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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2313234" data-attributes="member: 9254">Hmmmm, I have a variant on the doppleganger idea. Collect the now modified character sheets.&nbsp; Look at them and say &quot;Exxxxxxcelent.&quot;&nbsp; Turn to the sub, &quot;You have done well.&nbsp; These will seve me nicely.&quot;&nbsp; Tell everyone to pick up their 7th level character sheets and continue on with the story as if nothing untoward had happened.&nbsp; 3 levels later they wake up in temple of healing in the &quot;variant&quot; bodies.&nbsp; A shocked cleric is standing over them.&nbsp; &quot;I'm so sorry.&nbsp; I didn't understand.&nbsp; I think I've made a terrible mistake.&quot;&nbsp; He explains the party (sort of) arrived at his temple a week ago seeking aid.&nbsp; They'd been suffering various maladies that did not respond to normal healing magics.&nbsp; The cleric ascertained they were suffering some spiritual wound and were somehow incomplete.&nbsp; The ritual was to make them whole again but.....The cleric now understands that the alternate adventures were clones/simulacrums with incomplete souls.&nbsp; His ritual swapped the two sets but not in a good way.&nbsp; The current bodies are artificial and still dying, albeit much slower, with the heroes' complete souls.&nbsp; The alternates' incomplete souls will poison their &quot;real&quot; bodies so that they too will die.&nbsp; The party now has to find their alternates and bring them back to the cleric so he can reverse the ritual.&nbsp; For various reasons it can only be performed at his temple and, of course, the clock is ticking.&nbsp; Of course this means consigning &quot;themselves&quot; to death, which should result in the opportunities for additional twisted RPing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 2313234, member: 9254"] Hmmmm, I have a variant on the doppleganger idea. Collect the now modified character sheets. Look at them and say "Exxxxxxcelent." Turn to the sub, "You have done well. These will seve me nicely." Tell everyone to pick up their 7th level character sheets and continue on with the story as if nothing untoward had happened. 3 levels later they wake up in temple of healing in the "variant" bodies. A shocked cleric is standing over them. "I'm so sorry. I didn't understand. I think I've made a terrible mistake." He explains the party (sort of) arrived at his temple a week ago seeking aid. They'd been suffering various maladies that did not respond to normal healing magics. The cleric ascertained they were suffering some spiritual wound and were somehow incomplete. The ritual was to make them whole again but..... The cleric now understands that the alternate adventures were clones/simulacrums with incomplete souls. His ritual swapped the two sets but not in a good way. The current bodies are artificial and still dying, albeit much slower, with the heroes' complete souls. The alternates' incomplete souls will poison their "real" bodies so that they too will die. The party now has to find their alternates and bring them back to the cleric so he can reverse the ritual. For various reasons it can only be performed at his temple and, of course, the clock is ticking. Of course this means consigning "themselves" to death, which should result in the opportunities for additional twisted RPing. [/QUOTE]

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