One of the investigators has been kidnapped and replaced with an exact duplicate. No one else is aware of the switch (or even suspects anything) until the character starts displaying knowledge of certain disciplines that they would never have normally learned.
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Possibilities
1 The investigator has been replaced by an entity that has absorbed their thoughts and memories. It appears identical and possesses identical memories to the original, but it also possesses its own knowledge and this comes out at random times. The original investigator is now dead.
2 A government agency is replacing random individuals and replacing them with identical clones. The originals are held in facilities where they are used in grisly research, and the clones are sent out into the world so that their interactions with normal humans can be monitored. In order to get the clones to function, their DNA has been mixed with that from a creature from beyond that was captured by the military. The creature can communicate telepathically with the clones and uses them to secure its freedom.
3 The investigator has always been an imposter. This imposter has been with the party for a long time - and he doesn’t even realize that he is not the original! He might be a clone, a conjured copy, or some other replicant, but he is not who he believes he is.
© 2001 Paul Comeau
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