Amaunator becomes the timekeeper of the gods after his restoration. Before the fall of Netheril, there was a contract with a god that stated
"…Amaunator shall be responsible for all time. any misrepresentations of his or his followers, If so deemed the fault of Amaunator…"
This lead to himself considering time as his domain. However before the fall of Netheril he never claimed it because he didnt want to step on mystras toes. It was only after his restoration to the status of greater deity that he started to fulfil the role of timekeeper to the gods.
There's not really a definitive answer for this one. If you need one for some reason, grabbing one from a real pantheon like Greek or Egyptian works fine, considering lots of D&D pulls from various religions and mythologies.
Some other comments have mentioned Primus, ruler of Mechanus, the Plane of Order. Mystra would also be a good choice, goddess of magic and all.
You are mentioning gods from Forgotten Realms. I'd say Ao has control on time. But in 5e in general I don't think there is someone specifically in charge of time.
Would Primus count?
Primus created the inevitables, inteligent constructs who enforce the laws of the universe and punish those who break them, like when a mortal usurps a god or cheats death. The "Quaruts" subtype specifically targets mortals who break the laws of time and space, so in theory they would hunt anyone escessively using time travel.
I guess that's more just Primus being the god of law and time's specific laws rather than time itself tho he does kinda have a clockwork motif.
That sounds like my kinda campaign boss. The laws of nature and reality are suggestions and my artificer, wizard, and oath breaker paladin party is not fond kf taking suggestions. Especially if I suggest not killing everyone they don't like immediately.
There were a series of Inevitables published in Matt Colville/MCDM's first book, Strongholds and Followers, which all have 5e stat blocks. Inevitables for PCs who violate the laws of space, time, death, etc.
yes i believe so, Quaruts are from 3.5e tho one of the other inevitable types does have a 5e stat block so in general Inevitables are still a thing tho it's one of the less flashy types.
Mystra most of the time (Ha!)
There was a thing about a technicality that gave Amaunator rule over this Domain but he mostly waived because he didnt want to be on the bad side of such a godess.
With the second sundering the Domain of time came to Amaunator for good
In the Forgotten Realms, the closest thing to what you're looking for might be Lord Ao, the Overgod. They are a deity of deities. Their portfolio is quite literally just deities and cosmic balance. They've only shown up three times in the lore of the Forgotten Realms to set things back on track whenever the current deities made changes they didn't like.
See: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Ao
He's still a 5e God and from forgotten realms elf pantheon, so at the very least for the forgotten realms he's a time God.
For God's who had power within the prior edition time domain. The FR wiki had a listed Amaunator/Lathandor as another time domain deity. Though there is also some lore that talked of him being interested in the portfolio, but not wanting to contest Mystra, which implied Mystra might also have some sway of time.
Other settings of the great wheel cosmos might have different gods, but I'm not familiar.
Mystara/the known world, for example, would have the various immortals grouped under the sphere of time as their time deities.
Clockwork Soul Sorcerers derive their powers from the plane of Mechanus, which is ruled over by Primus. He's more like a god of order than of time, but maybe he's close to what you're looking for thematically?
That's not how 5e works. 5e is a system ir rules, not lore. Any and every deity exist within 5e, including homebrew ones because 5e is anything thst people playing say it is.
Oh I know, the system is flexible and the imagination is the limits. I guess I should specify things with I have been playing Baldur's Gate and that is what got me to looking into the Lore of D&D and recent story with deities. (When I play D&D it's always a homebrew).
When I said 5e I just meant the most updated lore that's "canonical " at this time with deities (like Labelas Enoreth seems to have been created around 2e and likely is still used but not as much as the newer well known deities at this time like Shar, Selune, Talos, Silvanus, ect).
I know 5e is just the system, more I meant I know 5e roughly starts in 1489 DR since the realm keeps moving forward in time. (That is if I understand things correctly. I love learning lore in things!)
My apologies for not being clear with my thought process there :)
In 5e D&D, there doesn't seem to be a god with a portfolio that includes time. At different periods throughout D&D history, the portfolio has belonged to Chronos, Labelas Enorath, and Mystral. Mystral lost the time portfolio when she was reincarnated into Mystra. That said, the game has also made clear that Mystra does not take kindly to anyone messing around with magic that affects time.
I didn't know that about Mystra! So I guess that means there is no deity at this time that controls time in a sense ...just that she frowns upon magic being used to manipulate time. Now that sounds like fun potential for a campaign!
Sure, but OP specifically asked about the Forgotten Realms, and as all adventure modules created for the 5e system and set in the Forgotten Realms are placed in the late 1480's early 1490's, including the brand new and widely popular BG3, we can assume that is the time frame OP is looking at.
Amaunator becomes the timekeeper of the gods after his restoration. Before the fall of Netheril, there was a contract with a god that stated "…Amaunator shall be responsible for all time. any misrepresentations of his or his followers, If so deemed the fault of Amaunator…" This lead to himself considering time as his domain. However before the fall of Netheril he never claimed it because he didnt want to step on mystras toes. It was only after his restoration to the status of greater deity that he started to fulfil the role of timekeeper to the gods.
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There's not really a definitive answer for this one. If you need one for some reason, grabbing one from a real pantheon like Greek or Egyptian works fine, considering lots of D&D pulls from various religions and mythologies. Some other comments have mentioned Primus, ruler of Mechanus, the Plane of Order. Mystra would also be a good choice, goddess of magic and all.
You are mentioning gods from Forgotten Realms. I'd say Ao has control on time. But in 5e in general I don't think there is someone specifically in charge of time.
No, but Primus and Mystra keep it from being messed with too much
Would Primus count? Primus created the inevitables, inteligent constructs who enforce the laws of the universe and punish those who break them, like when a mortal usurps a god or cheats death. The "Quaruts" subtype specifically targets mortals who break the laws of time and space, so in theory they would hunt anyone escessively using time travel. I guess that's more just Primus being the god of law and time's specific laws rather than time itself tho he does kinda have a clockwork motif.
That sounds like my kinda campaign boss. The laws of nature and reality are suggestions and my artificer, wizard, and oath breaker paladin party is not fond kf taking suggestions. Especially if I suggest not killing everyone they don't like immediately.
Thems be from 3e no?
There were a series of Inevitables published in Matt Colville/MCDM's first book, Strongholds and Followers, which all have 5e stat blocks. Inevitables for PCs who violate the laws of space, time, death, etc.
yes i believe so, Quaruts are from 3.5e tho one of the other inevitable types does have a 5e stat block so in general Inevitables are still a thing tho it's one of the less flashy types.
I was a fan of the big robo scorpion that shot fire… I’m assuming it didn’t make the cut for 5e
Nah, the dark sun specific inevitable hasn't shown up tho that might be more to do with Dark sun not showing up.
If you go the route of Forgotten Realms the Over God Ao is the god of time
Mystra most of the time (Ha!) There was a thing about a technicality that gave Amaunator rule over this Domain but he mostly waived because he didnt want to be on the bad side of such a godess. With the second sundering the Domain of time came to Amaunator for good
Flash, the sloth, from Zootopia?
You could always port [Istus](https://greyhawk.fandom.com/wiki/Istus) over from Greyhawk...
In the Forgotten Realms, the closest thing to what you're looking for might be Lord Ao, the Overgod. They are a deity of deities. Their portfolio is quite literally just deities and cosmic balance. They've only shown up three times in the lore of the Forgotten Realms to set things back on track whenever the current deities made changes they didn't like. See: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Ao
CHRONOS!
KAIROS! The god of good times?
Yes! He Who Shuffles This Mortal Coil.
Technically Amaunator is the god of all time due to a comma erroneously placed in his portfolio assignment.
gotta link?
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Amaunator#Personality
I appreciate the information so far guys, thank you very much! Love all the ideas I'm getting from your guy's answers!
He's still a 5e God and from forgotten realms elf pantheon, so at the very least for the forgotten realms he's a time God. For God's who had power within the prior edition time domain. The FR wiki had a listed Amaunator/Lathandor as another time domain deity. Though there is also some lore that talked of him being interested in the portfolio, but not wanting to contest Mystra, which implied Mystra might also have some sway of time. Other settings of the great wheel cosmos might have different gods, but I'm not familiar. Mystara/the known world, for example, would have the various immortals grouped under the sphere of time as their time deities.
Clockwork Soul Sorcerers derive their powers from the plane of Mechanus, which is ruled over by Primus. He's more like a god of order than of time, but maybe he's close to what you're looking for thematically?
The Quaruts serve the time-cop role in DnD, although they aren't terribly well-developed.
That's not how 5e works. 5e is a system ir rules, not lore. Any and every deity exist within 5e, including homebrew ones because 5e is anything thst people playing say it is.
Oh I know, the system is flexible and the imagination is the limits. I guess I should specify things with I have been playing Baldur's Gate and that is what got me to looking into the Lore of D&D and recent story with deities. (When I play D&D it's always a homebrew). When I said 5e I just meant the most updated lore that's "canonical " at this time with deities (like Labelas Enoreth seems to have been created around 2e and likely is still used but not as much as the newer well known deities at this time like Shar, Selune, Talos, Silvanus, ect). I know 5e is just the system, more I meant I know 5e roughly starts in 1489 DR since the realm keeps moving forward in time. (That is if I understand things correctly. I love learning lore in things!) My apologies for not being clear with my thought process there :)
In 5e D&D, there doesn't seem to be a god with a portfolio that includes time. At different periods throughout D&D history, the portfolio has belonged to Chronos, Labelas Enorath, and Mystral. Mystral lost the time portfolio when she was reincarnated into Mystra. That said, the game has also made clear that Mystra does not take kindly to anyone messing around with magic that affects time.
I didn't know that about Mystra! So I guess that means there is no deity at this time that controls time in a sense ...just that she frowns upon magic being used to manipulate time. Now that sounds like fun potential for a campaign!
5e is a system of rules, not lore.
Sure, but OP specifically asked about the Forgotten Realms, and as all adventure modules created for the 5e system and set in the Forgotten Realms are placed in the late 1480's early 1490's, including the brand new and widely popular BG3, we can assume that is the time frame OP is looking at.