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Cosmetic Changes:
- THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR is the entity they now possess. Essentially, "Sinclair" is the mannequin that Henry used to store his outfit when not on stage. You already have the blank face and white skin, it's not much of a stretch to give them doll-like joints and sort of ambiguous features at spawn.
- At spawn, voice lines from Henry and Savannah can be heard, including talking amongst themselves.
- After use of "The Assistant" is when things begin to change. The Assistant (Savannah at this point) could either have the same outfit but take on a more feminine appearance OR, my personal preference, the assistant puts on a magician's assistant outfit. Something like this (right), while the primary model becomes a bit more masculine:
- If you don't teleport to the Assistant, when the skill times out, they rejoin as "Sinclair", this only happens if you never teleport.
- If you teleport, you become Savannah. All female voice lines, and you either have a feminine version of "Sinclair" with a sort of ghostly feminine face, or a proxy of the aforementioned assistant costume.
- Next use of "The Assistant", if you teleport, you become Henry. He could look like the base model but a bit more masculine, that's where the moustache could come into play, as well.
- Once you've teleported once, not using teleport again would leave you as that character.
Weapon Changes:
- Clearly the gun is a placeholder. It's just Seven's gun. I think it would be GREAT if the base model threw cards from a deck while Henry and Savannah used wands. The projectile doesn't have to change between weapons, I feel like it would just flesh them out a bit more.
As a side note, that gun feels poopy to use. If we went away from the card gun and went with the wand, maybe it could fire some sort of magic bolt that takes design cues from the card ability?
Lore Changes:
- The current lore doesn't really tie them into the whole story of Deadlock in any way. They are wholly unique. I don't know if this is intended or not and I know not every character NEEDS to be a part of it, but there could be ways to make them at least feel like part of the world.
"Henry's parents told him he was too young and impulsive to mess with real magic, and so they gave him a deck of cards to play with. He took to sleight of hand naturally and soon was dazzling his classmates with fantastic feats of illusions that were done without mystic artifacts or incantation.
When he was in university he met Savannah, and their mutual love of stage magic sparked a whirlwind romance and they soon created an act together. Obviously they were meant to be; and so, Henry proposed to Savannah and they married shortly after.
Henry and Savannah were so much in love, in fact, that they wanted to take it to the next level, both in terms of commitment and the mystic arts. Knowing they were soulmates, they cemented their love for one another by having a blood mystic bind their souls for eternity.
While performing for a selection of members of the Baxter Society, an on-stage accident claimed both of their lives. The police labeled it an accident while others say Henry didn't wait for his queue or that Savannah was out of position. The prevailing theory, however, is that their skills with the mystic arts drew the attention of the OSIC, ending in them being "taken care of". Now a bickering pair of ghosts stuck in a mannequins body with each other, Henry and Savannah must try to work together if they want to have any chance of undoing their eternal union."
With this, they at least have a reason to be there - maybe they want to beat questions out of Haze AND complete the ritual to be separated.
- THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR is the entity they now possess. Essentially, "Sinclair" is the mannequin that Henry used to store his outfit when not on stage. You already have the blank face and white skin, it's not much of a stretch to give them doll-like joints and sort of ambiguous features at spawn.
- At spawn, voice lines from Henry and Savannah can be heard, including talking amongst themselves.
- After use of "The Assistant" is when things begin to change. The Assistant (Savannah at this point) could either have the same outfit but take on a more feminine appearance OR, my personal preference, the assistant puts on a magician's assistant outfit. Something like this (right), while the primary model becomes a bit more masculine:
- If you don't teleport to the Assistant, when the skill times out, they rejoin as "Sinclair", this only happens if you never teleport.
- If you teleport, you become Savannah. All female voice lines, and you either have a feminine version of "Sinclair" with a sort of ghostly feminine face, or a proxy of the aforementioned assistant costume.
- Next use of "The Assistant", if you teleport, you become Henry. He could look like the base model but a bit more masculine, that's where the moustache could come into play, as well.
- Once you've teleported once, not using teleport again would leave you as that character.
Weapon Changes:
- Clearly the gun is a placeholder. It's just Seven's gun. I think it would be GREAT if the base model threw cards from a deck while Henry and Savannah used wands. The projectile doesn't have to change between weapons, I feel like it would just flesh them out a bit more.
As a side note, that gun feels poopy to use. If we went away from the card gun and went with the wand, maybe it could fire some sort of magic bolt that takes design cues from the card ability?
Lore Changes:
- The current lore doesn't really tie them into the whole story of Deadlock in any way. They are wholly unique. I don't know if this is intended or not and I know not every character NEEDS to be a part of it, but there could be ways to make them at least feel like part of the world.
"Henry's parents told him he was too young and impulsive to mess with real magic, and so they gave him a deck of cards to play with. He took to sleight of hand naturally and soon was dazzling his classmates with fantastic feats of illusions that were done without mystic artifacts or incantation.
When he was in university he met Savannah, and their mutual love of stage magic sparked a whirlwind romance and they soon created an act together. Obviously they were meant to be; and so, Henry proposed to Savannah and they married shortly after.
Henry and Savannah were so much in love, in fact, that they wanted to take it to the next level, both in terms of commitment and the mystic arts. Knowing they were soulmates, they cemented their love for one another by having a blood mystic bind their souls for eternity.
While performing for a selection of members of the Baxter Society, an on-stage accident claimed both of their lives. The police labeled it an accident while others say Henry didn't wait for his queue or that Savannah was out of position. The prevailing theory, however, is that their skills with the mystic arts drew the attention of the OSIC, ending in them being "taken care of". Now a bickering pair of ghosts stuck in a mannequins body with each other, Henry and Savannah must try to work together if they want to have any chance of undoing their eternal union."
With this, they at least have a reason to be there - maybe they want to beat questions out of Haze AND complete the ritual to be separated.
