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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zander" data-source="post: 692020" data-attributes="member: 1364">In a 2E game I DMed years ago, I had an NPC halfling investigate a side passage while the rest of the party was resting. The halfling came back later saying that he needed a hand to lift a heavy rock that seemed to be blocking the passage further up. One of the fighter PC's volunteered and went off with the halfling...Some time later, the fighter returned saying that he couldn't manage it by himself. Could another party member lend a hand?  So another party member went with the fighter to join the halfling. Then that PC came back saying the fighter and the halfling needed more help and so on. Eventually, the whole party had, one by one, volunteered to help.When the last party member had volunteered he discovered the rest of the party bound and gagged at the end of the side passage, quite far from where the party had been resting. Before he could react (in the surprise round) he was attacked by a doppleganger!What had happened was that when the halfling NPC had gone off by himself, he had been knocked out by the doppleganger, and it was the monster, not the halfling, who had gone back asking for a volunteer. The fighter PC went off with the doppleganger and was attacked in turn. After the fighter was defeated, I asked the fighter's player to secretly play the doppleganger. The doppleganger went through the whole party in this way, being passed from player to player as the monster defeated their character. When the last player realised what had happened and that he had been 'out of the loop' we laughed so hard we cried. I think that was the best gaming moment I've had in 20 years of DMing. All credit to my players for having played the doppleganger so well.</blockquote>

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