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Brainstorming Perks/Powers for a 'The Thing' Killer/MacReady Survivor
I really think the coolest classic Horror Movie Monster that is missing from the Roster right now is without a doubt, John Carpenter's, The Thing.
I've already seen a thread or two suggesting The Thing as this stealth killer that can transform to ambush survivors and I love this. The potential for this as a killer is so good. It would give players a reason to be suspicious of each other until the Killer is revealed to not be the Thing, and discourage players from grouping up afterwards.
This would also be a lot of fun for SWFs too, because since they're on comms, they would have to ask each other, "IS THAT YOU?" when they run up to assist one another.
There's also a lot of potential for the killer to show up under certain auras while disguised, leading to a lot of confusion for the players.
But I digress. What would be some cool and thematic perks to go with the idea of this creature's alien physiology and shapeshifting abilities?
My initial thoughts were something along the lines of:
-Alien Endurance: Some kind of Stun Resistance/Duration Reduction
-Sabotage: I think it'd be cool if The Thing could pretend to work on a generator in survivor form, but really be negating progress in some way.
MacReady would also be a very fun addition to the Survivor list, with his grizzled and No BS personality. If only he had his flamethrower. I admit I don't have any good ideas for perks for him yet.
What do you guys think?
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If Your going to make perks for the survivor, i noticed that they have to connect with the survivors characters in some way. Could you describe the survivors character a bit more? Like back story, personality traits, abilities ect
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https://thething.fandom.com/wiki/R.J._MacReady
Right so, in a nutshell, MacReady is a helicoptor pilot, and we can see his that he's generally level-headed and intelligent, if a bit immature and cynical. He's resourceful as heck, and willing to do what it takes to root out this otherworldly evil and dispose of it with extreme prejudice.
We get to see a lot of his character throughout the movie, from pouring whisky on a "Cheating" computer, to threatening to blow himself up to get his crewmates to see reason, to even threatening to kill another character to get them to do a test to verify their humanity. He comes across as ruthless and practical as the movie goes on, but is definitely the most effective and rational throughout. Even with all the people around him losing their minds to suspicion and paranoia, he stays on track, even if he has to use some pretty extreme methods to do so.
Perhaps his perks could reflect his ability to remain level headed during insane situations? Or his ability to take desperate measures to ensure the survival of humanity?
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How are these survivor perks?
Level Headed
You are able to keep a calm mind even in dire situations
When you are in the dying state, your aura will not be show to the killer under any circumstances and grunts of pain while in the dying state is reduced by 100%.
You bleed out 50% less blood
Back on track
After being side tracked your able to effectively get back to the task at hand
Generators that are regressing will be show to you in a red aura, until it has stopped regressing
Stopping the regression and repairing the generator you have a 10% increase in repair speed for 5 seconds
Back on track has a cooldown of 30 seconds
For Humanity
Your able to sacrifice yourself for the survival of humanity
Once the exit gates are powered you become the obsession and your aura is show to the killer indefinitely.
All other survivors that are still in the trial will leave no blood trail or scratch marks, and aura will not be show to the killer
If you are killed, hooked or sacrificed the perks effects are disabled.
Decreases your odds of becoming the obsession
Post edited by dspaceman20 on2 -
I want a Thing chapter very much. Also made a chapter idea for The Thing a tad back.
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I would definitely want a Thing chapter. I also made a chapter idea for The Thing a while back would like it if you could check it out. Power and perks.
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Definetly want a Thing chapter. Made a chapter idea a tad back would like it if you can check it out has the power and perks.
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