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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Doppelgängers are monstrous humanoids, infamous for their shapeshifting abilities, which allow them to mimic almost any humanoid creature. In D&D, doppelgängers are lazy but cunning creatures, who kill or dispose of people then assume their place. They are not downright evil, but extremely self-centered and liable to look down on their victims. In their true form, doppelgängers appear as tall, elfin, gray-skinned humanoids, whose thin bodies make them appear (to human eyes) sexless. Even this form is deceptive, since it has no visible muscle mass, suggesting they are physically unfit, when in fact they are quite strong and agile.

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  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Doppelgängers are monstrous humanoids, infamous for their shapeshifting abilities, which allow them to mimic almost any humanoid creature. In D&D, doppelgängers are lazy but cunning creatures, who kill or dispose of people then assume their place. They are not downright evil, but extremely self-centered and liable to look down on their victims. In their true form, doppelgängers appear as tall, elfin, gray-skinned humanoids, whose thin bodies make them appear (to human eyes) sexless. Even this form is deceptive, since it has no visible muscle mass, suggesting they are physically unfit, when in fact they are quite strong and agile.
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  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Doppelgängers are monstrous humanoids, infamous for their shapeshifting abilities, which allow them to mimic almost any humanoid creature. In D&D, doppelgängers are lazy but cunning creatures, who kill or dispose of people then assume their place. They are not downright evil, but extremely self-centered and liable to look down on their victims. In their true form, doppelgängers appear as tall, elfin, gray-skinned humanoids, whose thin bodies make them appear (to human eyes) sexless. Even this form is deceptive, since it has no visible muscle mass, suggesting they are physically unfit, when in fact they are quite strong and agile. Doppelgängers hate working, and so usually assume the forms of people who are well off in society, commonly working in groups so as to be able to replace the entire family and leave the servants working for them. Doppelgängers are believed to be an artificial race, created by some mad wizard, and to this day have a fondness for working with the magically inclined; mainly being used as assassins or in elaborate plots to usurp power. Doppelgänger families tend not to be close; usually a male and female meet, engage in casual sex, then leave one another, with the female being forced to single-handedly rear any resulting newborns—who will leave their mother upon reaching maturity. Some doppelgängers, however, form tightly knit family clusters, while others will mate with humanoids, taking malicious delight in using their non-doppelgänger spouse as a cover for their inhumanity. Children born of such unions have a chance of being a half-doppelgänger.
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