the Titan of Time is the possibility that someday there will be nobody left who remembers Cronus existed at all.
That's much better than giving him a glowing weak spot on his chest.
Lair and Lair Actions
Enter a description of your monster's lair here.
Lair Actions
On initiative count # (losing initiative ties), the [monster name] takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the [monster name] can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
- Enter a description for a lair action.
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Regional Effects
The region containing a legendary [monster name]’s lair is [enter the effect description], which creates one or more of the following effects:
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If the [monster name] dies, these effects fade over the course of #d# days.
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