A group of gamers from 2020 Earth is pulled into the alternate-reality of Eberron.
Upon arriving in Eberron characters spend a year training into a particular class.
This background is built to reflect mature gamers with at least 4 decades of life experience. They have built full lives on earth with hobbies, families, and careers.
How you came to be in Ebberon will be revealed during the first game session. Upon arrival, you will be given training and equipment for an epic purpose.
The same instance that brought you to this realm also made you capable of understanding and speaking the native language: perhaps you actually speak the language in place of your native tongue, or perhaps, from your perception, everyone is actually speaking your native tongue. No matter what the specific details, you are now capable of speaking, reading, and writing Common, as well as other languages of the realm. You have learned new skills and abilities from this transition, but some things that you've known on Earth have proven to be just as useful here.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose 4 skills from other than History, arcana, and religion to reflect your previous life experience.
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose 2 two proficiencies to reflect the skills of your previous life.
- Equipment: One set of traveler’s clothes, a weapon of your choice, up to a backpack worth of gear from home.
50,000 gp
You have received formal education from an advanced timeline. Choose a subject as your academic field of expertise, you gain advantage on any Intelligence-based skill check when you attempt to recall a fact from your field of expertise (Examples include: Fine Arts, Health & Medicine, Biology, History, Business & Administration, Arcane Arts, Material Engineering, Law & Ethics).
Additionally. You are familiar with concepts from your time such as internal combustion, electrical current, computing etc. etc. Though not an expert you may add your proficiency bonus and appropriate skill when dealing with a concept covered in your basic education
Suggested Characteristics
these are the suggested characteristics for the Earther.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Art is so different from one world to the next, any time I get to see some from this one, I'll be sure to return the favor |
| 2 | I remember how to make some of the wonders from my world. I pass it onto anyone who'll hear. |
| 3 | Magic is so.... Magical! Of course I get excited whenever I see it, or, heavens, do it! |
| 4 | Whenever I find something our worlds have in common I point it out, it helps the homesickness. |
| 5 | I miss something back home desperately |
| 6 | I wasn't raised on rations, to these people my appetite is bottomless. |
| 7 | No one cracks a joke here, and I'm sure no one back home would mind if I re-told one of theirs. |
| 8 | I get a kick out of clerics, no one back home ever got DM'd by Jesus, at least not this commonly. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | This world is centuries behind my own, I'll be sure to help it forwards. (Neutral) |
| 2 | This world is centuries behind my own, I resent it for that. (Neutral) |
| 3 | The punishments and laws are as alien as the magic, I can't take any of their authority seriously. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | I'm already enough of an outsider, at the very least I can follow this place's rules. (Lawful) |
| 5 | A new world to explore is an amazing gift, I'll do my best to protect it (Good) |
| 6 | Not sure whats going on. But I want to see how it plays out |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | Someone found and helped me when I first got here, I owe my life to them |
| 2 | Family and friends in this new world |
| 3 | I vigorously research and document the awes and wonders of this incredible world. |
| 4 | You still carry the device that brought you through time, broken and inactive as it is... |
| 5 | I still keep my ideals from my old home, I'll work tirelessly to advocate for those ideals |
| 6 | My world seems to have developed past this one's, I'll work to fan the flames of creativity and invention. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Self-preservation was bred into me, if others wan't to die that's their prerogative. |
| 2 | I'm still not convinced this isn't all a weird dream. |
| 3 | Humans built my world, the rest were delegated to fantasy, I really can't take any other race seriously. |
| 4 | I'm too busy being wowed out of my mind by magic and fantasy to be any real competent help. |
| 5 | I won't stop reminiscing about the modern comforts of my world, like washing machines, and diet coke, oh god don't get me started about diet coke. |
| 6 | I don't know any of the terrain or nature of this world, this won't stop me from acting like an expert and taking the lead. |
Your accent, mannerisms, figures of speech, and perhaps even your appearance all mark you as foreign, if not otherworldly. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands and worlds, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland.
You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and people. Furthermore, you are able to detect and identify people, objects, or concepts originally from Earth due to your origins.
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