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Message: <blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 3064064" data-attributes="member: 39815">I think it would be tied in with however the reflections are different from the PCs. Figure out what that difference is, when it might come into play, and why, and figure out what kind of antagonist might desire that result. Toss in a cryptic poem or prophecy for the PCs to discover, and you have an engaging mystery. The details are left as an exercise for the reader.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />OK, here are a couple of ideas. Not necessarily good ones, mind you, but maybe they'll help get the juices flowing. Also note that you don't need to have it all figured out yet. You could have this event happen now, throw out a vague clue or two, and challenge yourself to figuring out how to make it all fit later.1) A demon prince wishes to exert his will upon the world. However, he's under surveillance from other powerful beings due to past indiscretions, so he can't act openly. By drawing the PCs into a place outside the normal world, he hides his activities. The result is that he (hopefully) replaces some of the PCs with (near-)duplicates, with the change being unnoticeable, even to the PCs at first. Subtle differences show up later; in moments of crisis, the replacements take actions that swing outcomes to favor the demon prince's master plan....2) The reflections are sent by future/alternate versions of the PCs themselves, who set up the combat and the clues essentially as attention-getters. The very mystery of the situation leads the PCs to question its meaning and origin, searching for further clues, thus (seemingly inadvertently) placing them on a path to avert some terrible future catastrophe. The surviving reflections possess some essential knowledge buried in their subconscious, which is revealed when needed most....Hope that helps. Let us know what happens!</blockquote>

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