#witch!lying

New art!! I love Witch!Lying so much, always serving the most evil cunt <3

An ever honest Witch!Lying !!

Dead by Daylight has more than its fair share of "witch" type characters as-is between Hag, Artist, and Nurse, but prompted by chat earlier today I thought I'd give a shot to adapting my own OC, the Witch (or witch!Lying), to the context of a video game full of murderous psychopaths that constantly terrorise and torture hapless civilians.

Let's start with the core concept:

A chase Killer with a ranged debuff attack and a connection to the crows that inhabit the Entity's realm.

And with that, the outline of the Witch's lore:

Living in a cabin in the woods on the outskirts of town was just fine for the Witch, giving them just enough privacy to practise their eldritch magics, construct little charms and talismans to forgotten gods, and especially to terrorise the villagers who dared step just a little too far beyond the treeline. But eventually, probably after one too many spooks, or maybe the child that was chased into the river last winter by ravens, or possibly the whole family that went mad after finding their house picked clean by the same three-eyed birds mocking them all the while, the townsfolk got nervous enough to dare. Despite a harrying amount of ravens cackling at them as they made their way, they laid siege to the cabin and set it ablaze. And as the Witch gave one last hearty cackle to terrorise their revolting victims, the Entity stepped in to claim them. Now in the Fog, the Witch is surrounded by crackling flames and watchful black birds, and charged with one solemn duty: Make them fear

First, the ability:

Cursed Flame The Witch can toss a small fireball which flies on an unerring trajectory unaffected by gravity (ie. always in a straight line). If hit by the fireball, healthy survivors become injured, and injured survivors are afflicted with Deep Wound. Has a short wind-up and uses charges, similar to the Nurse's Blink, which need time to recover once expended. A number of add-ons apply status effects to survivors struck by the fireball, including the usual Blindness, Mangled, and Exhausted. Eldritch Wings The Witch is old friends with malevolent black birds, and the Fog is full of them. Like the Dredge, they can teleport to undisturbed crows around the map, with their appearance being heralded by small flames that crescendo as they arrive. Additionally, they can teleport to just shortly behind a visible survivor within their terror radius, appearing in a flurry of black feathers, though this puts the ability on a considerably-longer cooldown compared to the crows.

Second, the perks:

Sinking Sensation: Survivors within your terror radius have any Exhaustion effects slowed by 12/16/20% (eg. the Exhaustion caused by Blood Echo would last 50-54 seconds instead of 45 seconds if spent entirely within your terror radius). Three-Eyed Ravens: Survivors who startle crows within your terror radius have their aura revealed for 6/8/10 seconds. This could be likened to Spies From The Shadows, but the dependence on terror radius makes it more variable, such as being worthless for most stealth killers. Omen of Doom: After hooking a survivor, a random injured or healthy survivor hears your terror radius approaching for the next 6/8/10 seconds. You still emit a terror radius as normal. Any effects applied by your terror radius (eg. Coulrophobia, Overwhelming Presence) also affect the haunted survivor.

The general playstyle is to use surveillance-type perks to monitor the map and teleport between generators using the crows, then when in a chase using the teleport to quickly catch up to a fleeing survivor in a similar fashion to the Singularity's Overclock mechanic. Survivors can stymy your efforts to move around by intentionally startling the crows, but this is a temporary measure and makes them easier to find if you're already close by.

This ask is from like,, january,, But holds them up, is for you

So..... @lyinginbedmon likes chickens?