From The Past

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From The Past

You don't belong here. You came from a time when things were different. The technology was more rudimentary and everything was perhaps just ... different. You are an anachronism out of place in time. Somehow you were pulled from your own time into another, one in the future. You know this because you hear people talk of your time as the past, though to you it still feels like the present. What you once knew is now considered old-fashioned. Your clothes and weapons are of a make that may be superseded or obsolete. Your mannerisms are laughed at for being so antiquated. There is a large gap of time here that is unaccounted for, that you did not live.
Skill Proficiencies: History, and one other skill of your choice befitting your previous standing in your old life
Tool Proficiencies: One musical instrument
Languages: A language more spoken from your time
Equipment: A map of the area from your time, traveler's clothes in the fashion of your original time, a trinket from the past, and a belt pouch containing 20gp of currency from the past (perhaps 20 gold coins but they are now far out of mint).

Feature: Old Friends

Maybe you made a lot of connections with the common folk back in your time. Some may still be alive, or perhaps succeeded by their heirs. Whoever it may be, they could be willing to offer some assistance or coin for you helping them, or their ancestors, in the past. You may also occasionally be recognized by people from your past life, or their children, or historians, depending on your impact.

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1Every thing I see in this timeframe fascinates me.
2I can’t loose my past, even if it means not being able to fit in.
3I see everything around me as a bastardization of what I knew.
4Collecting and finding things from the past I came from entertains me.

Ideals (d6)

1Knowledge. I want to learn everything that has changed since I lived. (Neutral)
2Redemption. I am the cause for the drastic changes from the past, I can’t have it happen again. (Good)
3Freedom. I let life and time come as it may, and live freely as I do. (Chaotic)
4Loyalty. I still hold to the people of my past and will see their graves, and wishes, be protected. (Lawful)

Bonds (d6)

1I will find a way back home, even if it takes a lifetime and costs a fortune.
2I will track down all of the living friends I knew, or the children of those I loved.
3I need to know what happened to get me here, and I will find out.
4I need to learn how to adapt to this new world before someone find someone out I’m here.

Flaws (d6)

1My inexperience with modern customs and traditions often gets me into trouble.
2I feel as though I am better than those around me, and know that my knowledge of the past makes me necessary.
3I can’t accept this place as my home, and no amount of living here will change it.
4I look, and sound, like a maniac when I try to explain my past, as words have changed so much.


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Source: D&D Wiki - From The Past (5e Background)

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