Killer Concept: Madison Montgomery, "The Prima Madonna"

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Soo I wanted to do chapter concept for Madison Montgomery of American Horror Story. I got corny but I really wanted to sell it to try and capture people's interest. I think she would fit perfectly into DBD, giving us another take on a witch aside from hags outdated kit. Pretty length so just a heads up!


Killer: The Prima Donna
Name: Madison Montgomery
Height: Tall
Weapon: The Burn Script – A scorched screenplay, still smoldering
Movement Speed: 4.6 m/s
Terror Radius: 32 meters

Map: Echo Stage – A forgotten New Orleans theater, once velvet and stardust, now ash and ruin


Power: Curtain Call

“You demand the spotlight. And you burn those who won’t give it.”

Active Ability – Demand Applause

Press the Power Button to unleash a roaring tantrum across your Terror Radius. Any Survivors caught inside:

-Scream, revealing their location
-Gain 1 stack of Stage Fright

Cooldown: 45 seconds if at least one Survivor is hit, 30 seconds if none

Secondary Ability
New Status Effect – Stage Fright

Stage Fright is a 3-tier stacking effect that swallows Survivors in a spotlight, punishing survivors who ignore the Prima Donna by increasing their anxiety and psychically targeting survivors senses.

Tier I -

The map beyond 24 meters becomes completely dark, putting a spotlight over them

Survivors no longer hear the terror radius, unless the Prima Madonna enters the survivor's spotlight

Instead, they hear giggles and insults echoing from the darkness


Tier II –

Darkness tightens—everything beyond 12 meters is unlit

Survivors cannot hear audio outside of the spotlight



Tier III – Center Stage

Only 4 meters around the Survivor remains visible

A spotlight shines directly down on them at all times

The Prima Maddona's aura becomes visible to the survivor

While performing a repairing or healing action:

Their aura is revealed to The Prima Donna


She gains Killer Instinct on Tier III Survivors within 16 meters when Demand Applause is off cooldown

To escape Stage Fright, a Survivor must stare at The Prima Donna for 3 consecutive seconds (resets tiers tiers to zero). This action can only be performed once the survivor has reached tier III Stage Fright



Secondary Ability – Ignite Setpiece

Target a pallet, vault, or breakable wall within 12 meters and mark it for ignition.

Within 3 seconds, press the ability again to ignite it in flame.

Burn Effects:

First Hit: Survivor suffers from Hindered for 3 seconds

Second Hit (within 40 seconds): Inflicts Deep Wound

Cooldown (on hit): 7 seconds

Cooldown (on miss): 10 seconds

Igniting a downed pallet or breakable wall will destroy it after 3 seconds

Let me know what you guys think! I need help thinking of a perk named "surprise byatch". Side note, consider her cosmetic options! I would love a legendary Zombie Madison, the fuzzy Kubanka hat look… I would die if this ever happened irl

Sudzer

This is a fun and unique concept! I think you could consider allowing Stage Fright to be curable starting at Stage 2, and maybe make it take a little longer at that level as a trade off, as the effects of Tier 3 are quite severe (depending on how you define “staring at The Prima Donna”). Good work!