Hex: Huntress Lullaby Rework
Old version:
Hex: Huntress Lullaby
A Hex rooting its power in despair.
Your hunt is an irresistible song of dread which muddles your prey's attention.
Survivors receive a 2/4/6% Regression penalty on Failed Skill Checks for Repair and Healing actions.
Hex: Huntress Lullaby grows in power each time you hook a Survivor, gaining 1 Token, and affecting Repair and Healing Skill Checks:
- 1 Token: shortens the time between the Warning sound and the Skill Check by -14 %.
- 2 Tokens: shortens the time between the Warning sound and the Skill Check by -28 %.
- 3 Tokens: shortens the time between the Warning sound and the Skill Check by -42 %.
- 4 Tokens: shortens the time between the Warning sound and the Skill Check by -56 %.
- 5 Tokens: disables the Warning sound.
The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.
"That song, it drives me crazy!"
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New version:
Hex: Huntress Lullaby
A Hex rooting its power in despair.
Your hunt is an irresistible song of dread which muddles your prey's attention.
Skill checks while performing healing and repairing actions are silent and do not grant any notification.
Hex: Huntress Lullaby grows in power each time you hook a Survivor, gaining 1 Token:
•1 token: Skill checks occur 50% more often.
•2 tokens: Totem-cleansing, mending, and opening the exit gates also grant skill checks.
•3 tokens: Decreases skill check success zones by 40%.
•4 tokens: Skill checks can no longer grant great skill checks.
•5 tokens: Normal checks have a 50% chance to spin counterclockwise instead of clockwise.
•6+ tokens: Failed Skill checks regresses an additional 1/2/3%.
The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.
"That song, it drives me crazy”
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Reasoning:
As the hexes are thought of as high risk and high reward, I’ve noticed that Huntress Lullaby has no real reward. Any competent survivor can play around Lullaby and this greatly reduces its place as a hex. Along with the lack of consistant value. Lullaby in its core should keep survivors on edge when it’s in play and slow down the game in its own capacity. However, it is either cleansed before its true ability can be used or ignored as the few situations it does work well are easily avoided.
I truly believe that each hex should warrant survivors to search for them or be punished, especially if they build up to great power. So lullaby needs to invoke that feeling. As many can agree, Devour Hope is a great example of this. Thus in my rework, I took inspiration from it and tried to keep the same idea of scaling power to the point where it can become very oppressive if allowed to remain.
In my version, the killer receives the core power of like lullaby at base, no sounds for skill checks. Instant value as many survivors would not expect it at first, giving an instant tell of where a survivor has spawned and which generator they are repairing, allowing for the first chase. With each token gained, lullaby becomes much more of a threat and motivates survivors to seek it out. However, to balance the strength it has in the beginning and the fact it continues growing, I made its natural increased regression from skill checks become something the killer must work for as well.
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Any criticism and suggestions would be appreciated.
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