Home Tech Levels

[kaijubot]

I'm prepping my first DW campaign with the idea that the PCs are a "sleeper cell" of young (15-25yrs, first lifetime) Time Lords hidden on earth via Chameleon Arch.

So should the home tech level for them by 5 (modern day Earth) or 10 (Time Lord)? Part of the fun of the game, I'm hoping, will be the PCs lack of familiarity with Gallifreyan tech, so I'm tempted to lean towards 5, just not certain.

[Craig Oxbrow]

I'd say 5 for now, as they don't know Time Lord science. If they know but don't realise they do, then maybe 10.

Or, given how little use tech levels get, you could give them both, so they're familiar with levels 5 and 10, less so with 4 and 9, and so on.

[da professor]

I'd give them Tech level 5, because if they basically grew up on late20th/early21st century Earth, that's all they'd know. A TARDIS might recognise them as Gallifreyan and work for them about as much as the Doctor's works for him, but they wouldn't have a cluehow or why and wouldn't know how to use any of its special features or other timelord tech such as, for example, the sonic screwdriver.

[kaijubot]

Thanks for the responses. As I said, I was leaning towards level 5 so I think what I'll do is start them off at level 5 and after a session or two give them Time Traveler (Major: Level 10) as a free trait as memories and familiarity come back to them.

[Rassilon]

A bit of triva about Level 5: In the series, Earth has twice (AFAIK) been referred to as 'a level 5 planet'.

Once in City Of Death and also in The Eleventh Hour.