Homebrew Time Lord Species Details

“There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea’s asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there’s danger, somewhere there’s injustice, and somewhere else the tea’s getting cold. Come on, now. We’ve got work to do.”

— The Doctor

The Time Lords are considered one of the oldest and most technologically powerful races in the universe. They were created from years and years of exposure to the Untempered Schism, a gap in the fabric of reality that looks into the time vortex. They were thought to be an extinct race, but a good few still survive in the hidden places in the universe.

Hidden Travelers

Time Lords were sworn never to interfere with the flow of time, only to watch. However, a few leave their home and decide to change time. These Time Lords are known as Renegades, and are considered to be criminals in the eyes of the other Time Lords.

Physical Attributes

Time Lords and human beings look alike, however they differ in many respects. Physiological differences from humans include two hearts which normally beat at 170 beats per minute, an internal body temperature of 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) and a "respiratory bypass system" that allows them to survive strangulation. Time Lords also have an increased resilience to higher frequencies of sound. If severely injured, they can go into a healing coma which lowers their body temperature to below freezing. Radiation given off by X-rays pose no real threat to Time Lords, and they can absorb an amount that would be lethal to a human before expelling it.

Time Lords are also extremely long-lived, routinely counting their ages in terms of centuries; they could live "practically forever, barring accidents." They consider an age of 750 years to be "middle-aged", and a "kid" to be 90 years old. However, within a specific incarnation, a Time Lord is able to age, albeit much more slowly than a human.

Regeneration

Time Lords also have the ability to regenerate their bodies when their current body is mortally wounded. This process results in their body undergoing a transformation, gaining a new physical form and a new personality; a Time Lord who was pleasant and polite in his previous regeneration might express surprise when his new form turns out to be prone to saying rude things. Time Lords can switch genders upon their regenerations, and can regenerate twelve times (thirteen incarnations in all). However, a Time Lord can die before they have a chance to regenerate, in which case they die outright.

Time Lord Transportation

A Time Lord often has a link to a TARDIS, or Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. TARDISes are characterised not just by their ability to travel in time, but also their dimensionally transcendent nature. A TARDISes interior spaces exist in a different dimension from its exterior, allowing it to appear to be bigger on the inside.The TARDIS also has a chameleon circuit, which lets it change its appearance to blend in with its surroundings. Sometimes this can be broken, making it stay in one form.

As part of fleshing out a Time Lord character, consider the nature of that character’s TARDIS. The TARDIS Guide tables offer names and appearances that you can use to flesh out your character’s TARDIS.

TARDIS Guide

d6	Name
1	Audio
2	Locus
3	Estrella
4	Galladia
5	Scio
6	Pulchra

d6	Appearance
1	Shed
2	Church
3	Shipping Container
4	Shop
5	House
6	Ship

 

Time Lord Names

Most Time Lords have long names that can be shortened into a nickname, or they'll give themselves a title that encompasses their personality or what they do.

Names: Faldrollegreyahoragehsag (Faldroll), Theotarplorigothene (Theotar), Vankelorquamoraparnynda (Vankel), Ruliakalaullatral (Rulia), Rolanspanaapardathwin (Rolan)

Titles: The Architect, The Captain, The Collector, The Diplomat, The Hermit, The Nightingale, The Teacher, The Watcher

Time Lord Traits

Your Time Lord character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Intelligence and Constitution scores increase by 1.

Age

Time Lords are considered adults at around 200 years old, and are thought of as middle aged at around 750 years old.

Alignment

Most Time Lords are lawful neutral, but those that deviate from their society and interfere with time are often in chaotic and/or good alignments. However, some can be evil.

Size

Time Lords have the same range of height and weight as humans.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Resistance

You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.

Light Bearer

You know the light cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write all languages thanks to your connection to your TARDIS' Universal Translator. However, if the translator breaks, then you can only speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.