Killer proposal : The King In Yellow
The idea:
The killers are there to represent thematic fears.
Trapes, permanent sounds, sound that we do not want to hear, observation, unpredictability, some phobias, time running against us.
But two themes are not really present: fear of others, fear the others survivors, and fear the beauty, the Height.
So... here we are.
(ref : Hastur by JamesRyman on DeviantArt)
The King In Yellow
Words have power. Words contain secrets. Words hold things that mortals can not bear. Bearer of forbidden knowledge, The King in Yellow vehicles his words through the letters of a play of theaters, His play, write in the pages of old and ancient pieces of paper instilling the secrets and the madness.
But in our world, our time. These forgotten and lost pages wait in vain for new eyes eager for knowledge. In these pages... the king despairs.
The power of this monarch as well as his despair drew one day a person ... the Entity. It made him an offer: A new hunting ground, out of these lines of text. A way to share his secrets not with writing ... but in person, by himself. The King In Yellow thinks a long time, many years, before send his answer : Yes.
The fog enveloped him, he walked for a moment before discovering a new place. Stirring her fingers, stroking her dress, stirring her lips from where sounds come out. His face hidden behind his mask smiled. He is no longer imprisoned by words.
And now, The King In Yellow is going to speak.
Killer Stats :
Speed : 115% (4.6 m/s) (basic)
Terror Radius : 32 metres (basic)
Height : Tall
Weapon : None
Power : unspeakable secrets.
The King In Yellow seeks only to spread his secrets, he does not attack, madness takes care of it in his place.
By pressing his attack button, the King cast for 1 second (without slow speed), an area of effect around him (2 meters, less than a pallet width), the power have a cooldown of 3 secondes. This aoe can touch through the walls and several survivors. Hit survivors got hysteria stack. A survivor with 2 stacks gets injured before fleeing and again at 4 stacks.
Be healing of the dying state reduce the stack of 1. Be transporting by the killer, reduce the stack to 1 and be hook to 0 stack.
If a survivor full healt or injured with stack is close enough to another survivor (2 meters), without wall or pallet between them, the survivor will jump and hurt the other, losing a stack, This attack does not notify the killer. This attack at 20 seconds of recovery.
Survivors have no clue to the stack number of other survivors.
Addons
Commons
- The first Page of the "King In Yellow
Each time, the King put a fourth stack on a survivor, he gain one stack of accomplishment, gain 10% bonus of all Bloodpoint gains, the bonus Bloodpoints are only awarded post-Trial, maximum 100%.
- Knowledge of the Question "Do you know the Yellow Sign ?
The range of the power up slightly, but gain 1 seconde of cast.
- pale copy of the necronomicon - a false relic of my ennemie
Reveal you power arena effect.
- Breath of the unspeakable name
If all survivor have 1 stack or more, Survivors are cursed, gain a malus of 5% on reparation action.
Uncommon
- Knowledge of the Yellow Sign
Survivors with 2 stacks suffer of the status Hemorrhage.
- The Mask of the Strange
Survivors with stack got a slightly malus for healing other.
- Act 1 of the "King In Yellow" - Introduction to secrets
The Power area is now a cone of 4 meters.
- Flesh of the Unspeakable God
Survivors with 1 stacks suffer of the status Blindness.
- whisper of the unspeakable name
if all survivor have 2 stack or more, Survivors are cursed, gain Hindered status.
- One-third of the Yellow Sign
Survivors with 2 or more hysteria stacks are now physically remarkable (like the madness of the doctor). This notification disappears at the first attack on a survivor. By losing the last stack, the survivor has a 10% chance to conceal this stack unbeknownst at him (stackable).
Rare
- Act 2 page 1 of the "King in Yellow" - the reality begin here.
The range for a survivor to attack a other up to 4 meters.
- Knowledge of the name of the unspeakable God
Survivor with 4 Stack are reveal.
- tooth of the Unspeakable God
The range of the power up moderately, but gain 1 seconde of cast.
- Two-third of the Yellow Sign - Secrets are not easy to forget.
Survivors with 2 or more hysteria stacks are now physically remarkable (like the madness of the doctor). This notification disappears at the first attack on a survivor. By losing the last stack, the survivor has a 25% chance to conceal this stack unbeknownst at him (stackable).
- Talk of the unspeakable name
if all survivor have 2 stack or more, Survivors are cursed, gain Exhausted status.
- treatise of ennoblement of the King
A survivor become the Obsession. this survivor have 3% bonus for all action, all survivor in 8 meter within of the Obsession have 6% malus for all action.
Very Rare
- Knowledge of the unspeakable Secret
Survivors with 3 stacks suffer of the status Hindered
- Act 2 of the "King in Yellow" - Here is the madness
The killer is notify for each attack cause by survivors if a survivor is putting in dying state.
- Tentacle of the Unspeakable God
The range of the power up considerably, but gain 1 seconde of cast
- The Yellow Sig
Survivors with 3 stacks have 2 minutes before attack themself, consuming all stack they have. The timer is stop in the killer terror radius.
- Scream of the unspeakable name
A survivor become the Obsession. If this obsession have 3 Stacks of hysteria or more, all hurting survivors gain the broken status.
- King's edict
A survivor become the Obsession. If all survivors have one or more stack and the obsession have 2 or more stack, all survivors gain the oblivious status.
Ultra Rare
- The True Yellow Sign - You are all in my control.
Survivors can no longer gain more than 2 stacks. Survivors with stacks have 2 minutes before attack themself for each stack they have. The timer is stop in the killer terror radius
- The Original "King in Yellow" theater play - Finally, the Apocalypse can come.
Survivors can no longer be put each other in dying State, and need 5 stacks for be put in dying state. If all survivor have 3 stack of hysteria or more, the timer of the Endgame Collapse begin, as long that all survivor have 3 or more stacks, the timer continue with a progression of 50%.
Perks :
Hex : mistrust
A token in the trial makes the survivors more disturbed by the presence of others. For each survivor present within 8 meters, each survivor suffer a penalty of 5/7/10% corresponding at a maximum of 15/21/30% penalty.
"They are jealous of the secrets that you have."
Hex : Alone
A token in the trial makes the survivors more disturbed by the absence of others. If a survivor have any survivor close of hm, within 8 meters, He suffer of a debuff of 5/7/10% of his actions
Obsession : bad feeling
A supernatural bond links a survivor at you, the other survivor feel this bond and mistrust the obsession. A survivor present within 8 meters of the obsession suffers a penalty of 4/6/8% for all actions.
" You are my favorite. "
Memento Mori : the king in yellow covers the body of the survivors of his dress. We hear the survivor screaming and the cloak waving as if the survivor wanted to go out. When the king gets up, the body is gone.
Comments
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If you have suggestions or even an opinion, do not hesitate.
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I have to be honest, I am not in love with the name.
However, I love the idea of a killer who doesn't actually hit you. Really great concept! I like how Survivors attack each other. 😁
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For the name, it's a wink to Lovecraft and a tribute to Mr. Chambers who wrote the King in Yellow as he inspired me. And I wanted a figure that does not act by itself, but by others: a king.
For the idea, yep, I found that the best way for the survivors to fear each other was to attack each other.
Balance level, this killer will be counterbalanced between solo player and team. There comes to me a new idea of addons that will counterbalance that. I will write it now
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I have finish all the addons. If you want take a look and judge.
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I quite liked it, thank you for putting in the time and effort for this. I find the whole idea of turning survivors against each other very cool.
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Very interesting idea, maybe take a second pass over to edit for grammar/clarity. And while I like the idea of connecting the worlds of DbD and Lovecraft, this might be troublesome lore-wise; I don't think The Entity would want to invite something this powerful into the fog.
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Thank,
Sorry for the grammar/clarty, the english is not my native language.
Note that this King's main aspiration is the original, write by Mr. Chambers : namely a character in a literary work that drives you mad.
And, I think that is a question of point of view. Take a look at Freddy : He is litteraly a God in the nightmares. Or Myers : The Evil.
Something to say for balance and gameplay ?
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