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* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', followers of Chaos will often mutate, sometimes rather quickly. Chaos mutations tend to be rather...grotesque, or even horrifying. Eventually, this will be how the apotheosis into a [[Eldritch Abomination|Daemon]] [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence|Prince]] would eventually work, although succumbing to the mutations and becoming a [[Body Horror|Chaos Spawn]] is a much more common fate.

* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', a lot of [[The Undead]] work this way. Cannibals rise from the grave as [[Our Ghouls Are Creepier|ghouls]], unrepentant murderers come back as wights, those consumed by hatred become wraiths or spectres, and so on. Liches are [[Immortality Seeker]]s who do it to themselves ''on purpose''.

* In ''[[Ravenloft]]'', this is a game mechanic when making [[Morality Meter| Dark Powers Checks]]. There are thirteen steps from Purity to True Damnation, and each failed check takes a player one step closer. (Unless, that is, a player commits an Act of Ultimate Darkness, which often causes them to skip one or more steps.) The seventh step (called "the Beast, where the character is often - but not always - beyond redemption) causes a slight physical change, but not true transformation, step eight (called "the creature") enhances the change, giving the cursed character a few dark powers and weaknesses, and the ninth ("the monster", where the character is almost always truly damned) is where the character truly becomes an inhuman monster. For example, take a woman forced to become a harlot who eventually embraces her role and becomes a seductive vamp. When she reaches Stage Seven, she might have [[Cute Little Fangs]] and [[Occult Blue Eyes]]. At Stage Eight (where she has likely used her skills to [[Honey Trap]] victims and kill them) she might find herself physically stronger and able to see better in dim light. At Stage Nine (where she has become so depraved that she intentionally looks for pure and innocent victims to corrupt) she becomes an actual succubus, with a demonic appearance that matches her dark soul. While she may welcome this change, there is truly no going back, and the Dark Powers will ensure [[Self-Inflicted Hell| she never escapes their grasp...]]

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