Dead Space chapter concept: The Ubermorph and Isaac Clarke

Killer: The Ubermorph (v2)

A commanding killer, able to alter the minds of it's victims and turn their corpses into allies using it's power, The Marker.

It's personal perks, Hex: Hivemind, Confusing Signals, and Expanded Domain allow it to see any who act carelessly, disrupt survivor information, and increase it's control over the Trial Grounds.

- Tall

- 4.2m/s

- 16m terror radius

Power: The Marker 

The great power of The Marker shines through even in The Entity's realm, altering the minds of all who the signal touches.

The Marker: 

A Black Marker in the middle of the Trial Grounds will send out a powerful signal that slowly builds up the Influenced Status Effect in survivors throughout the Trial, the speed of which depending on distance to The Marker.

Survivors will suffer from various afflictions depending on how much they have been Influenced. Influence cannot drop below 40%.

0% Influence:

• No effects.

20% Influence:

• Causes survivors to briefly hear a rapidly approaching Illusionary Terror Radius upon working on a generator.

40% Influence:

• Causes survivors to intermittently experience hallucinations in the form of an Illusionary Ubermorph moving towards them in whichever direction they are facing.
• Survivors Influenced beyond this amount will be able to slowly lower the Influence when within 8m of another survivor.

60% Influence:

• Causes survivors to suffer from the Paranoid Status Effect (Will see all other survivors as the Killer with no red stain if at least 16m away).
• Survivors who have reached the second hook stage can be executed by Slashers.

80% Influence:

• Causes survivors to scream if they come within 8m of a hallucination, briefly revealing their location to The Ubermorph.
• Survivors who have reached the second hook stage can be Transformed by Infectors and executed by Slashers.

100% Influence:

• Healing and repairing begin working backwards, causing survivors to regress generators when worked on and Injure themselves if healing another survivor. If already Injured, they instead inflict themselves with the Deep Wounds Status Effect.
• Survivors who have reached the second hook stage can be Transformed by Infectors and executed by Slashers.

SPECIAL ABILITY: Command

Press the Power Button while looking at a highlighted Necromorph to begin commanding it, causing it to follow you. While a Necromorph is following you, press the Active Ability Button while looking at a highlighted aura to send it to that area. You cannot send Necromorphs to an area that already contains another Necromorph or where a survivor is hooked.

If a survivor comes within 12m of you, the accompanying Necromorph will begin pursuing them for a time. Only 1 Necromorph may follow you at any given time.

SPECIAL ENEMY: Infectors

3 Infectors spawn and roam the Trial Grounds, actively avoiding survivors below 80% Influence unless they get within 6m, at which point they will attack. You see the aura of all Infectors.

If a survivor is attacked by an Infector, they will be damaged for a single health state. If an Injured survivor who has reached the second hook stage and is at 80% Influence or above is attacked, they will be killed and the Infector will begin Transforming them into a Slasher. During this process, the Infector is vulnerable to being crushed by another survivor, killing them permanently.

If the Infector is killed during the process, the dead survivor's aura will be revealed to The Ubermorph, allowing it to Command another Infector to begin Transforming them.

SPECIAL ENEMY: Slashers

If an Infector finishes the Transformation process, the dead survivor will turn into a violent Slasher that roams the Trial Grounds, hunting any survivors it sees within 24m. 

If a survivor is hit by a Slasher, they will be damaged for a single health state. If an Injured survivor who has reached the second hook stage and is at 60% Influence or above is hit by a Slasher, they will be immediately executed and the Slasher will continue attacking the corpse and will ignore other survivors for a time.

Survivors may destroy the limbs of a Slasher by stunning it, eventually killing it once all limbs have been removed.

PERKS:

Hex: Hivemind

A Hex that links you with The Entity, ensuring you know all that happens within the Trial.

If a survivor disturbs a crow, it will immediately start flying above them and begin cawing for 20/25/30 seconds. If 3 crows are currently flying above a survivor's head, see their aura for as long as the crows remain. A maximum of 3 crows may fly above a single survivor. Crows are unaffected by perks while the Hex remains.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Confusing Signals

Your connection to an otherworldly power allows you to send out powerful signals.

When a survivor is hooked, the 1/2/3 other survivors see 2 extra hook notifications and auras scattered across the map.

The hooked survivor suffers from the Blindness status effect until unhooked.

Expanded Domain

Collection of biomass increases your control over the Trial.

For each unique survivor you hook, gain a token. Damaging a generator consumes a token and links the generator to the Basement for as long as it isn't fully repaired. Interacting with the Basement hooks while they are not being used will cause The Entity to shroud you in fog and teleport you to whichever generator you are highlighting. 

Alternatively, interacting with a linked generator that is currently regressing will cause The Entity to shroud you in fog and teleport you to the back of the Basement.

Expanded Domain can only be activated every 60/50/40 seconds.

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Survivor: Isaac Clarke

An experienced engineer, able to use his quick thinking to find a way out of precarious situations.

His person perks Resist The Influence, Stasis, and Combat Prowess allow him to resist Hexes, impede the killer, and fight back.

PERKS:

Resist The Influence

Your experience with powerful forces has given you the ability to keep a level head under dire circumstances.

You start the trial with 1 token up to a maximum of 2/3/4. Tokens can be gained by cleansing totems.

Whenever you would be affected by a Hex, instead consume 1 token.

Stasis

Advanced technology allows for creative strategies to deal with threats.

You start the Trial with 5 tokens.

Press and hold the Active Ability Button for 1.5 seconds while standing within 8m of the killer to consume a token and slow their Picking-up, Dropping, Pallet breaking, Breakable-Wall breaking, Generator damaging, and Vaulting speeds by 30/40/50% for 10 seconds.

Last Resort

When all else fails, you muster the strength to fight back.

Upon reaching the second hook stage, Last Resort activates

• Press the Active Ability Button while walking to throw a punch directly in front of you, stunning the killer for 2.75 seconds if hit. 
• Missing the punch will see you stumble and be afflicted with Hindered status effect for 25/20/15 seconds.