Playable Doppelgangers

[Tenebrae]

Just a random thought, but what about Doppelgangers as a playable race?

The purpose of such a race would be to inject a little PVP-oriented subtle sabotage into the game...but the ultimate outcome of choosing said race could be multifaceted, with avenues to goodness that deviate from the initial purpose of the race.

What I mean is that choosing Doppelganger as your character's race could set you onto an, initially, malevolent path...where you've been tasked by the Mind Flayers, Absolute, or other unknown party to sabotage your group's efforts via infiltrating through impersonation of a character from another race... If you choose to abide by this quest-line, your purpose in the game would be to, essentially, lead your party to disaster without directly attacking them. This could be done by leading them into extreme danger, special doppelganger-exclusive ambush events, NPC dialog sabotage, etc.

Your party could, in turn, out your true identity through interaction with your character and a successful roll on the tadpole being able to push beyond their mimicry to sense the truth behind the facade...though this should be something difficult to achieve without in-game events allowing for the characters to take notice that something is off about the Doppelganger character, rather than just frequently checking their group out of paranoia from the very start of the game, due to meta knowledge of the possibility.

Furthermore, the Doppelganger themselves could, ultimately, have the choice to defy whomever tasked them with the endeavor and, instead, grow to be a true boon to the party...taking a more open role in the group and, instead, using their mimicry powers to help...rather than harm...the party, in which case it would be the NPCs rolling to see through the disguise of the Doppelganger who's, potentially, taken the form of characters the NPCs know and could help the group bypass areas they shouldn't be getting to, were they not to have a "person on the inside."

If such a thing were to be implemented, it would be complex...but could add some enjoyable complexity into the game that plays off the hype surrounding games like, for example, Among Us.

When you created your character, you'd naturally be constructing two characters in one...

The first would be the Doppelganger's true form as your actual character, with the second character being the initial facade your Doppelganger takes to infiltrate the party, with the option to switch between the two forms at will.

As always, I'm no expert on the Dungeons & Dragons lore or rules, so I'm not sure how plausible this is as a possibility...just a thought.

[Tenebrae]

pandariuskairos lähetti viestin:

With sex mechanics in this game, you could have a doppelganger gang bang.

That alone is enough reason to do it.

[Breish]

Tenebrae lähetti viestin:

pandariuskairos lähetti viestin:

With sex mechanics in this game, you could have a doppelganger gang bang.

That alone is enough reason to do it.

I'm sold