Having the traitor in the party, has a binary result, it’es either one of the best campaign you’ll play, or a horror story, no middle ground
This happened in my game. I spoke with the player about having his character swapped with another version of him from an alternate universe, and he was down for it. Then it happened in game. None of the players realized it. This went on for years (literal real time years) before he betrayed them. It was delicious.
Ah man did this just spoil The Good Place for me?
iamthetot@sh.itjust.works No. But you should binge season 1 ASAP before people start telling you why it doesn’t.
I’ve seen season 1, but it was a long time ago.
Time for a rewatch!
No they both just have sinister laughing face. This is actually in response to a clown doing a hijink
You havent even watched it yet? What the fork, ash-hole?
No
You’re fine, this image and my own comment aren’t spoilers, 'tis but a silly little meme. The show is great and I hope you’ll enjoy it!
No. Are you watching it? One of my favorite series of all time.
Nah, just a workable screenshot
Got betrayed in a Forgotten Realms game by a guy who’d been playing his own doppleganger for nearly two months.
He scorching ray’d me in the back, then yelled at me for missing all the obvious clues. It hurt twice.
I remember a one-shot that had a twist like that - followed by the twist of the recently disarmed fighter removing his armored gauntlets, pointing at the traitor, and casting the system’s equivalent of Magic Missile. As he pulled his magic sheet out of his pocket he explained that he’d just been a misleadingly strong and well-armored wizard all along but hadn’t told anyone but the GM.
That was a fun little moment.
stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com I was going to do this to my table. We only have 2 PCs currently (my wife and stepson), so I gave them a GMPC guide who was supposed to be the BBEG in disguise.
But they came to love the GMPC, and I can’t do that to them, so now he’s just their pet human.
That’s probably where I’d plan for a later twist where the GMPC was actually the BBEG at one point but got replaced by the current, more ruthless BBEG. There’d be a whole succession of people of varying evilness sharing the same name and title. Kind of like a Dread Pirate Roberts situation.
This is sort of the case with my game. After 4 years, I just revealed to the party that the ‘big bad’ villain is actually my childhood friend and that she may not be as much of a threat as she’s letting on. I don’t actually know who the real villain is.
Everyone thinks this is me in my game for many totally legit reasons but it’s definitely not. I just enjoy making them think it’s me
