Ghost Type: Wendigo concept.

[Roebuck Hart & Stag]

The Wendigo is created by someone who succumbs to cannibalism, and hunts very violently, it would be an absolute terror to try and escape from.

Crucifix is useless, sage smudge is your only hope to cover your scent during a hunt, and the parabolic microphone, noise and motion sensors will help you avoid its wandering and stalking. Similar to the Phantom, the bright flash of a Camera can help blind it for a moment and give you a chance to run and hide during a hunt. It doesnt lock onto a target, and doesnt care about sanity, but will kill you if it finds you. It is the least likely to communicate with you, so asking questions and using a ouija board will be more chancy than other types. Also unlike other ghost types, the Wendigo will always have a timer (even in professional) and will be "woken" when its timer ends, but can also start stalking the sound of your voice if you are making too much noise.

For the most part, the Wendigo is dormant until disturbed, and will take a while to start stalking, but it'll be hell to pay to escape it as its activity will keep getting more violent, meaning more frequent and dangerous hunts. The best thing you can do is run and keep quiet the moment it Wendigo wakes. Lucky for you, you have a sliver of a chance to get evidence quickly and get out before it wakes up, well, as long as you're not yelling.

Evidence would be Temp, Prints and Orbs. Unlike other ghosts, the Wendigo is more likely to wander further away from its Ghost Room, sometimes leaving evidence in odd places, so keep a sharp eye out for random ghost orbs on cams in places you may not expect. (Additionally, this breaks the ability to tell a Poltergeist quickly with only two types of evidence, now it could be a Wendigo)

Please let me know what you think, or what you might change. Thank you!

[BuBerri]

No

[CrazBlox]

Originally posted by BuBerry:

No

I don't think this is a no it could be nerfed a little like Crucifix has a little less range and less easy to tell that it's a Wendigo but still awesome Idea.

[Roebuck Hart & Stag]

This concept has been evolving a bit with discussions on reddit regarding the idea and balancing everything out. One of the big balancing fixes we've come up with is renovating the defensive item system, taking away the Crucifix "Cures all" to be a 1 in 3 chance that the item is correct for repeling the ghost.

As some of the ghosts currently in the game have no connection with Christianity (the Jinn, Oni, Yurei, and in this concept the Wendigo) it doesnt make sense that the christian Crucifix be a defense against these ghost types. We came up with a better counter system involving the Crucifix, smudge sticks, and Candles where the Jinn, Oni, Yurei and Wendigo are affected by Smudges, the Demon, Banshee, Poltergeist, and Revenant be effected by the Crucifix, and the Shade, Spirit, Phantom, Wraith, and Mare being affected by Candles. This brings in a better balanced system than the current Crucifix "Cures all" system in game. Now you need to narrow down the type of ghost to properly defend against it.

The introduction of the wendigo ghost type would make a great spearhead to the introduction of the revamped defense gameplay mechanic, allowing players to try out the new defenses and understand how it works while playing matches trying to get the new Wendigo ghost type.

Of course, this concept is still just a concept that I and others have been polishing up and smoothing out in reddit discussions before really pushing a finalized Idea in hope of integration into the game