The Thing

I'd love to see The Thing as a killer if they can figure out a good way to do it. And yeah, the suggestion has come up on the boards before, it's a popular IP. 🙂

Some random thoughts on The Thing

• The main ability would obviously be mimicking survivors to blend in before attacking. One thing that comes up sometimes in talking about a killer looking like a survivor is some people think that it would be very weak against a swf since they would immediately know when someone is a killer. But keep in mind that when a killer looks like a survivor it also implies that they're Undetectable with no red stain and no terror radius, which by itself is a solid ability! So one way to look at The Thing would be that mechanically it would probably be sort of similar to Ghost Face - a killer who can easily be Undetectable for extend periods of time but who loses Undetectability once they attack (in the The Thing's case, attacking would probably turn them into an alien monster for example.) What would make The Thing different from Ghost Face in terms of how they play would presumably be the details of exactly how they become Undetectable and what their secondary ability is. For Ghost Face, that's the ability to mark targets with the Exposed condition. So The Thing would need something other than that, I'm not sure specifically what though.
• Since a lot of The Thing's modus operandi is sabotaging equipment when nobody is around, one possible secondary ability for The Thing could be that while they're mimicking a survivor they get bonuses to out of chase actions. So when they damage the generator in survivor form, for instance, they have an inherent loss of progression on it kind of like a Pop Goes the Weasel effect in addition to simply putting the gen into regression. They could even have a limited use ability to pull down a pallet or two a match - imagine being a killer that could, if a survivor isn't watching, a couple of times a match preemptively drop and destroy a God Pallet!
• The map would definitely be the Antartic Research Facility. For sure! 😄
• Survivors could be MacReady (Kurt Russell's character in the movie) and Dr. Blair (Wilfred Brimley's character). I could see perks for MacReady themed around Macgeyvering things up, maybe, and the Doc's perks around healing or research or info gathering on the killer.

The problem with a doppleganger killer is the main problem in general with this game; against solos or even 2 person squads it's fine but once you get 3 or 4 person squads, gonna be real easy for everyone to go "Hey, you see that Dwight over there with the giant tentacle sticking out of his arse? That's the killer, not me so don't let him Thing you to death".

Would love the thing

A scout/aoe trap power would work well. Something like the head skitter that can break off and can be controlled (similar to Victor) but then placed as a hidden trap. A built-in mori to absorb and mutate could also be interesting.