You move between the borders of reality, travelling back and forth between any number of the universal planes. Your reasons for having spent most of your life away from the mortal plane can vary in any number of ways. Perhaps you were a paladin or priest who traveled through an extra planar portal to study or repel forces that threatened your home world. Perhaps you were forced into an alternate plane by an evil wizard and had to find your way out. Either way, whether your travels have led you through the Feywild, The Upper Planes, The Abyss, or any number of other planes of reality available to you, it is up to you to determine your reason for being there, and how living there has affected you, whether it be physically, mentally, or spiritually. You may create a "Mark" for yourself or roll for one on the "Otherworldly Mark" Table
Work with your GM to determine the viability of extra planar travel and what exactly that means for you, and what your purpose was for being in an alternate plane, Also your GM may determine what kind of connections you were able to make with the native inhabitants of your chosen plane(s) and how that may affect you and your party
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two skills from Arcana, Religion, Insight, and History
- Languages: Choose two exotic languages from the following list (Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Sylvan, Primordial, and Undercommon)
- Equipment: A holy (or unholy) symbol, a journal full of writings from your journeys, one magical item (Determined by GM) that you salvaged from your travels, common clothes, and a trinket from your past, you may choose one yourself or roll on a personal trinket table
Whether it be physically, mentally, or spiritually, your travels throughout the outer planes have left an distinguishable mark on you.
d10 Otherworldly Marking
1- A group of hags ambushed you in a forest and forced you into a ritual that transported you into the Feywild, the ritual itself left large lightning shaped scars across your body
2- Your travels through the abyss have exposed your mind to things no mortal should witness, you are haunted by nightmares that make it seem like the abyss is taunting you
3- An angel flew past you one day, her wings shining in the bright golden light, ever since one of your eyes appears grey and cloudy as if you were blind (although you can see fine)
4-You crossed mountains of writhing corpses in a dark hellscape, your tongue and all other internal organs appear black, rotting, and infected with pestilence (even though they function as normal and are not infected with any disease)
5- You discovered a monastery in the ethereal plane and lived briefly with the spirits there, the roots of your hair glow a faint ethereal color such as pink, violet, or purple
6- You were enslaved by a mind flayer until you miraculously escaped, but now whenever you are presented with something that would trigger an emotional response, your response is chosen completely at random, for instance you may become scared when given a hug, or laugh after being injured
7- Your time in the plane of dreams have made you more susceptible to other spirits, when you sleep you sometimes experience the memories of other much like elves do
8- You one day entered a portal to a small demiplane inhabited only by an unknown spirit, you were trapped there until you discovered a way back using the help of the spirit who agreed to assist you but only if you freed it as well, you have no idea what its intentions are.
9-You were imprisoned by a evil wizard who used you as an experiment while conducting research on extra planar travel. You were the subject of unknown magical effects on a daily basis until one day you were transported to an alternate plane, the unknown spells that the wizard used on you seem to have impacted your memory, you may forget what you wanted to say mid sentence or suddenly remember something obscure that happened years ago
10- Your time in the elemental plane has made you accustomed to extreme weather, to the point where you feel anxious whenever you go too long without experiencing intense conditions, such as a storm, strong winds, heat that would be unbearable for most, or floods
To the common man you may seem completely ordinary, but to those with a higher arcane or religious understanding you may be seen as an oddity, people such as priests and wizards could be completely enamoured by you or completely terrified of your presence. Depending on your life in a specific plane you may have an effect on other planes that you enter, work with your GM to determine this effect and how extreme or minimal it is, and what exactly it means to you.
Suggested Characteristics
You have been one of the few mortals who have experienced a different plane of reality firsthand, you are usually always welcome (but cautious) to seeing new environments. You may also feel superior to average mortals due to your extended knowledge of the universe
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