Temporal Fugue

Temporal Fugue

	Mental
	5
	TemporalFugue
	yes
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Temporal Fugue

You quickly pass back and forth through time creating multiple copies of yourself.

Duration: (level based)
Copies: (level based)
Cooldown: 200 rounds

You make small talk with yourself. — talking with a fugue copy

Temporal Fugue is a mental mutation that allows the player to create temporary clones of themselves to fight for them.

This mutation grants the "Temporal Fugue" activated ability, which when used, will create a mutation level-based number of copies of the player. These copies will be allied to the player, and will be perfect clones, possessing all of the player's items, stats, mutations, skills, etc. They will be hostile to any creatures that are hostile to the player, and will attack such creatures. They can also be ordered to perform certain actions as with any other companion.

The copies will last until they are killed, or for a number of rounds as determined by mutation level before simply disappearing. They will not leave behind any of the items they were created with upon dying or disappearing, and any of these items that are somehow removed from their inventory will disappear along with them. They will leave behind any items they acquired after their creation, however.

They will make liberal use of abilities and items. Of special note are those which may destroy objects such as Disintegration or a resonance grenade.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine duration (rounded down) and number of copies (rounded down) based on mutation level.

Duration	20 + 2 × (Level / 2)
Copies	(Level - 1) / 2 + 1

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Duration	Number of Copies
1	20 rounds	1 copy
2	22 rounds	1 copy
3	22 rounds	2 copies
4	24 rounds	2 copies
5	24 rounds	3 copies
6	26 rounds	3 copies
7	26 rounds	4 copies
8	28 rounds	4 copies
9	28 rounds	5 copies
10	30 rounds	5 copies

Mutation Level	Duration	Number of Copies
11	30 rounds	6 copies
12	32 rounds	6 copies
13	32 rounds	7 copies
14	34 rounds	7 copies
15	34 rounds	8 copies
16	36 rounds	8 copies
17	36 rounds	9 copies
18	38 rounds	9 copies
19	38 rounds	10 copies
20	40 rounds	10 copies

Mutation Level	Duration	Number of Copies
21	40 rounds	11 copies
22	42 rounds	11 copies
23	42 rounds	12 copies
24	44 rounds	12 copies
25	44 rounds	13 copies
26	46 rounds	13 copies
27	46 rounds	14 copies
28	48 rounds	14 copies
29	48 rounds	15 copies
30	50 rounds	15 copies

Ability Cooldown

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

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	270	15	210	21	150	27	90
10	260	16	200	22	140	28	80
11	250	17	190	23	130	29	70
12	240	18	180	24	120	30	60
13	230	19	170	25	110	31	50
14	220	20	160	26	100	32	40

Advantages & Disadvantages

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

Advantages

• Allows the player to create multiple versions of themselves to fight for them
• Copies will possess all of the players attributes and abilities
• Copies can use powerful single use items like tonics and grenades without depleting the player's inventory

Disadvantages

• Very high cost at character creation
• Very long cooldown
• Duration and number of copies scales slowly with mutation levels
• Copies may require careful micromanagement to avoid using the player's dangerous items and abilities in harmful ways

Creatures with Temporal Fugue

• Bon Te Bok(Level 2)
• quatravolt glider(Level 7)
• Wardens Esther(Level 7)
• cyclopean gibbon(Level 14)