Smile Killer Concept
Hi guys, the title is pretty self explanatory, I made a concept for fun for how the power of the smile entity would work in dbd. I made sure it would be as balanced as much as possible while also being effective, I don’t have anything to say really other then if bhvr ever does make a smile chapter that they take inspiration or base the power off of this concept
Killer: The Smile
Height: Tall
Speed: 4.6 m/s
Weapon: Self Infliction
Terror Radius: 24m
Special Ability - The Smile Curse
The first survivor to look at you with a clear line of sight screams and becomes Traumatized. The traumatized survivor goes through 3 tiere of the Smile Curse before inevitably committing suicide. To get rid of the curse and prevent their suicide, they must come within 3 meters of another survivor, press Activate Ability and Traumatize the survivor, which will stop and regress their own Suicide Clock, which will begin the traumatized survivors which is 1:30 minutes.
Traumatized I (0:00-0:30)
Skill checks become increasingly faster, by 10% and appear slightly erratic.
Traumatized II (0:30-1:00)
Survivors hear auditory hallucinations such as laughing and the rattles of The Smile, and skill checks are stacked 15% more faster, 25% overall and skill checks appear considerably more erratic
Traumatized III (1:00-1:30)
Survivors audio hallucinations become tremendously intensified, the laughs and the The Smiles taunting sounds become louder and distorted, and skill checks become a stacked 25% more faster, 50% overall and skill checks appear tremendously more erratic
If the survivor doesn’t get rid of the Smile Curse before the Suicide Clock ends, they commit suicide and The Smile Curse ends altogether.
Mechanics Explained
The Suicide Clock slowly regresses down to 0 when not traumatized
The Suicide Clock when traumatized stops when in chase, downed, or on the hook.
Any survivors who aren’t traumatized are oblivious to The Smile
Unlocks the ability to mori anyone actively traumatized in Traumatized Tier III, healthy, injured or downed
Survivors are cleansed of oblivious once the Smile Curse ends
Survivors see the progress of their Suicide Clock on their icon in the trial.
Survivors get an auditory notification and visual cue when their Smile Curse tier increases, each tier notification increases in intensity.
To prevent survivors immediately becoming re-traumatized after traumatizing another survivor, that survivor is immune to becoming traumatized for 15 seconds
The Smile, when attacking a survivor, scrunches up its hand and makes the survivor do a self infliction animation
Let me know your thoughts and any critiques you might have, it would be appreciated!