Throughout your adventuring life, you were never able to stick in one place at a time...or heck even one dimension. No matter if its through freak accidents, a gadget or magical trinket, or through your bloodline, you've been able to transport yourself to different worlds, taking in their sights and learning all about them before moving on to the next.
When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine how you ended up in the setting that your campaign is in, where you are from, and what kind of experiences you had during your dimension hopping travels. Did you purposefully do it to pursue a life of adventure? Were you forced to leave your homeland as a way to protect yourself or everyone else? Or were you dragged into this lifestyle unwillingly, trying to find what method will bring you home?
- Skill Proficiencies: History, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, Navigator's tools.
- Languages: You can choose one additional language that your character would know, as a result from your travels.
- Equipment: A diary, a quill or pen, a set of bone dice or deck of cards, some souvenirs from the worlds you visited (and your homeland), a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Some sort of decision, yours or not, led you onto this world-bending adventure. Roll a d8 or choose from the table the type of event that turned you into what you are today.
| d8 | Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | You left on your own, using a trinket or device to travel. |
| 2 | Your family was in grave danger, so they whisked you away with a charm for your safety. |
| 3 | An alchemy or science experiment backfired horribly, trapping you into the multiverse. |
| 4 | A spell was cast on you as a method to eliminate you, however all it did was make you travel between realms. |
| 5 | You accidentally misused a magical object, whisking you away into faraway lands. |
| 6 | You randomly found a source of world hopping in your own realm, and led yourself into your new life. |
| 7 | Your family could always travel between worlds; you just now recently discovered that you can too. |
| 8 | In the future, traveling time and space was always a thing. However, it backfired and you can't return home. |
You have explored many different locations, worlds and even dimensions. No matter what happened in each, they usually left some sort of lasting story to tell. When you are in a public place (such as a tavern), you can use your stories to entertain, persuade, or intimidate others. Additionally, you can potentially roll for a Performance check as a way to excite or educate others, and maybe even get tips or important information from them.
Suggested Characteristics
The wacky and unusual circumstances your world hopping led you to influences your outlook on the worlds you visit a lot, shaping your ideals, creating strong bonds with others from distant lands, and allows for a sense of wonder and awe, anxiously waiting for the next unique event to happen.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m always willing to learn the world around me, and the way it works. |
| 2 | I am optimistic about the new worlds I visit, and the new experiences that I can share. |
| 3 | I make friends quick, although it is hard to get really close to them. |
| 4 | I always love to talk peoples' heads off about my home and my adventures. |
| 5 | I have anxiety when trying things I've never done before, despite being well-traveled. |
| 6 | I'm a quick learner in both how the world works and how to harness its works. |
| 7 | I am very thrifty when it comes to preserving resources and money, for who knows when I will get the chance to have it again. |
| 8 | I'm usually stuck in my time period that I came from, which means I talk a lot different then the people around me. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Helpful. If I am going to other peoples' worlds, might as well help them out while I'm at it. (Good) |
| 2 | Well-studied. I make sure I read up on the new customs and laws I have to follow to give the least amount of headache possible. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Independence. Now that I have the entire multiverse to explore, who knows what I'll find! (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Manipulative. A new world, a new way to exploit the people who live here for my own gain. (Evil) |
| 5 | Flexible. There are so many ideas and beliefs in these worlds, its nice to see which ones align with my own, and which ones I want to adapt. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Loyal. I may be far away from home, but that doesn't mean that I won't follow my routines from back home. (Lawful) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I miss my family, and I hope to find them again. |
| 2 | I had a few enemies back home. When I return, I plan to show them what for. |
| 3 | I have friends all around the multiverse. I long to be able to see them again. |
| 4 | My trinket or world-hopping skills are tied to my homeland, giving me a rush of nostalgia wherever I travel. |
| 5 | As a traveler, I like to think that the wellbeing of the land I'm in is more important then my own. |
| 6 | I am bound to the traditions of my kin and heritage, and I like to hold by those beliefs wherever I go. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am bound to the ways of my homeland...for better or worse. |
| 2 | I usually leap before I think. |
| 3 | I have made a massive mistake in another world, and am force to live with that knowledge. |
| 4 | I am spooked easily, and am not hardened from the world around me. |
| 5 | I can talk WAY too much about things I should probably keep to myself. |
| 6 | The world where I come from works vastly different from where I am now, making me massively homesick. |