Ambush Target: Dread Doppelganger / "The Unreal"
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Ambush Target: Dread Doppelganger / "The Unreal"
Tentative Time - Subject to change:
Saturday February 17, 2024, at 11:00 AM EST
Background:
A hive of doppelgangers has began to operate in Peltarch. At the same time, "black-steel" weapons, enchanted with consumable magic capable of inflicting true death, were brought into the city, before being intercepted and stolen.
Since then, the doppelganger hive has liberated a previously captive doppelganger code-named "the Unreal". This newly liberated doppelganger is more powerful than the rest, and is capable of not only reading minds, but also altering perception and memory in real time.
You expect that "the Unreal" doppelganger is searching for the black steel. In the meantime, you have found it. Berlinne Toews, and the Autonomist rebels, are the ones who intercepted the weaponry, and hid it out of reach in their secret headquarters. You have come up with a plan: to alter your own memories, hiding the real weaponry somewhere else, while using enchantment magic to implant a fake memory in the mind of each party member: that you are carrying the weaponry to George's ship.
The intent -- and hope -- is that "the Unreal" doppelganger will read your false memories, and follow you to George's ship, where you will have a planar anchor and a trap set, to ambush your target.
More background information about "the Unreal" can be found by clicking here. Participants are invited to click through, read the background, and listen to the thematic music.
Consideration:
The ambush will be a dangerous, arguably unfair encounter, with a high probability of casualties.
If the party succeeds in defeating the dread doppelganger: the ambush ends in victory, and the plot continues on a favorable path.
If the party fails, or in the event of a total party wipe: the ambush ends in defeat, resurrection costs must be paid, and the plot will continue on an alternative path.
Scheduling & Planning:
Participants, please post your availability below, both for the above date and for any in game meeting plans you intend to make between now and then. You may also use this linked forum thread for planning.
[DM Xanatos Gambit]
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Event begins in 40 minutes.
DM Xanatos Gambit
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The intent remains to proceed tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST.
Note this is not a finale, merely a potential turning point based on the party's latest plan. There will be other events to follow in the Homecoming: Kith and Kin plot-line.
For those who can't make it tomorrow - there will for certain also be more plot progress and events the weekend after at the same time.
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I will be partially available this Saturday and this Sunday, though I might be late to the party.
I won't be available on the 24th and it's unlikely I 'll be free the 25th.
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@flom I will not be available the whole weekend of the 24th + 25th.
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I'm fully available this Saturday, and Saturday after I have about 3.5 hours if we start at 11:00 EST, so it depends on how long you plan the event to be
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I'm pretty sure that'd work, yes.
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Is the same time, on Saturday the 24th (the weekend after next) better for you? Would that work better for others also?
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I won't be able to make it at that time. Kids got a birthday party. I'll probably be available like... 3 to 4 hours after starting time.
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I should be good for Saturday at 11! At least til 3 or 4 EST.
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Isolde is determined to make the attempt, despite knowing full well how dangerous their foe is. ((I'm available all week, evenings during weekdays and afternoons onwards for the weekend))
