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The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers



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What if everyone around you were a doppelganger... and only you didn't know?

Most GMs use doppelgangers in the same basic way: there are a couple doppelgangers who impersonate an important figure, and they may be involved with the thieves' guild. The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers sets out to develop doppelgangers into something more than that. It answers the questions about doppelgangers that have never been asked, much less answered: Why do they want to impersonate people? What do they get out of it? What is their society like? And the scariest question of all: How many doppelgangers are out there? The ones you hear about are those who impersonate the king or run the thieves guild... but what if they're just the fall guys, to distract us from the entire neighborhoods that have been replaced by doppelgangers impersonating mundane shop keepers and farmers? And what about the rustic doppelgangers, who impersonate bears and deer and other mundane creatures? Once you understand a doppelganger's motivations, you realize that impersonating the king is more important to us than them.

The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers is a stand-alone, world-neutral sourcebook covering everything you ever wanted to know about doppelgangers. As a GM, you'll learn how to run doppelgangers -- both in combat and role-playing situations. And since every Complete Guide includes guidelines on playing the monster as a character race, players have new options, too. The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers features:

  • The true origin of these bizarre creatures.
  • Background on doppelganger social structure, including their various life stages and details on how they have penetrated human and demi-human society.
  • Unique campaign ideas and adventure hooks centered around doppelgangers.
  • New monster stats for intriguing variations on the standard doppelganger.

    • Writer: Keith Baker
    Cover Artist: V. Shane
    Interior Artist: Andy Hopp

    Available now. 32 pages, $11.00.

    Reviews:

  • EN World, fan review: 4 stars. "All told, this is a fascinating book, which can be used merely for flavor, or as one of the core books of a campaign. Its worth buying."
  • EN World, staff reviewer Joe Kushner: 4 stars. "The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers did something that not many sourcebooks do. It surprised me with originality."

    • Preview of Table of Contents and Interior Art

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • Physiology
    • Social Structure
      • Doppelstadte
      • Avatars
      • Gestalts
      • Orphans
    • Cultural Habits
      • Language
      • Motivations
      • Doppelganger Myths
      • Rites and Rituals
      • Urban Doppelgangers
      • Rustic Doppelgangers
      • Other Subspecies
    • Combat Strategies
      • Natural Abilities
      • Urban Doppelgangers
      • Rustic Doppelgangers
    • Doppelganger Characters
      • Character Classes
        • Protean warrior
      • Skills
      • Feats
    • Campaigns
      • Settings
      • Adventure Hooks
      • Designing Communities
    • Appendix I: Variations
      • Doppelganger, Rustic
      • Doppelganger, Urban
      • Doppelstadt
      • Mimic, Gestalt


    A doppelganger impersonating a dwarf


    Which one is the noble, and which one's the doppelganger?


    The Extend Limb feat in action


    An urban mimic traps yet another victim...