Game Master companion / Monster
Running Doppleganger
A shapeshifter borrows a familiar face and asks to be believed. The unease comes from recognition that arrives a moment before doubt.
Prepare the scene
The familiar face smiles at the wrong memory. For a moment, the expression seems to be waiting for you to explain what it means.
A shapeshifter borrows a familiar face and asks to be believed. The unease comes from recognition that arrives a moment before doubt.
Establish the surroundings, each participant’s position, and what the party can perceive before resolving the encounter. Use the current core rules for surprise and turn order when combat begins.
Run the profile
Use the following source instructions for the encounter’s actions and effects.
Slam
Use: Basic attack · Slam: Might + supplemental d6 Wound (bludgeoning).
Signature cost
Use - Signature: Action · 1 Mana
Signature abilities
Effect - Signature: imitate a previously observed humanoid’s appearance until dismissed. Presence d6 versus Perception for scrutiny. Gains no copied abilities, private memories or equipment. Glamour.
Counterplay/relationship
Counterplay/relationship: Use private knowledge, physical evidence and independent witnesses instead of one forced revelation roll.
Present the counterplay
Use private knowledge, physical evidence and independent witnesses instead of one forced revelation roll.
Make the relevant behavior or environmental clues perceptible through the scene so the party can act on them.
Keep the mechanical profile nearby
Affinities: Vitality d4, Might d4, Agility d6, Intellect d4, Tact d4, Spirit d6.
Skill overrides: Evade d4.
Resolve 6; Stamina 5; Mana 6. Movement 25 feet.
Player Book idea: Identity-stealing shapeshifter.