Something which can be an interesting option is exploring alternate realities- avenues your characters could have pursued if they had made different choices, if their characters in the last game had failed, if thigns were different.
Whether you choose to use an actual different dimension like Star Trek's Mirror Universe, or have the alternates summoned through some magical means, you can introduce completely different (or very similar) versions, much like a TV series using alternate-dimension clones/twins/siblings. How you can use Alternate Characters in your game: - If a player feels they've made substandard choices and want to build a new character, allowing them to exchange places with an alternate from a different reality might be a way to avoid having to introduce someone new, with new appearance and backstory. - If a player character that's vital to your story has died due to a random encounter or poor choice, having one of their alternates appear from another reality to replace them, hearing that they were needed. In fact, if a player needs to depart your campaign, having them called away to do the same in a different reality can explain their absence for a time. - An alternate-reality twin (or many of them!) can also make for a very challenging opponent, knowing facts about a character that no-one else could possibly know, like where their family lives, the secret they hid during their childhood, or be able to impersonate them almost flawlessly. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 14 March 2020. Comments are closed.
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