Isekai backgrounds lay your favorite anime worlds with the best backgrounds for characters of the isekai genre! Give your player options for their characters so you can run anything from Gate to Konosuba with your best friends or run the most awesome Pgame ever in your college's anime club. Apologies first First and foremost, I'm sorry to all DMs who may get players insisting they want to have an Isekai character. If this doesn't fit your game, you as a DM should put your feet down and let your players know they can't. I assume that if you are reading this, you are considering having these backgrounds to be allowed in your world, and it may be very fun! Many anime and light novel fans around the world watch and enjoy shows in the Isekai genre, and some probably will, some day, come up with the idea of having a D&D game with this genre! But in D&D 5e the only background for a character like this is Outsider, and you shouldn't have 4 players all have the Outsider background. So I welcome you to the magical world of Isekai with these backgrounds! What is Isekai after all? Alice in the wonderland is probably the first Isekai ever, after all, the name literary means another world, and the genre is defined by a character from one world being transported to another. But people reading this are not trying to play Alice in the wonderland in D&D (although there's nothing wrong with that!), but rather want to replicate the most recent trend in Isekai, the Earth human being sent into a fantasy world. It can be very fun for a group to play themselves goiSampleng into file the DM's fantastic world, and the role play value is great for players who are great at role playing as themselves but not others! So call in your otaku friends and start an Isekai game in D&D with the best backgrounds for real non fantasy humans out there! d8 Personality trait Backgrounds 1 My collection is gone, but I will collect as many fantasy This is the list of all backgrounds available for characters items as I can! from our world to a fantasy world. As a DM, you may choose 2 I'm found of magical beings, as long as I'm close to to change somethings to fit your narrative, and please do! one, I'm entertained. And an important thing, Isekai characters probably have to be human! Other races offer a lot of interesting things, but 3 I was sent to the wrong genre, I don't understand how I'm supposed to live happily here. sadly, they are fantasy! However one way to make fantasy races work with these background is through either "It's all 4 These people should be amazed by my home world's inside a virtual reality" or "You were reborn as X race". stuff, even if they don't believe my story. 5 No one should know where I'm from, I'll hide my The otaku origins anytime I can. You were a huge fan of the entertainment from a specific 6 I'm obviously the hero, so accepting quests are a must! country in your world of origin, although no one knows this 7 This world is too dangerous, I'll do anything to survive country nor its pieces of entertainment. You may have been this and find my way home! completely obsessed with this culture to the point of having 8 I'm sure this is all a dream or a game I got stuck into, no friends, or you could have been a normal fan, with several so while I'm at it, I might as well as get good. different hobbies besides pop culture from that country. How obsessed were you? Did you share your hobby with d6 Ideal other friends? Did you go to conventions? Are there other hobbies that you share your attention with? 1 Go back. Fantasy worlds are nice and all, but I must go Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Perception. back. (Any) Languages: One language from your home world and 2 Be the best. This is a fantasy world, it's my duty to be common. the very best. (Any) Equipament: Weird clothes for the world you are in, a ball 3 Save the world. I was sent with a reason, it probably pen, a notebook, a book from your world written in your involves saving the world! (Good) home language, a small trinket of special significance for you. 4 Domination. These fools are way back in technology and culture, they should be commanded by someone really addicted who came from a more advanced world! (Evil) You may also roll the genre of entertainment you love following the table bellow. 5 Freedom. This is a new world, I can have a new life. (Chaotic) d10 Favorite genre d10 Favorite genre 6 Heroic. I want to die a hero's death and end this story 1 Action 6 Mecha with a bang. (Good) 2 Slice-of-life 7 Magical Girls d6 Bond 3 Drama 8 Romance Sample1 fileI loved my friends in my home world, I always talk 4 Psychological 9 Harem about them. 5 Historical 10 Space Opera 2 I want to know the truth behind this world. 3 I fell in love with a girl from this world who I want to impress. Feature: Genre savvy 4 I hope my name to become a legend in this world. You know the kind of story you are in, as such, you know if your group has the level to fight a monster or not. Once a day 5 I have to go back and see the end of my favorite series. you may ask the DM if victory is attainable in an encounter, 6 I was a terrible person in my world, I want to become although that doesn't mean you will be able to win, only that better. winning was possible in the view of the DM. d6 Flaw Suggested Characteristics As a fan of animated media, you love cultural references and 1 I love to draw people in pairings I made up. cliches you may find. Most otakus would travel around the 2 I believe I'm the protagonist, the others are secondary. world trying to find their party of wackos with whom they'll 3 I find true love at every city, but never talk to them. have a blast in this world. Some may want to use their knowledge to fight against the evils of this world. 4 The protagonist never dies! I'm the protagonist. 5 I criticize people for not behaving in cliched manner. 6 Every villain should be converted into friends. The Gamer d6 Ideal From 16 bits to 4k, you've seen graphics evolve tremendously, 1 Quit game. This game is getting old, I should find a way to leave. (Any) but nothing prepared you for how a real fantasy world would be. You notice some aspects of the world you are in as being 2 Git gud. I'm always the best at the games I'm playing, close to RPGs, but maybe you didn't play them, or you played this one won't be any different. (Any) a different one with different rules, but you are sure this 3 Paragon. I'll do my best to get the good ending! (Good) world follows some form of tabletop rules. 4 Renegade. The fun part of gaming is being evil with no You may believe you entered a game through your VR, or consequences, and I shall do that! (Evil) maybe this is the heaven you were expecting to get. Were you an active person? Did you play online or always solo? Did you 5 Level up. I'll focus in one objective and finish it, then I'll play tabletop and board games? get the next objective and so on until I get stronger. (any) Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Perception. Languages: One language from your home world and 6 Complete it. I'm here to complete every quest, save common. every princess and collect every magical item I can get. Equipment: Weird clothes for the world you are in, a VR (Any) set without batteries, arcade coins, gloves, a disc or cartridge of your favorite game or a bag of dice. d6 Bond 1 I miss my games. Real gamer 2 This world reminds me of a game I loved playing. Your way of gaming is the best, everyone else is playing wrong. You may choose one kind of gaming to be your 3 I'm sure I saw a bug in this world happen, and I must favorite from the table below. find it. 4 I got a glimpse of this entire world when I was arriving, d10 Gaming d10 Gaming and it's beautiful. 1 Mobile games 6 Visual novels 5 I must protect the things I brought from the other 2 Portable console 7 Tabletop RPG world. 3 Virtual Reality 8 Card games 6 The smiles of the people of this land are begging to be helped. 4 Home console 9 MMORPG 5 Board games 10 PC games d6 Flaw 1 I'm the only competent person in the world. Feature: Pattern recognition 2 I'm very short tempered. You know from games that everyone, even real people, 3 Stealing is part of the game. behave in patterns and will repeat their actions everyday.