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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
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