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[refined-narvin-appreciator]

Wanted to do a doodle, and ended up drawing a little scene of a renegade time lord inviting their TARDIS (in humanoid form) to a dance. Not sure if I've posted about this before but the character on the right is a DWRPG PC I made a while back (but haven't quite gotten a chance to play yet). The idea to weave their auras together was very much inspired by some of @strange-destinations's wonderful art.

[6-and-7]

Huevember 27a

Travis and Norman, doing complicated technical stuff, vital to stopping this week's alien threat. Or possibly figuring out a way for Travis to watch cat videos in his head.

[strange-destinations]

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE OTHERSTIDE, AND NOW THAT THEY’RE OUT OF CLASS

THE ACADEMY STUDENTS WILL KICK RASSILON’S ASS

......a very silly Doctor Who hack of The Fight Before Christmas by Weird Age Games. I really should make more one-page TTRPGs. original ones. eventually.

A PDF download of this game can be found at my itch.io, here!

[mustard-ramen-dragon]

Arc 1, Episode 2 - The Past is Imperfect

As is this post. Annoyingly the title artwork was too big and so it is not great to zoom in on so I’ll create more title art for this episode that’s more similar to my first one but I thought I’d post this anyway. Mainly because I’m a big fan of the De-Mat gun.

So whilst I do an episode round-up in my next post, I’ll talk about most of the items I’ve put on the bookshelf, which in itself is a reference to this arc’s home base, the Braxiatel collection.

In the photoframes show the mindscapes of Boudica, who’s was of a meadow, and Romana’s of her time on the Presidential retreat Davidia with Leela, watching the stars at a cliff-edge.

The Great Key of Rassilon was used to assess the matrix and to find the blueprints to build a De-Mat gun which was used by Mariyan to shoot the supreme Dalek which erased all the events of the episode, including everyone else’s memories and the Dalek invasion.

At the end of the episode, Braxiatel gave Trey a hypercube containing the location of her lost Gallifreyan friends.

[refined-narvin-appreciator]

It is done

In procrastinating, I have created a character sheet for Narvin in the three Cubicle 7 doctor who RPGs. 1e, 2e, and Doctors and Daleks.

I've tried to keep each one relatively "playable", not going too overboard with traits in 1e, or storypoint depleting gadgets in 2e. Although I did use the Time Traveller's Companion rules to make him a patrex in 1e, so there's a decent chunk of traits there. In my heart(s) I'm a 1e fan, so I apologise if the other character sheets aren't really up to scratch. And doing it in doctors and daleks has reminded me that, while it's impressive how they managed to get relatively close to something Doctor Whoy in 5e, it still really isn't my thing at all.

[refined-narvin-appreciator]

Some Doctor Who RPG Homebrew

TLDR: TARDIS Stuff, and Humanoid TARDISes

So one of the things I really liked about Doctor Who RPG 1st edition was being able to create a TARDIS with the rules in the Time Traveller's companion.

The level of customisability and the like was a bit lost in 2e, as TARDISes were made with the same system as your run-of-the-mill time machine, so I decided to write up an alternative homebrew system that's based on the 1e rules that basically models TARDISes as NPCS. I also chucked in rules for playing humanoid TARDISes, which is actually shockingly achievable in 2e if you're willing to forgoe a lot of the more powerful aspects of being a ship.

Full creation rules below the cut

Step 1 - Choose a Template 

TARDISes are constantly being improved upon and designed, currently almost 130 “types” of TARDIS exist. Talk with your GM about the kind of TARDIS that’s allowed, and pick from the following list of templates

Ancient TARDIS (Types 1-30)

An old, wise ship, with millennia of experience. It may be a little run down, out of date, and hell it’s a surprise it can even fly - but it’s yours.

Attribute Points: 16

Skill Points: 20

Distinctions: Ancient TARDIS (+Telepathy, +Vortex, -Barely Functioning), Chameleon Circuit (+Shapeshift, -Fragile System, prone to breaking). 

Story Points: 10

Decommissioned TARDIS (Types 31-60)

A ship found decaying in an old repair bay, quadrigger station, or only used as an academy training ship. A decommissioned TARDIS can be bothersome and a bit old.

Attribute Points: 18 

Skill Points: 18

Distinctions: Decommissioned TARDIS (+Telepathy, +Invulnerable, +Vortex, -a flaw of your choosing), Chameleon Circuit. 

Story Points: 15

Modern TARDIS (Types 61-90)

Top of the line, but not as experienced as other ships, a modern TARDIS is strictly monitored and hard to come by. Modern TARDISes tend to be quite argumentative, and stubborn - they are quite young after all. 

Attribute Points: 20

Skill Points: 16

Distinctions: Modern TARDIS (+Telepathy, +Invulnerable, +Vortex, -Flaw of Your Choice), Chameleon Circuit. 

Story Points: 20

Battle TARDIS (Types 91-101)

Born for war, the battle TARDIS is a heavily armed time ship designed to be deployed en masse. Some are even equipped with the ability to remove entire planets from the timeline

Attribute Points: 22

Skill Points: 14

Distinctions: Battle TARDIS (+Telepathy, +Invulnerable, +Vortex, -flaw of choice), Chameleon Circuit, Armed (+Carries shipscale 4/L/L weapons, -personality is impulsive and battle-ready)

Story Points: 25

Humanoid TARDIS (Types 102-106+)

TARDISes with the ability to take on a humanoid shape, walking, and talking with their operator. These ships are very rare and still experimental. Humanoid TARDISes are made as player characters (although they may be an NPC), with the Humanoid TARDIS distinction. This distinction gives them the ability to travel through the Vortex, and Shapeshift. However, it comes with the drawback that they are incredibly sensitive to temporal distortion, and can often become seriously ill in their presence.

Step 2 - Concept and Focus

Now you have your TARDIS template, decide its concept (e.g. Ancient Timeship, Stolen Training Craft, Traumatised War Machine), and its focus (e.g exploration, battle, survival, knowledge).

Step 3 - Distribute Attribute and Skill Points

TARDISes are varied and unique individuals, so distribute the attribute and skill points that you see fit. TARDISes, particularly older models, may have very high knowledge skills, whereas younger models may have a more physical distribution. The TARDIS skills are used when the TARDISes sentience decides to pilot itself, or in symbiotic operation as described in the Time Traveller’s Companion.

Step 4 - Experiences

Like player characters, TARDISes learn and grow from their past. Decide one experience that your TARDIS has before the start of the game. 

Step 5 - Distinctions

A TARDIS template comes with a number of prepackaged distinctions (with its story points already including their cost), however each ship can be further customised. Perhaps they have a cloaking device, or a weapon that can remove things from the timeline, etc. 

Each Distinction costs another 2 story points, as a PC. PCs may further customise the individual distinctions working with the GM, I’m not the boss of you.

You may wish for a system to be significantly ‘broken’ and for the distinction to be lost, like the Chameleon circuit. This increases the number of story points a TARDIS has by 2, and fixing the system would involve purchasing the distinction with XP, and then reducing the number of story points again. Damage to an individual system within the main TARDIS distinction might instead be represented by an appropriate flaw. 

Step 6 - Finishing Touches

Decide what your TARDIS’s interior dimension looks like, if there are any particular rooms of note (each player may want to decide on 1 or more room to add), and you’re done. 

[refined-narvin-appreciator]

Forever my dream to run a Gallifreyan political thriller campaign set after the time war in DWRPG.

However, I've never really figured out how to create the vibe of the characters being important politics people who vote on important political politics without irrating the players by having them actually vote on fictional space politics?

[refined-narvin-appreciator]

Irving Braxiatel (She/They) from my home doctor who RPG game. I was really inspired by thieves and TARDISes to actually include Brax in the first place (if you're somehow seeing this and haven't seen T&T, go do that) and the appearance was originally meant to be based on Cate Blanchett, although that drifted over time. Brax was hiding under a chameleon arch-made human persona before they were woken up by the player characters. They have since been helping them deal with the most recent threat to the universe while trying to figure out their place in it. Now the universe is safe (as safe as it usually gets) she's shifting her focus into getting the collection running again and hopefully finding Benny.