"If you're not careful and noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you."
So, yeah. I recently got interested in this urban legend, a sort of internet trend, the Backrooms. You probably know what it is. A gargantuan liminal dimension just outside of reality itself, made up of thousands of "levels" and negative levels, prowling with weird and deadly "entities." It started as this random internet post in 2019 and grew from there. I believe others have tried to do Backrooms threads before, but I don't think they got far. I got kinda interested, so I've been reading about the Backrooms, using mainly the wiki. It's actually REALLY cool, I think. So I decided to make this RP thread, where you'll be exploring and fighting your way through the seemingly infinite liminal levels of the Backrooms. ALSO DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO READ THIS WHOLE POST IT'S KINDA LONG lol. Just skim over the important parts and join, you'll figure out the rest!
I know you probably have a lot of questions and worries right now, but I'm afraid this is all we can do for you now. The M.E.G is always open to wanderers, but if you ever want even a chance to see the real world again, your only hope is to get to the level known as The End. That's all we know right now. Find the level known as "The Hub." It's the nexus of the backrooms and has doors that lead to every known level, including The End. Here's the catch: the doors are locked, and you'll need to find the keys to open them and escape, which may be scattered across many different levels. Stay alert, never let your guard down, keep your sanity in check at all times!
THINGS TO KNOW
- Your main goals: survive and find a way to escape back to reality (which may or may not be possible...)
- PCs and NPCs who noclip into the Backrooms are referred to as "Wanderers."
- As the Backrooms is outside of reality and time themselves, you can really play any type of character from any time period, although I would like to largely keep it to present day humans. If you want to do an exotic race or have a guy from the Medieval age or something, ask a mod.
- In the Backrooms, we refer to reality as the "Frontrooms."
- Sometimes items and other stuff around you noclips with you into the Backrooms. You can have phones, although Wi-Fi only exists on certain levels, and any texts or calls from the Backrooms to the Frontrooms end up as garbled gibberish if they're received at all.
- Also, yes, as this is mostly 21st century, so guess what? Firearms! I'm not saying you can noclip with a bazooka or anything, but yes, you can use firearms, following the rules in chapter 9 of the DMG.
- In the Backrooms, your physical limits are stretched past normal capacity, meaning you starve slower and run faster. Also, any food or drink you find here is... really weird. Nobody knows where it comes from, it's just scattered around the levels. Stuff like "Almond Water," "Moth Jelly," and "Liquid Pain," (don't drink that last one).
- If you're confused, you can find most of the things I'm talking about on the wiki. EXACTLY 0% OF THE LORE AND STUFF IS MINE, just the rules.
- Also, BEWARE OF TEXT WITH AN =) SYMBOL, IT'S BEEN TAMPERED WITH BY THE PARTYGOERS!!!
RULES
- Start in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Either you just noclipped or you're part of one of the groups (see spoiler below).
- Keep it PG-13 (censor swears and stuff, you know the drill).
- Be nice OOC, no arguing!
- Don't attack each other without consent from both people.
- Keep your quote chains cut.
- Go no higher than Level or CR 5.
- Put "Liminal" in your first post to prove you read the rules. ... oR aN =) SyMbOL!
GROUPS AND CIVILAZTIONS
Sometimes wanderer's band together into groups and clans, either to survive or explore the Backrooms. With mod consent, you can create or join a group. Groups so far:
- The M.E.G (Major Explorer Group)
- A.E.A (Anti-Entity Agency)
- B.I.F (Backrooms Investigation Foundation)
KNOWN ENTITIES
Some of the entities you may go up against!
- Backrooms Bacterias (monsters not actual bacteria)
- The Windows
- Smilers
- Dullers
- Hounds
- Facelings
- Skin-Stealers
- Wretches
- Partygoers =)
KNOWN LEVELS/NOCLIPPING RULE
Here are some of the levels you may noclip through during your explorations, though they all have many "sub-levels" and areas. To travel between levels, it could be as simple as walking through a door or touching an object. You can also try to purposefully clip out of the level and into another. Depending on how unstable the reality is in your area, this could be hard. Roll Charisma, DC 10 + whatever the currant reality stability level is (1 to 10, mods decide). You'll then be sent to a seemingly random level, or, if you're really unlucky or roll a nat 1, you fall into the "Void," in which case R.I.P.
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
~ Dies Irae ~ Blood For Blood ~ High Aether Grandmaster of the School of Aether R.I.P Technoblade (He Who Cannot Die)Creator of "The Lost City" <--- *Linked*
Proud Wielder of the Quinques: IXA, Narukami, Yukimura 1/3, and Owl
A guy with a red backpack stumbles into the lobby. He wears a yellow jacket, blue jeans, red sneakers, and has brown hair. His eyes are blue.
”Where am I?”
*Sorry, am I getting into the rp too early?*
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
A guy with a red backpack stumbles into the lobby. He wears a yellow jacket, blue jeans, red sneakers, and has brown hair. His eyes are blue.
”Where am I?”
*Sorry, am I getting into the rp too early?*
*no, 's probably fine. Will be easier the more people join though... I think.*
A guy in a suit and tie, wearing a rusted gas mask with M.E.G embossed across it is taking notes nearby. He looks up.
"Whatever you do next, don't panic. This is a dimension out of the reaches of known reality known as the Backrooms. I'm here to help new wanderers like you."
A guy with a red backpack stumbles into the lobby. He wears a yellow jacket, blue jeans, red sneakers, and has brown hair. His eyes are blue.
”Where am I?”
*Sorry, am I getting into the rp too early?*
*no, 's probably fine. Will be easier the more people join though... I think.*
A guy in a suit and tie, wearing a rusted gas mask with M.E.G embossed across it is taking notes nearby. He looks up.
"Whatever you do next, don't panic. This is a dimension out of the reaches of known reality known as the Backrooms. I'm here to help new wanderers like you."
“The Backrooms? They exist?”
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
A guy with a red backpack stumbles into the lobby. He wears a yellow jacket, blue jeans, red sneakers, and has brown hair. His eyes are blue.
”Where am I?”
*Sorry, am I getting into the rp too early?*
*no, 's probably fine. Will be easier the more people join though... I think.*
A guy in a suit and tie, wearing a rusted gas mask with M.E.G embossed across it is taking notes nearby. He looks up.
"Whatever you do next, don't panic. This is a dimension out of the reaches of known reality known as the Backrooms. I'm here to help new wanderers like you."
“The Backrooms? They exist?”
He nods. "Unfortunately. Okay...." he scans his clipboard. "What time was it the last you remember? And what has clipped with you? What year was it in the Frontrooms?"
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
A guy with a red backpack stumbles into the lobby. He wears a yellow jacket, blue jeans, red sneakers, and has brown hair. His eyes are blue.
”Where am I?”
*Sorry, am I getting into the rp too early?*
*no, 's probably fine. Will be easier the more people join though... I think.*
A guy in a suit and tie, wearing a rusted gas mask with M.E.G embossed across it is taking notes nearby. He looks up.
"Whatever you do next, don't panic. This is a dimension out of the reaches of known reality known as the Backrooms. I'm here to help new wanderers like you."
“The Backrooms? They exist?”
He nods. "Unfortunately. Okay...." he scans his clipboard. "What time was it the last you remember? And what has clipped with you? What year was it in the Frontrooms?"
“2024. Uh…. I dont know.”
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
The BACKROOMS
Escape from Liminal Reality
THE LEGEND OF THE BACKROOMS
"If you're not careful and noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you."
So, yeah. I recently got interested in this urban legend, a sort of internet trend, the Backrooms. You probably know what it is. A gargantuan liminal dimension just outside of reality itself, made up of thousands of "levels" and negative levels, prowling with weird and deadly "entities." It started as this random internet post in 2019 and grew from there. I believe others have tried to do Backrooms threads before, but I don't think they got far. I got kinda interested, so I've been reading about the Backrooms, using mainly the wiki. It's actually REALLY cool, I think. So I decided to make this RP thread, where you'll be exploring and fighting your way through the seemingly infinite liminal levels of the Backrooms. ALSO DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO READ THIS WHOLE POST IT'S KINDA LONG lol. Just skim over the important parts and join, you'll figure out the rest!
I know you probably have a lot of questions and worries right now, but I'm afraid this is all we can do for you now. The M.E.G is always open to wanderers, but if you ever want even a chance to see the real world again, your only hope is to get to the level known as The End. That's all we know right now. Find the level known as "The Hub." It's the nexus of the backrooms and has doors that lead to every known level, including The End. Here's the catch: the doors are locked, and you'll need to find the keys to open them and escape, which may be scattered across many different levels. Stay alert, never let your guard down, keep your sanity in check at all times!
THINGS TO KNOW
- Your main goals: survive and find a way to escape back to reality (which may or may not be possible...)
- PCs and NPCs who noclip into the Backrooms are referred to as "Wanderers."
- As the Backrooms is outside of reality and time themselves, you can really play any type of character from any time period, although I would like to largely keep it to present day humans. If you want to do an exotic race or have a guy from the Medieval age or something, ask a mod.
- In the Backrooms, we refer to reality as the "Frontrooms."
- Sometimes items and other stuff around you noclips with you into the Backrooms. You can have phones, although Wi-Fi only exists on certain levels, and any texts or calls from the Backrooms to the Frontrooms end up as garbled gibberish if they're received at all.
- Also, yes, as this is mostly 21st century, so guess what? Firearms! I'm not saying you can noclip with a bazooka or anything, but yes, you can use firearms, following the rules in chapter 9 of the DMG.
- In the Backrooms, your physical limits are stretched past normal capacity, meaning you starve slower and run faster. Also, any food or drink you find here is... really weird. Nobody knows where it comes from, it's just scattered around the levels. Stuff like "Almond Water," "Moth Jelly," and "Liquid Pain," (don't drink that last one).
- If you're confused, you can find most of the things I'm talking about on the wiki. EXACTLY 0% OF THE LORE AND STUFF IS MINE, just the rules.
- Also, BEWARE OF TEXT WITH AN =) SYMBOL, IT'S BEEN TAMPERED WITH BY THE PARTYGOERS!!!
RULES
- Start in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Either you just noclipped or you're part of one of the groups (see spoiler below).
- Keep it PG-13 (censor swears and stuff, you know the drill).
- Be nice OOC, no arguing!
- Don't attack each other without consent from both people.
- Keep your quote chains cut.
- Go no higher than Level or CR 5.
- Put "Liminal" in your first post to prove you read the rules. ... oR aN =) SyMbOL!
GROUPS AND CIVILAZTIONS
Sometimes wanderer's band together into groups and clans, either to survive or explore the Backrooms. With mod consent, you can create or join a group. Groups so far:
- The M.E.G (Major Explorer Group)
- A.E.A (Anti-Entity Agency)
- B.I.F (Backrooms Investigation Foundation)
KNOWN ENTITIES
Some of the entities you may go up against!
- Backrooms Bacterias (monsters not actual bacteria)
- The Windows
- Smilers
- Dullers
- Hounds
- Facelings
- Skin-Stealers
- Wretches
- Partygoers =)
KNOWN LEVELS/NOCLIPPING RULE
Here are some of the levels you may noclip through during your explorations, though they all have many "sub-levels" and areas. To travel between levels, it could be as simple as walking through a door or touching an object. You can also try to purposefully clip out of the level and into another. Depending on how unstable the reality is in your area, this could be hard. Roll Charisma, DC 10 + whatever the currant reality stability level is (1 to 10, mods decide). You'll then be sent to a seemingly random level, or, if you're really unlucky or roll a nat 1, you fall into the "Void," in which case R.I.P.
- Level 0 (The Lobby)
- Level 1 (Habitable Zone)
- Level 2 (Pipe Dreams)
- Level 4 (Abandoned Office)
- Level 5 (Terror Hotel)
- Level 7 (Thalassophobia)
- Level 9 (Darkened Suburbs)
- Level 37 (The Poolrooms)
- Level 974 (Kitty's House)
- Level Fun =)
- Level Run for Your Life (!)
- The End
MODS (RECRUITING) - Me, TheFriendlyArchfey
=)
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
Wow. Liminal.
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
PRAISE JEFF!
(That was a link. Click. Now.)
Liminal!
wow, if you need a mod, I could be one :)
Honestly, that would be great! I have a feeling this would kinda destroy me if I tried to run it singlehandedly
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
Liminal, dude, does :] count as a =)? I prefer :] personally
I have stolen your shredded cheese.
AgateElk8337’s Doppelgänger
yeah that works
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
Nice. :] reminds me of frogs and I like frogs 🐸
I have stolen your shredded cheese.
AgateElk8337’s Doppelgänger
Woo, alrighty!
Liminal thoughts bruv
~ Dies Irae ~ Blood For Blood ~ High Aether Grandmaster of the School of Aether
R.I.P Technoblade (He Who Cannot Die) Creator of "The Lost City" <--- *Linked*
Proud Wielder of the Quinques: IXA, Narukami, Yukimura 1/3, and Owl
It looks like =) because the partygoers have really long, thin eyes
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
A guy with a red backpack stumbles into the lobby. He wears a yellow jacket, blue jeans, red sneakers, and has brown hair. His eyes are blue.
”Where am I?”
*Sorry, am I getting into the rp too early?*
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
PRAISE JEFF!
(That was a link. Click. Now.)
I see. I don’t know much back rooms lore. But I know enough to know it’s long
I have stolen your shredded cheese.
AgateElk8337’s Doppelgänger
*no, 's probably fine. Will be easier the more people join though... I think.*
A guy in a suit and tie, wearing a rusted gas mask with M.E.G embossed across it is taking notes nearby. He looks up.
"Whatever you do next, don't panic. This is a dimension out of the reaches of known reality known as the Backrooms. I'm here to help new wanderers like you."
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
“The Backrooms? They exist?”
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
PRAISE JEFF!
(That was a link. Click. Now.)
*Liminal*
a young man carrying a duffel bag and wearing a red windbreaker and gray sweatpants he looks confused “Where am I?”
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"Like a soon to be broken man once said: You're either perfect, or you're not me."
”Be not defeated by the rain. Be not hindered by the wind. Bested by neither winter snow or summer heat.”
Hic Sunt Dracones
He nods. "Unfortunately. Okay...." he scans his clipboard. "What time was it the last you remember? And what has clipped with you? What year was it in the Frontrooms?"
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
The M.E.G agent turns to him and repeats the exact same thing he said to Bananer's Wanderer
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
“The backrooms? The frontrooms? What the hell are you talking about?”
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"Like a soon to be broken man once said: You're either perfect, or you're not me."
”Be not defeated by the rain. Be not hindered by the wind. Bested by neither winter snow or summer heat.”
Hic Sunt Dracones
"Sir, calm down please. It is imperative, above all else, that you keep your sanity in check."
I go by “Awe” JSYK. Drummer also named me EPIC CRIT ROLLER OF LEGEND!
“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!”
”I’m sorry Frodo. I was delayed."
If you're in the mood for murder and mayhem, go to ASSASSINATE The One Above, but WHATEVER you do, don’t go to LAST COMMENT LOSES
“2024. Uh…. I dont know.”
The great Silver Dragon Lord of the Sky, Second in Command of the Dragon Cult, Warlock of Cyno, and Cultist of Jeff. I have a lot of allegiances… Anyways HI! I’m Bananer, pronouns He/They, andddddd yeah. Bye, ig. yoyt.
PRAISE JEFF!
(That was a link. Click. Now.)