Dead By Daylight Killers as Parahumans
So, I just got the game Dead by Daylight, which got me thinking about how the various killers would fit within Worm. How could their powers be changed to be more Wormy? For several, their power does not match up with what their trigger event would have been. How could that be fixed? And where does the Entity come in?
I admit, I've only really given the Entity much thought myself. I imagine at as a particularly monstrous Case 53 with a Master/Shaker/Trump power. It's able to act akin to a patron god for other parahumans, creating pocket dimensions modeled after the place were its servants had their trigger events. While in this pocket space, the servant simply cannot die, not needing food or sleep. The Entity can also tweak and modify its servant's powers (like how the various perks and add-ons from the game act). In return, the servants are compelled to be loyal and to act on their darker impulses, perhaps amplifying their shard's conflict drives. The servants are tasked with capturing and sacrificing people, which the Entity requires as sustenance.
How's that look? What are your guys' thoughts on the killers?
Posted Feb 1, 2018, 7:02 PM UTC
I just went on a quick wiki walk, and I don't think they'd make for great "Worm-y" powers. For one thing, as you said, trigger event stuff doesn't fit.
What they do make for, is excellent boogeymen. Why try to shove them into a Worm context when they're a perfect fit for Pact?
Pact is on a long list of books and such that I need to read but haven't got to yet. That being said, what little I've gathered just from hanging out here leads me to think that you're probably right. It's a shame though, I like converting characters into Worm.
The opening to Pact is pretty damn strong, and 1.2 or 1.3 has a pretty good boogeyman already. If you like the killers in Dead by Daylight, I think you'll like the start to Pact.
Yeah, definitely gonna have to read it. Twig too.