You were from Earth, but you died in your last life, and through either sheer power of will or an intervention from a powerful entity, you've been given another shot at life with your memories from your last life in a world strongly reminiscent of fantasy fiction.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: Two of your choice
- Equipment: Exotic fine clothes, a jacket, a trinket from your home world, a book where you write down your thoughts and memories, and a coin purse containing 20 gp.
Ways to Die
You remember, all too painfully, how you died before you reincarnated in the fantasy world. You can choose from one of the examples below or come up with your own.
| d20 |
Transition |
| 1 |
I wasn't looking where I was walking and got creamed by a large automobile (car, truck, or bus). |
| 2 |
I went swimming alone/with friends and drowned. |
| 3 |
I was bitten/stung by a venomous animal (venomous snake, spider, insect, etc). |
| 4 |
I was caught in a tornado and pelted with debris. |
| 5 |
Something heavy fell on and crushed my head/skull (rock, hammer, toolbox, etc). |
| 6 |
I participated in the Running of the Bulls. Sadly, I wasn't fast enough. |
| 7 |
I was crushed by a large, heavy object that fell from the sky (meteor, satellite, a cow, etc). |
| 8 |
I was drafted to fight in a war, and was the first casualty on the battlefield. |
| 9 |
Ate/drank something WELL past the expiration date. |
| 10 |
I committed suicide because of... (crippling depression, traumatic experience, chronic pain, etc). |
| 11 |
Fell from a great height. |
| 12 |
Struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. |
| 13 |
I was murdered by... (a sibling, ex-lover, escaped convict, etc). |
| 14 |
Terminal Illness (cancer, dementia, lung disease, etc). |
| 15 |
Unsafe work environment. |
| 16 |
I was mauled to death by large animal (bear, lion, crocodile/alligator, etc). |
| 17 |
I participated in a Chilli Pepper Eating Contest. Would've won if not for that Carolina Reaper. |
| 18 |
I was on death row and executed for my crimes (electric chair, lethal injection, firing squad, etc). |
| 19 |
I lived long enough to reach old age, passing from my old like surrounded by my family and friends. |
| 20 |
I sacrificed my own life to try and save the lives of others, hopefully by death wasn't in vain. |
Feature: Ancient Presence
Because of your reincarnation, you hold within yourself knowledge and wisdom most don't possess or can conceive of. When most glance upon you, they sense the ancient presence within you, and are more willing to listen to you no matter their dispositions. Some may even find your presence or how you carry yourself familiar to one they once knew. Because of your supernatural disposition, your name and soul cannot be tampered with or removed by any kind of effect, magical or not.
Suggested Characteristics
| d6 |
Personality Trait |
| 1 |
ew, Ew, EW, EW, EW, EW! Everything is dirty, everything stinks, and everyone is sick! |
| 2 |
I use all kinds of modern slang and idioms when I speak to people. |
| 3 |
I have an irrational lack of fear of monsters. |
| 4 |
I genuinely believe that this is all some sort of dream or hallucination. |
| 5 |
I feel the need to speak slowly and use simple words, as I talk down to these sheep-sacrificing primitives. |
| 6 |
I am constantly excited and eager to see new people, places, and things. |
| d6 |
Ideal |
| 1 |
Postmodernism. Theoretical social and legal equality for all persons of apparently equal potential! (Lawful) |
| 2 |
Industrialization. Why not make magic machines which can make magic items on a large scale production basis, then undercut the competition and corner the market? (Neutral) |
| 3 |
Anarchism. Monarchy is merely tyranny's excuse. Rule by the people would ensure justice for the people. (Chaotic) |
| 4 |
Anachronism. What do you mean you've never heard of AC/DC?! (Neutral) |
| 5 |
Subjugation. A world teeming with ignorant, uneducated primitives? I could become like a god... (Evil) |
| 6 |
Pragmatism. The elimination and prevention of suffering will always lead to the greatest good. (Good) |
| d6 |
Bond |
| 1 |
The things I have with me are everything I have and everything I am. |
| 2 |
I must get back to Earth at whatever cost. |
| 3 |
I must figure out where I am now and embrace this new world. |
| 4 |
I look like a otherworldly wizard to the people here and I must uphold that assumption. |
| 5 |
I must act like I belong here. |
| 6 |
I just want to be me and maybe be free. |
| d6 |
Flaw |
| 1 |
I often fail to realize that social and cultural norms from Earth were very recent and unusual customs, even in my own time, and I have difficulty imagining a world without them. |
| 2 |
I am very easily tricked by con-artists using types of scams I've never encountered before. |
| 3 |
I have great difficulty recognizing and respecting the social hierarchy. |
| 4 |
My ideas of morality and ethics do not match their very literal manifestations in this world. |
| 5 |
I am woefully under-prepared for the reality of the supernatural, (Magic, monsters, corporeal undead, deities manifest, etc.) and exposure to it is akin to a mild form of trauma for me. |
| 6 |
I lived in a prosperous and enlightened time, and am not equipped to handle regular exposure to violence, death, famine, plague, pestilence, or abject injustice. |
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