You are native to another plane of existence and are familiar with planar travel. You have an understanding of the cosmology of the planes such that you know what conditions and beings to expect on each of them and how to recognize where to find portals and to where a portal may lead.
- Skill Proficiencies: select two from Arcana, History, Nature, Perception, Religion, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of tool, kit, gaming set, or musical instrument of your choice
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: An item from your native plane, a set of traveler’s clothes, a pouch containing 10 gp, and one tool, kit, gaming set, or musical instrument of your choice
The planar region of the cosmos from which you hail.
| d10 | Origin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Material - you are from one of the miriad material planes, i.e. Oerth, Toril, Mystara, Athas, Eberron, etc. |
| 2 | Echo - you are from one of the planes that mirror the material realm, i.e. Feywild, Shadowfell, Asteral |
| 3 | Transitive - planes that act as waystations and passageways between other planes, i.e. Astral, Etherial, Deep Ethereal, The Outlands, Elemental Chaos, Demiplanes |
| 4 | Inner - the elemental planes, i.e. Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Elemental Chaos |
| 5 | Upper - positively aligned planes, i.e. Archadia, Mount Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, The Beastlands, Arboria, Ysgard |
| 6 | Lower - negativly aligned planes, i.e. Acheron, The Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Carceri, The Abyss, Pandemonium |
| 7 | Law - firm and strictly ordered planes, i.e. Bytopia, Mount Celestia, Archadia, Mechanus, Acheron, The Nine Hells, Gehenna |
| 8 | Chaos - unordered, volitile, and unpredictable planes, i.e. The Beastlands, Arborea, Ysgard, Limbo, Pandemonium, The Abyss, Carceri |
| 9 | Extremis - the planes in most extreme and purest form of themselves, i.e. Mechanus, Elysium, Limbo, Hades, The Far Realm, The Dreamlands, The Positive Plane, The Negative Plane, Demiplanes |
| 10 | Life - Planes tied to the lifecycle of mortals, i.e. The Positive Plane, a Material Plane, Astral, Limbo, an Outer Plane, The Negative Plane |
You are able to automatically recognize portals leading to your planar Origin and have advantage on rolls to determine where on that plane the portal will lead. For example a Triton with Origin of Inner would most likely be from the elemental plane of water, could still automatically recognize a volcanic portal leading to the elemental plane of fire, and would have advantage trying to find out that the portal leads directly to the City of Brass.
You also have advantage trying to detect portals leading to any other part of the cosmos, determining to which plane of the cosmos they lead, what conditions to expect there, and information about the creatures that reside in that plane.
Suggested Characteristics
Some planes have very regimented cultures while others are virtual wilderness, there are some on constant turmoil, and others are near stasis. The variety of gravitational, temporal, elemental, social, psychic, and conditions for which mortal do not even have words may result in any variety of personalities.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home. |
| 2 | I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups. |
| 3 | I once tarversed twenty-five portals without stopping to warn to carry a warning of an approaching horde. I’d do it again if I had to. |
| 4 | I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature. |
| 5 | I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won’t save you from an angry diety. |
| 6 | I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them. |
| 7 | I feel far more comfortable in a chaos torrent than around people. |
| 8 | I sprung into being fully formed. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic) |
| 2 | Greater Good. It is each being’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole cosmos. (Good) |
| 3 | Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole plane. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Might. The strongest are meant to rule. (Evil) |
| 5 | Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my realm. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me. |
| 2 | An injury to my home plane is an injury to me. |
| 3 | I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who threaten my plane. |
| 4 | I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend. |
| 5 | I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it. |
| 6 | It is my duty to bring the principals of my plane to the rest of the cosmos. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants. |
| 2 | There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest. |
| 3 | I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me. |
| 4 | I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies. |
| 5 | Violence is my answer to almost any challenge. |
| 6 | Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is nature’s way that the strong thrive and the weak perish. |
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