SLENDER MAN AS A KILLER!! AND YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!!!
Slender Man is a great figure in the area of Creepypastas and very famous on the Internet. It was certainly part of many people's childhood and has great recognition. Now that killers like Pyramid Head have the ability to "teleport" survivors, I believe this system would suit Slender Man as well.
His special ability could be something related to people taking penalties for looking directly at him (as in his famous games), as well as other abilities to cause illusions (an idea would be for survivors to see each other like the Slender Man for a brief moment, and consequently run away from their companions). Another idea is to generate a penalty, and to get out of it it would be necessary to find a number of pages on the map (same system as Pig and Freddy Krueger)
Its mechanics could look like this:
Slender remains "invisible" during the game. As soon as a survivor sees him, Slender Man creates a static illusion (like The Spirit) in the exact position he is in when the survivor looks in his direction. From there, what starts to move (in the survivor's view) are the tentacles of the Slender Man, however in Killer's view it would be him walking normally. The Survivor will be attacked by his tentacles, and whenever he returns his vision to the Slender position, his image will be static in the position in which he was seen (in the view of this survivor). This is just a way to create a motion animation for Slender Man, since he doesn't walk. And each time a survivor sees the Slender Man for a brief moment he suffers a penalty, a total of 1 to 3 times.
1- Some penalty such as Exhaustion, for example
2- Go crazy and start seeing other survivors like the Slender Man, or his illusions
3- Survivor stays in Exposed state (you need to see him for a long time. It would be the opposite of Michael Myers, where Killer must watch the survivors)
Finding one or more pages cancels the effect of level 3
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Among the Perks, (all of these were created by "Fierce1", on Steam):
1- Can't Run (a nod to the notes in the original game) - When a survivor is within the killer's terror radius, whether running or walking or crouch-walking, they leave scratch marks. This perk deactivates while in a chase.
2- Don't Look or it Takes You (another nod) - Whenever a survivor looks at the killer while outside of the killer's terror radius, for every 5/4/3 seconds the survivor stares at the killer, the killer gains a token up to a maximum of 4. When the killer has 4 tokens the perk activates and causes all survivors outside the killer's terror radius to scream as well as suffer from the exposed, exhausted, and oblivious status effects for a 15/20/30 seconds.
3- Always Watches, No Eyes (nods galore) - Equipping this perk causes the Entity to block a random generator for 5/7/10 seconds every 60/45/30 seconds. The blocked generator's aura will be highlighted, and if the generator was being worked on, survivors within 5 feet/meter range of the generator upon activation have their auras revealed for 3/5/7 seconds.
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A better reference for Slender Man would be his version in the first game "Slender: The Eight Pages", and his Steam game "Slender: The Arrival". I also advise you to ignore any Slender movie, as they are all horrible. Just watch the short live action on youtube called Proxy Slender Man, from BlackBoxTV channel (9 min live action). This is without a doubt the best representation of him.
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AND PLEASE, HE NEEDS TO MAKE A LOUD SCARY SOUND WHEN HE SHOWS UP, WE NEED JUMP SCARES ON DEAD BY DAYLIGHT!! xD
I also accept suggestions to give the idea of a perfect Slender Man in the game, I hope it since the creation of Dead by Daylight
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I feel like it could work if done right, but this could use some tweaking. Also, what version of slenderman are we talking? Marble Hornets, Slenderverse, Games, Or Movie?
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It would be more similar to the Slender Man of the games. On Steam there is an official game of his that completely meets the requirements of the fanbase. There is also a excellent short Live Action on youtube (since all Slender Man films are horrible)
Steam Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/252330/Slender_The_Arrival/?l=portuguese
Fan Live Anction (9 min duration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVGhsFqRN74&has_verified=1
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The arrival was pretty good, but I would personally go with MH. Considering the map and Survivor potential. But hey, to each their own.
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I have one problem with this.. easy counter. as soon as you find out it's slender man just look down the entire match and he can't do anything to you. based on how you said his mechanics work
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Yes, but I mentioned another way for him to move, through the tentacles (in the survivor's view), that would emerge from an illusion that would appear in the player's view. Example: the survivor looks down. Slender, when approaching, would already beat the survivor, like any killer. But the survivor would only see Slender standing still, and what would be hitting him would be the tentacles.
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honestly I just think that the whole, "I can't hit you until I get you in my world" thing is outdated. don't get me wrong it's fun to play against, but not always fun to play as. imagine being right up against someone working on a gen and not being able to hit them until after you've got them in your world. it's a very abusable mechanic. not being able to hit a survivor is a huge hindrance as a killer. like I said, I enjoy the idea but it's not practical.
now for the tentacle thing, we have another spirit issue. where they look like they're standing still but they aren't. if you can figure something out that isn't broken as ######### like spirit's power, or where you can hit them without pulling them into your world, then I'd really like to see it as I don't really know how to make a slenderman chapter.
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You got it wrong, I already changed the text up there. You don't necessarily need to be seen to hit. Being seen will only generate penalties for survivors, but Slender can always attack.
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