Idea about a new killer for devs...

I really like that idea.

Stalking to shape shift

At the start of the round the killer could stalk a survivor to shape shift.

Meaning shape shifting is not instant and you need a living survivor not on the hook.

After the killer takes on the form of a survivor he starts to walk around the map pretending to be one of them.

****Damaging empty generators****

When the killer finds an empty generator he can work it for some time to reduce its progress.

Working on generators with surviors

When he finds another survivor working on a gen there could be options.

If the killer would immediately approach the survivor from behind for an interrupt action this would give him away.

So the killer would start working on the generator. To not give away that it is a killer there would be an alternative action to not damage the generator but actually fixing it.

Then after a few seconds of pretending the killer could get up to try an interrupt.

This would keep survivors constantly suspicious of other teammates approaching and slow the game down because it might be safer to quickly get away from the generator.

Poisoning survivors instead of healing them

Killers could pretend to heal wounded survivors and instead poisoning them causing them to loose one health state after a certain amount of time. Similar to Borrowed time mechanic.

When survivors run away they could still try to prevent the poison to trigger by healing themselves.

If a killer finds two survivor healing each other they could poison one survivor while "helping" to heal and then attack and chase the other survivor.

In the shape shifted form the killer would use medkits, toolboxes, flash lights, keys etc to attack survivors.

Depending on addons the "weapons" would have different effects.

Using pallets against survivors

The killer could trigger pallets before survivors reach them.
When survivors are near pallets they would get stunned.

Fixing hooks

The killer could repair damaged hooks.

Triggering hex totems

The killer could intentionally trigger hex totems with bad effects for the survivors by finding them on the map.

**A challenge for this to work **

If the whole survivor team is on voice communication there might be less of a surprise.

In the best case scenario there could be some kind of confusion when the killer and another survivor looking exactly the same are next to each other.

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@Master said:
The killer power is completley useless, how much movement speed do you want to give her to compensate for that?

yeah gens are done to fast for this to be viable anyway also the perk hexgens alert as much as i love the idea is a bit too overpowered

@lindechene said:
I really like that idea.

Stalking to shape shift

At the start of the round the killer could stalk a survivor to shape shift.

Meaning shape shifting is not instant and you need a living survivor not on the hook.

After the killer takes on the form of a survivor he starts to walk around the map pretending to be one of them.

Damaging empty generators

When the killer finds an empty generator he can work it for some time to reduce its progress.

Working on generators with surviors

When he finds another survivor working on a gen there could be options.

If the killer would immediately approach the survivor from behind for an interrupt action this would give him away.

So the killer would start working on the generator. To not give away that it is a killer there would be an alternative action to not damage the generator but actually fixing it.

Then after a few seconds of pretending the killer could get up to try an interrupt.

This would keep survivors constantly suspicious of other teammates approaching and slow the game down because it might be safer to quickly get away from the generator.

Poisoning survivors instead of healing them

Killers could pretend to heal wounded survivors and instead poisoning them causing them to loose one health state after a certain amount of time. Similar to Borrowed time mechanic.

When survivors run away they could still try to prevent the poison to trigger by healing themselves.

If a killer finds two survivor healing each other they could poison one survivor while "helping" to heal and then attack and chase the other survivor.

In the shape shifted form the killer would use medkits, toolboxes, flash lights, keys etc to attack survivors.

Depending on addons the "weapons" would have different effects.

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Using pallets against survivors

The killer could trigger pallets before survivors reach them.
When survivors are near pallets they would get stunned.

Fixing hooks

The killer could repair damaged hooks.

Triggering hex totems

The killer could intentionally trigger hex totems with bad effects for the survivors by finding them on the map.

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**A challenge for this to work **

If the whole survivor team is on voice communication there might be less of a surprise.

In the best case scenario there could be some kind of confusion when the killer and another survivor looking exactly the same are next to each other.

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exactly the problem sfw would tear this to shreds what if instead of just morphing survivors it could also gain other killer s powers temporarily look at his ghost face killer idea for example

ghost face from scream
Power: horror movie fanatic
you know all the tricks, gain the ability to perfectly mimic any other killer or mimic any survivor.
when mimicking a killer you gain a random special power for 60 seconds.
when mimicking a survivor you become one of them for 60 seconds and attempt to sabotage generators and get stealthy plays.
the buffs are as follows
Trapper: 5 bear traps will spawn armed in 5 pallet locations. When triggered survivor is put into the injured state. Bear traps will despawn when power ends

Wraith: temporarily turn invisible scratch marks persist 5 seconds longer and blood is easier to see when uncloaked power ends regardless of time.

Hillbilly: gain 50% movement speed for 30 seconds terror radius is increased by 50% all survivors suffer from the exposed status for 30 seconds. If you hit an obstacle suffer a minus 5% speed penalty.

Nurse: gains the ability to blink 3 times before the power ends. Suffers from no fatigue after each blink.

Doctor: terror radius increased by 50% every time you hit a survivor they are put into a madness state. Madness wears off after power ends. Each survivor suffers from a random affliction of madness.

Hag: 1 dull totem will suddenly become a hex totem and a random hex will appear until it is destroyed or the power ends

Huntress: gains 5 throwing knives power ends when all 5 are thrown power automatically ends. Each knife has a 10% chance of using a addon effect.

Clown: gain 4 throwable tonic 10% chance for a addon affect. Power ends immediately after they are all thrown.

Spirit: you are able to project an image of yourself near the closest survivor then they're aura is revealed to you for 30 seconds and if they are hit they suffer from the hemorrhage effect.

Shape: all survivors suffer from the exposed effect. Your obsession gains a 100% speed boost for 10 seconds but you have the ability to kill them.

Nightmare: all survivors are put into the dream state action speeds are decreased by 50% you cannot attack them until they wake up. Power automatically ends after all survivors wake up.

Pig: gain 1 special trap. Any survivor who is fitted with it has 30 seconds until it blows. (Basically you have at most 30 seconds to downa survivor then bear trap them not too sure about this one)

Cannibal: all survivors suffer from the exposed status for 60 seconds you gain 3% speed every second in a chase but lose all of it if you crash. Power ends if you crash.

Survivor
If you cloak yourself as a survivor you will appear as an existing player for 2 minutes.
When working on a generator the generator will decrease by 50% more than a survivor working on it would increase. Failing skill checks will prematurely end the power and stun you for 2 seconds.
You can drop 2 pallets prematurely to get rid of obstacles in later chases
When healing you will put the survivor into the dying state or reduce their health in the dying state by 50%
If you sneak up on a survivor you can backstab which will put a healthy survivor into the injured state and uncloak you when uncloaked you gain 10% movement speed for 5 seconds.
When uncloaked you have 110% movement speed and a lunge of 1.5 meters.
There is a 30 second cooldown before you are able to use a power again.

Perks

Movie fan
Tells you 2/3/4 perks your obsession is using
And any items or addons

Phone call
Reveals all auras for 2/5/8 seconds within 12m/24m/36m each time a skill check is failed.

Insanity
Each Time a generator is completed gain a 10%/15%/20% speed boost for 10 seconds has a 60 second cooldown

Add ons
Common

Burnt kernels
Remnants of overcooked popcorn
Slightly increases uncloaking speed

Beer can
A dented can
Slightly decreases cooldown

Broken vhs
A tangle of clack film coming out of a broken plastic cart
Slightly increases chance for your first power to be that of your last played killer

Uncommon

Broken glass
Shards of glass from forced entry
Moderately decreases cloaking time. Moderately increases cooldown

Fake blood
When cloaked as survivor unnerving twitches are reduced by 25%

Vhs movie
One of many well loved horror movies
Moderately increases chance for first power to be that of last played killer

Rare

Boyfriends guts
Bloody guts from an early victim
Greatly reduces uncloaking speed. backstabs are more effective putting healthy survivors into the dying state. Cooldown greatly increased

Garage door control
A simple garage door remote
Unnerving twitches are reduced by 50%. When “healing” survivor in the dying state reduce their health by 75% generator regression slightly increased. Skill check fails greatly increase stun

Vhs Box set
A collection of someone's favorite movies
Greatly increases chances for first power to be that of last played killer

Very rare

Phone
A white phone stained with blood
Each time your obsession fails a skill check a random survivors aura is revealed to you and they suffer the exposed status. If 4 generators are complete the afflicted survivor can now be killed by your hand

Bloody knife
Stained with the blood of the innocent and the guilty alike
Uncloaking is greatly increased. Terror radius moderately decreased back stabs more effective unnerving twitching moderately increases. When uncloaked no terror radius for 4 seconds. No after cloak speed boost

Vhs collection
A die hard fan of horror movies greatest treasure
greatly increases chance for every power to be that of last played killer
Moderately increases cooldown

Ultra rare

Generic halloween costume
A scary ghost in black robes
100% less unnerving twitches 10% faster action speeds. instant uncloaking. better back stabs.
Greatly Lowers terror radius. Cooldown moderately decreased. If a skill check is failed all survivors suffer from the exposed status and you can kill the obsession

Voice distorter
A little device that turns a voice unrecognizable
Every survivor suffers from the exposed status until hooked at least once.
Backstabs can kill your obsession.
Generator regression moderately increased
Survivors action speed greatly increased