[Hero Concept] Hue

[Galdur Kær]

Hue​

Influential​

Artistic​

Introverted​

Stats​

700 Max Health
7.5m Move Speed
3.0m Sprint Speed
2 Stamina

Weapon​

Thousand Words
Spreadshot | Close range
DPS: 45
Bullet Damage: 6.5
Bullets per sec: 1.0
Ammo: 10
Reload Time: 2s
Falloff range: 15m - 30m

Splatters 5 paint splotches in a wide cone (~30°) with minor splash damage in a very small radius.
Deals 25% melee damage in melee range.

Hue performs their melee attacks with an antique paint scraper.

Abilities​

1. Paint the Town


2. Palette Swap


3. Spirit Scrape


4. Capture Essence

Quotes​

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"...Might be a welcome distraction." "*Sigh*, I've been dealing with art block anyway..." "Um... sure. I'll try my best." "Maybe the Maelstrom will inspire me... maybe." "I don't usually work well with others, but, uh... I hope things work out..." "Are we sure? There must be someone better suited..." "Oh, me? Why...?" "Mhm?"

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"Oh... well..." "That's okay..." "Guess I'll try to finish that piece. Emphasis on 'try.'" "Mm, yeah, understandable." "No, no, I... I wasn't expecting it anyways." "I suppose I'm better on my own." "I'd rather stay home." "Violence isn't my forte." "Mm..."

Conversations

Hero​	Transcription​
Graves	Graves: "Oh, hey, it's you. Remember me? That glum kid you painted for her lawyer mom?" Hue: "I don't tend to forget faces. You do look familiar." Graves: "Wish you'd gone along with my whole grimacing portrait idea. Woulda been funny." Hue: "Now I remember..."
Ivy	Hue: "A living work of art... how fascinating." Ivy: "Hah, glad someone appreciates me for me." Hue: "Do you know who created you?" Ivy: "Not a clue, but they must've known what they were doing, eh? Kinda like you." Hue: "Like me? Like me..."
Viscous	Hue: "Um, do you think I could perhaps borrow some of your goo, Viscous?" Viscous: "Of course! Why?" Hue: "Well, I want to try making paint out of it. Then I could better capture your... unique appearance in a portrait." Viscous: "Exciting! How should I pose?" Hue: "Um... I'll leave that up to you."

Paint the Town

Context​	Transcription​
Upgrade	"This city could use a bit of color." "This scene could use more color..." "Enough with the grey!" "Time to paint the town... and I don't mean, uh, parties and stuff... those aren't really my thing..."
Use	"A stroke here..." "Like this!" "Over this way..."
Use (Repeated)	"And here..." "A little more..." "And another!"
Use (Low Health)	"Just a little more...!" "I-I should leave." "Please, excuse me... please?"

Palette Swap

Context​	Transcription​
Upgrade	"Need to get my palette in order..." "Ochre, beige.... did I forget to bring chartreuse?"
Use	"Hm hm, oh, yes, here you go." "Help you help me." "There. What's next...?"
Use (Yellow)	"Your gun's golden!" "There is a beauty to a bullet's sheen, isn't there?"
Use (Purple)	"Something to raise your spirits."
Use (Orange)	"Hit them hard." "The hues of a clenched fist..." "Like an orange karate belt or... something. That's pretty good, right...?
Use (Red)	"Steel your body." "No, no, you're not bleeding, it's just paint."
Use (Blue)	"Steel your will!" "Unfathomable as the sky."
Use (Green)	"Recover!" "An unconventional treatment, I know."
Use (Low Health)	"Colors... fading..." "Change! Change!"
Use (on self)	"Ugh... spotlight's on me now." "Not the first time I spill paint on myself..." "Gotta put myself first sometimes." "Need a change..."

Spirit Scrape

Context​	Transcription​
Upgrade	"It's not a simple process, but paint can be reused." "Let's not get into the ethics of using a part of someone's soul as paint..." "I'm used to scraping by. Heheh, heh..."
Use	"What color is your soul?"
Use (Low Health)	"J-just give me that!" "I'll get through...!"

Capture Essence

Context​	Transcription​
Upgrade	"Ah, back in my comfort zone..." "Time to take some heads... er, paint, I mean. Paint heads. Faces." "I think... I think I'm feeling inspired!" "The world is my canvas."
Use	"Let me paint you a picture." "I'm fairly proud of this one." "Hm, no, burn it, destroy it." "Does this qualify as performance art, d'you think?"
Use as enemy	"I'll capture your likeness perfectly."
Use (Low Health)	"I just need you to sit still!" "Hope you don't mind a rush job." "I have to finish this piece!"

Kill Enemy Hero

Context​	Transcription​
Generic	"Don't worry, I'll paint your funeral portrait." "Don't think that's what people mean when they say 'paint me.'" "Did I use too much red...? No, wait, that's blood." "Glad that's over and done with..." "That was... unpleasant."
Melee	"Scraped off." "Personal space, folks, please..."
High Net Worth	"You reminded me of one of my clients. ...That's not a compliment."
End Enemy Killstreak	"This one was a picture painted in blood..."
Revenge	"That was... satisfying."
Assist	"Mm, I'm best in the background." "No need to thank me." "No need to thank me, really. No, really." "It's nice to have my contributions be appreciated." "Did I butt in too much...?" "Did I butt in too much...? No? Oh, phew..." "Just a bit of my artistic input." "There. Some color to your carnage."

Addendum:​

Thanks for reading!

The abilities and stats probably aren't balanced at all, but I just got this neat idea of a painter character who would suit the Deadlock world and game pretty well, while also filling my favorite niche of support characters who can also hold their own when it comes down to it.

I might expand on this idea if inspiration strikes with some art and/or writing, or make another one of these ideas I've been stewing on, but we'll see. Inspiration is elusive, as our friend here knows well.

Could also very well be that Graf (https://deadlock.wiki/Graf) will fill the artist archetype if or when they come out and I'm just wasting my breath here, but 'eyyyy, we had fun... right?

Btw, Hue is non-binary, but probably doesn't know it because they live in, like, the 40s.


Big thanks to Tryneus for the Deadmock editor:
https://tryneus.github.io/deadmock/
Without it, this whole thing would look like I whipped it up in Notepad.