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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 19:18:35 GMT
When timelords are young, they are brought in front of the untempered schism to view the entirety of time itself. This shapes the young timelords in drastic ways.
My question is this, from a mechanical standpoint, what would happen if a human gazed into a stable tear in the vortex such as the untempered schism? Do you think it would end in a Donna Noble situation, where their brain melts? Do you think their brains could even take in that information.?
I am curious to what people think about this.
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Post by Catsmate on Sept 30, 2020 20:18:09 GMT
Hmmmm. My first take is that most humans probably lack the elements in the brain that would allow them to properly perceive the reality of the Time Vortex (i.e. don't have the Vortex trait) and probably experience nothing much except perhaps some mild, short term, effects. Then again exposure to the Vortex was the explanation for River Song, so maybe humans would gain some Time Lord abilities, such as Vortex or Feel the Turn of the Universe traits.
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Post by greyhame on Sept 30, 2020 21:01:01 GMT
Maybe this is one way to create a Scion?
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Post by Catsmate on Sept 30, 2020 22:07:23 GMT
Maybe this is one way to create a Scion? Well there's no hard and fast rule on Scions so why not.
Given that exposure to the Cardiff Rift was the explanation given for Gwyneth's psionics I think that the Untempered Schism (which gives the impression of being far more 'concentrated' a source of Vortex energies) could have all sorts of mutational powers
Which suggests to me some interesting possibilities, starting with what exactly is the Schism and where did it some from? Is is really a "natural" opening into the Vortex? If so was it contained (there was the Seal of Rassilon by the ring that seemed to contain it) rather than closed off? Or was it an deliberate opening, or a side-effect of early meddling with temporal technology, by the proto-Time Lords? Is it in fact what makes a Time Lord such?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 22:28:26 GMT
This is all why I asked in the first place. I feel like for someone like The doctor and The Master, staring into the schism opened their minds to who they will be. If someone, a human from 2020, 1900, or 3500 b.c. Saw a similar thing, would they Be affected differently?
If they are affected and survive, mechanically would we completely shift their stats on the character sheet? Pick up and drop all new traits and skills? Or is this the time to make a special trait? Dalek Khan was exposed to the vortex, and not only did he gain precognition, but his outlook on his species changed as well.
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Post by Catsmate on Oct 1, 2020 9:24:41 GMT
This is all why I asked in the first place. I feel like for someone like The doctor and The Master, staring into the schism opened their minds to who they will be. If someone, a human from 2020, 1900, or 3500 b.c. Saw a similar thing, would they Be affected differently? If they are affected and survive, mechanically would we completely shift their stats on the character sheet? Pick up and drop all new traits and skills? Or is this the time to make a special trait? Dalek Khan was exposed to the vortex, and not only did he gain precognition, but his outlook on his species changed as well. Certainly. I'd say it could (would?) do just about anything to a suitably receptive mind, perhaps enhancing existing personality traits and skills. So a human with a 'technological focus' (so to speak) would gain things like increased Ingenuity, Boffin, Technically Adept et cetera. It might (and probably should) augment their negative personality aspects too, so traits like Arrogant, Argumentative, Distracted, Eccentric, Sesquipedalian or Forgetful. There's also the possibility of a form of Time Traveller, representing a glimpse into future (or past) technology and the ability to make devices that are significantly more advanced than their base technology level. It would be straightforward to develop similar packages for other personality types: Medical/Healer, Acadamic/Historian, Driver/Pilot, Soldier/Action et cetera.
The various psionic traits (Psychic Training, Psychic, Telepathy, Telekinesis, Psychic Healing, Astral Projection, Clairvoyance, Extrasensory Perception, Detect Truth, Danger Sense) are also possible enhancements as are the 'temporal' traits like Vortex (both normal and special forms) and Feel the Turn of the Universe or even Visionary (TTC/218).
One possibility that intrigues me is a group sharing the experience of the Schism. They might end up bonded, allowing greater abilities as a gestalt, as well as having a limited form of telepathic communication (a variation on Networked) between themselves. I'm specifically thinking of the old spy-fi television series The Champions.
Plus the group might be able as a unit to travel through time without any craft. Of course this means that when one person is captured the others need to rescue them, or be stranded. Beats locking them out of their TARDIS as a plot device.....
- Getting a little off the Untempered Schism for a moment, this is something that a piece of damaged, experimental, left over, Gallifreyan Time War tech might do. I'm specifically thinking of the MacGuffin in the scenario Stormrise (12DCore) here as it struck me as the perfect way to create a PC group somewhat independent of the usual backgrounds and more in the vein of the old Timelords RPG.
Another possibility is the PC seeing themself, from a similar bit not identical parallel universe and gaining a new, secondary, set or memories which may be useful or a hindrance. For an NPC (or even PC) this could even be the character being possessed by their alternate self
Of course all this assumes those effected by the Schism are PCs, it could also create one or more NPC or antagonists. A human driven mad by the experience, but endowed with superpowers (similar to the Hazandra perhaps) or technological skills, or psionic mind-bending powers or something that makes her a threat. There's the perfect antagonist for a campaign, be it limited to 'modern day' Earth, incorporating limited time travel or a full-scale race through time. The antagonist could be tuned to suit the groups, from a 'pale grey' where their motivation to to improve the present by making small alterations to the past or fixing future problems before they manifest, to a darker conquistador mentality.
One final point is, how do they encounter the Schism? Is it still on Gallifrey? Was it flung into the Vortex in the last, dark, days of the Time War (and if so where did it end up and who'd looking for it), or was it 'rescued' by one of the last Time Lords and transported off Gallifrey deliberately. In that case they may have planned to use it to create a new group of Time Lords....
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