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Now that we have the Doorman, the next logical step is to have a Paperboy. Meet Johnny, the bratty Imp boy working for the New York Oracle, delivering newspapers all over the Cursed Apple! He's small, he's annoying, and he'll have a copy of the Oracle in your hand or on your face whether you like it or not.
Visual outlook: Classic paperboy fit, you all know the one (similar to Ivy's). Google "1920s paperboy" and you will get the gist. Collared shirt, suspenders + shorts, long socks (does and Imp need shoes or socks?). And ofc, A big satchel filled with newspapers. I'd imagine him to be about the same size as Ivy, if not a bit smaller. Skin either red or purple.
Main gun: This is admittedly the only thing I have not really nailed down as of writing this. Something slingshot/marble/peashooter related could work with his background. OR, for some swagger, some old-school SMGs could look really cool (American-180, Reising model 50, some of the early MP-series models)
Ability 1 - Special delivery/Express delivery: Simple and elegant. Johnny tosses a rolled-up newspaper towards the enemy. I imagine it would be quite a big projectile with medium flight speed (something like shiv's knife, but bigger hitbox and slower velocity). The base damage would be relatively low, and the ability would apply a brief fire rate debuff to its target. Potentially Charged ability. Potential development directions would be a stacking debuff if multiple newspapers hit the same target in a given time frame, or that successful hits reset the cooldown between charges, making it possible for the ability to be spammed on a single target for a bigger payoff if you manage to land all your hits. Leveling would add charges/increase debuff. (Alternative: Make the ability usable on allies as well. Allies hit will gain movement speed and fire rate. Maybe even stamina at max level.)
Ability 2 - Heavy news: Ability similar to the knockdown item. Would spawn a big stack of newspapers on top of an enemy, which would fall down after a short delay, dealing a small amount of damage and applying a movement slow debuff. I imagine making the ability balanced would require either limiting its range greatly (I think 10m or so would be fine) and making it so that it only interrupts/stuns the target at max level. (Alternative direction: Make Johnny slam down the stack himself. Could add additional benefits from Johnny's current height (bigger drop, bigger stun/radius/debuff. This would also work really well with his intended third ability, which would allow him to stay airborne for longer/ position himself better for bigger slams.
Ability 3 - Impish agility (Passive): Would allow Johnny to dash in midair twice + increase the midair dash distance(since he has wings). Extra levels would add stamina/additional air dash. At max level would grant Johnny a flat amount of bullet evasion. (Or alternatively: Max level would make it possible to activate the ability, which would spawn a small tornado of loose paper around Johnny, granting him temporary bullet evasion and movement speed for a short period)
Ability 4 - EXTRA! EXTRA! (Ultimate): Johnny would dash a distance of 20m or so, tossing newspapers all around. Every enemy caught in the ability's radius would get a newspaper overlay slapped onto their screen, covering most of their view for two or three seconds (the placement of the newspaper could be made somewhat random, so that maybe it covers the left half of the screen, right half, middle, upper etc.) The ability would have a relatively big horizontal area and would not require Johnny to actually collide with the affected enemies to apply the effect. Additional levels would increase the area, the number of enemies affected, or the duration of the debuff. (The newspaper overlay could have multiple versions with different lore tidbits and easter eggs)
The character's identity would be that of a disruptor, not necessarily dealing a lot of damage, but being great at hindering enemies during 2v1s and teamfights. He would be small, fast, and annoying. (and I imagine somewhat squishy as well)
Personality/Lore: I think he would be a bit cynical and bratty, being a street kid and all that. Someone who had big dreams but fell short. I could see him having a really strong New York accent or Boston accent (maybe have some Irish background?). Since he's a paperboy, he should/could have tons of cool interactions with different characters. Potential Abrams dialogue about him asking Johnny about a lead regarding a detective case. Johnny asking Dynamo if he wants to renew his subscription/if he's read the latest issue. He could have banter with wraith/mo and krill about the underworld (which kind of ties into the abrams dialogue too). For some contrast, he could have some cutesy dialogue with some female characters (he could have a crush on Ivy/Vyper) and generally be more polite towards Geist/Mina (calling them Ma'am, Miss, Lady etc). (Mina would be cold and more dismissive ("ugh, poor street urchin, stop talking to me"), while Geist would be warmer (but manipulative)). I think he would fit the established world of Deadlock perfectly.
Love the new characters! Keep it up!
Visual outlook: Classic paperboy fit, you all know the one (similar to Ivy's). Google "1920s paperboy" and you will get the gist. Collared shirt, suspenders + shorts, long socks (does and Imp need shoes or socks?). And ofc, A big satchel filled with newspapers. I'd imagine him to be about the same size as Ivy, if not a bit smaller. Skin either red or purple.
Main gun: This is admittedly the only thing I have not really nailed down as of writing this. Something slingshot/marble/peashooter related could work with his background. OR, for some swagger, some old-school SMGs could look really cool (American-180, Reising model 50, some of the early MP-series models)
Ability 1 - Special delivery/Express delivery: Simple and elegant. Johnny tosses a rolled-up newspaper towards the enemy. I imagine it would be quite a big projectile with medium flight speed (something like shiv's knife, but bigger hitbox and slower velocity). The base damage would be relatively low, and the ability would apply a brief fire rate debuff to its target. Potentially Charged ability. Potential development directions would be a stacking debuff if multiple newspapers hit the same target in a given time frame, or that successful hits reset the cooldown between charges, making it possible for the ability to be spammed on a single target for a bigger payoff if you manage to land all your hits. Leveling would add charges/increase debuff. (Alternative: Make the ability usable on allies as well. Allies hit will gain movement speed and fire rate. Maybe even stamina at max level.)
Ability 2 - Heavy news: Ability similar to the knockdown item. Would spawn a big stack of newspapers on top of an enemy, which would fall down after a short delay, dealing a small amount of damage and applying a movement slow debuff. I imagine making the ability balanced would require either limiting its range greatly (I think 10m or so would be fine) and making it so that it only interrupts/stuns the target at max level. (Alternative direction: Make Johnny slam down the stack himself. Could add additional benefits from Johnny's current height (bigger drop, bigger stun/radius/debuff. This would also work really well with his intended third ability, which would allow him to stay airborne for longer/ position himself better for bigger slams.
Ability 3 - Impish agility (Passive): Would allow Johnny to dash in midair twice + increase the midair dash distance(since he has wings). Extra levels would add stamina/additional air dash. At max level would grant Johnny a flat amount of bullet evasion. (Or alternatively: Max level would make it possible to activate the ability, which would spawn a small tornado of loose paper around Johnny, granting him temporary bullet evasion and movement speed for a short period)
Ability 4 - EXTRA! EXTRA! (Ultimate): Johnny would dash a distance of 20m or so, tossing newspapers all around. Every enemy caught in the ability's radius would get a newspaper overlay slapped onto their screen, covering most of their view for two or three seconds (the placement of the newspaper could be made somewhat random, so that maybe it covers the left half of the screen, right half, middle, upper etc.) The ability would have a relatively big horizontal area and would not require Johnny to actually collide with the affected enemies to apply the effect. Additional levels would increase the area, the number of enemies affected, or the duration of the debuff. (The newspaper overlay could have multiple versions with different lore tidbits and easter eggs)
The character's identity would be that of a disruptor, not necessarily dealing a lot of damage, but being great at hindering enemies during 2v1s and teamfights. He would be small, fast, and annoying. (and I imagine somewhat squishy as well)
Personality/Lore: I think he would be a bit cynical and bratty, being a street kid and all that. Someone who had big dreams but fell short. I could see him having a really strong New York accent or Boston accent (maybe have some Irish background?). Since he's a paperboy, he should/could have tons of cool interactions with different characters. Potential Abrams dialogue about him asking Johnny about a lead regarding a detective case. Johnny asking Dynamo if he wants to renew his subscription/if he's read the latest issue. He could have banter with wraith/mo and krill about the underworld (which kind of ties into the abrams dialogue too). For some contrast, he could have some cutesy dialogue with some female characters (he could have a crush on Ivy/Vyper) and generally be more polite towards Geist/Mina (calling them Ma'am, Miss, Lady etc). (Mina would be cold and more dismissive ("ugh, poor street urchin, stop talking to me"), while Geist would be warmer (but manipulative)). I think he would fit the established world of Deadlock perfectly.
Love the new characters! Keep it up!
