What They Don't Tell You About Doppelgangers - D&D

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[TheHornedKing]

The fact that so many can be found in Waterdeep, makes me imagine that paranoia is a widespread problem in that city.

[iamwonderFil]

this is... exactly what a doppleganger that has replaced mr rhexx would say...

[TheGenericavatar]

And then the dopplegangers pretending to be specific individuals are eaten by the Mimic pretending to be a wardrobe, the Trapper pretending to be the floor, the Lurker Above pretending to be the ceiling, the Gargoyle pretending to be a statue, the Wolf-In-Sheeps-Clothing pretending to be a rabbit on a tree stumps, etc. :D

[daviddaugherty]

"Moved ne'er by fear and ne'er by anger, cold is the trait'rous doppelganger."

Durlag's Tower in Baldur's Gate 1 was just the best.

[XyerDark]

Now I wonder if a greater doppelganger might experience regret or sorrow after consuming and becoming a particularly good person.

[thelaw]

Dopplegang her? I hardly know her!...but the similarities are uncanny.

[GoblinGirlLindsey]

bruh, i was SO enraptured in that intro.

[thedragonknight]

I just wanna say the timing of this couldn't be funnier. Ed Greenwood released a video literally like a day or two ago talking about Dopplegangers, and now our boy Rhexx is too!

[drewforchic]

This was great timing, Ed Greenwood himself just released a video on the doppelgängers in Waterdeep this week so I was in the mood for more

[geraldballinger]

wonder what would happen if a doppelganger tries to impersonate another doppelganger

doppelganger #1:"now i will take over your life"
doppelganger #2"dude hands off i'm already doing that"
doppelganger #1:"HUH?" *reads their mind*
doppelganger sorry sorry. didn't check beforehand" *unties the other doppelganger*
doppelganger #2:"you should've, honestly you aren't very smart"
doppelganger #1:"like i was supposed to know that, not like you ever thought any thoughts that would give it away"
*the 2 just walk out of the cave*

[jgr]

As it isn't stated in lore what if a Doppelganger can get pregnant, this is a great void to fill with Changelings. If your dad is a DG, you are a DG; if your mom is a DG, you are a Changeling.

[elawesomo]

I love how whenever rhexx makes one of these videos it basically boils down to " this monster is super scary and has a lot of advantages over you, have fun with your adventure"

[kaidorade]

How do we know this MrRhexx isn’t a doppelgänger!?

[BrotherRoga]

Ahh, good! Master Greenwood first puts out a video about the Shallar, now for Rhexx to fill in the missing pieces!

[chiefmike]

Dude on Ed Greenwoods channel he just did a doppelganger vid awesome this just came out at the perfect time thank you

[donaldshaw]

It's about dang time, I've been waiting for Rexx to do this topic. Wish there was an honory mention about ethereal Doppelgangers.

[drakunauger]

An interesting campaign would be to make one of the personalities in a Greater Doppelganger the dominant one, either for a player character that died, or for a key figure in the story. The party/other force with agency could've even contacted and then fed the Greater Doppelganger in order to get the information

[Kreusnik]

Is incredible that you do a better job conserving and explaning the complexity of D&D's lore than the official D&D. They don't improve, on the contrary they seems to devolve with every new edition released

Sad and declined times our luck made us live ngl.

Thanks for these videos. Good job sir

[michaelburtyk]

Thank you Mr. Rexx for spelling Doppelganger correctly (unlike early versions of D&D). Another Fun Fact: In AD&D ed.1 the skin of a doppelganger is used as an ingredient in delusion potions.

[stanisawdrewienkowski]

Absolutely terryfing if you make one snatch your player without telling them, and than they suddenly lose control when the monster decides to strike. Altough many players hate taking away their agancy like that, but if you as a DM can do taht it works great. I love well utilized doppelgangers, like in bg3