Episode II: The Doppelganger's Gambit

The Doppelganger's Gambit is the second episode of the Trials of the Forgotten Relics campaign.

Walkthrough

Another guest, Sarya, arrives in Sagemont by the Eastern Gate and her coach stops in front of Griffon Inn Tavern. The coachman tells Sarya that the contact they were expecting is not there, and they start looking for him. When he goes to an alley and asks a group if they saw a dwarf, they start surrounding her asking her questions. The meeting ends in conflict as they try to apprehend Sarya, but captain Grendar Ironkith, who is Sarya’s contact and Chloe’s adoptive father, arrives to even out the odds. The thugs flee.

Sarya finds a strange coin on one of the thugs and because her coachmen ended up dead in the conflict, she changes her dress, picks up her luggage and is ready to leave. Captain Grendar takes Sarya on a different route back to the Stonehelm Estate.

At the estate the group battles the disguised servants, but Dago and Philip get paralyzed. Wintson notices Chloe being tied up in one of the rooms, while several servants emerge from side rooms. One of them holding a bird cage with a bird in it tries to flee through the balcony but Wintson shoots him, breaking its concentration. The bird turns into Chloe while the fake Chloe tries to flee. As one of the servants dies, it turns into a doppelganger upon death. All the other servants except one flee, with the remaining one being caught by an enlarged Wintson. He turns out to be a doppelganger too.

Philip’s father, Lord Stonehelm arrives with several guards, and, seeing a paralyzed Philip and Dago, questions the adventurers. With Chloe being present, she confirms what the adventurers tell about the fight with the doppelgangers. The guards apprehend the doppelganger caught by Wintson and take him in custody. Everybody is brought downstairs, and the guards get ready to take Philip and Dago to the temple to get restored.