Some AST suggestions

[Vitreus]

I'd personally really like to see AST take a few pages from its Time Mage roots and just get rid of the Sects entirely, replacing the regens/shields with something like Brewmaster Monk's Stagger mechanic. Putting Asp Bene on the tank turns the next X potency of damage they take into a DoT over 15 seconds or so, then the AST can use stuff like Time Dilation to double its duration/halve its potency, Reverse to turn it into a regen, or other similar functions. From there they could have Celestial Opposition literally just pause the timers of any debuffs/buffs the AST has on their party members for 10s.

I actually like this stagger idea a lot, plays well into the lore of delaying or changing someone's fate and would give astrologian something unique. Especially the idea of just stopping time's effect on their allies and manipulating the buffs/debuffs.

Maybe there is a way to incorporate the card system into this?