Wereraptor (No transformation / Broodmother)

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BACKGROUND

Dragons, demons, cryptids, and all manner of the unnatural existed. Doctor King Grebleips dedicated his life's work on something that no longer roams this world and far more ancient, the dinosaurs. No hidden populations, not even whispers of sightings. Only fossils.

During a cloudy night, an unexpected delivery arrived at the lab while working at the Natural History Museum. Dragged from the freight, a large damp wooden crate sat in the center of the lab. After carefully reviewing it, he pried the lid open with a crowbar, a foul odor spilled over, but the sight inside would have him completely forget the smell. Resting in a bed of wet straw, seemed to be a perfectly preserved species of a Dromaeosauridae. But it's hide was smooth, no scales, pale, only two claws in each hand, and fogged red iris, stared to the skylight like a dead fish. The doctor reached out his fingertips and traced it along the snout. As his hand brushed against one of the teeth, a thin cut appears across his thumb and drops of blood falls onto the corpse. The clouds in the night clear and the full moon washes over the doctor and the creature.

Pain struck, spreading like fire. Throbbing thundered in his head. His body tensed and twisted as if something inside was tearing away free. His breath turned to growls. Skin broke into scaled patches, nails curved and teeth sharpen. Bones shifted underneath his skin, as if relearning how to walk. What stood up was no longer human. It's head turned, an amber eye fixed and unblinking towards the crate as if curious. The smell was alluring. Across the walls, the shadow of the monster bent and devoured the corpse whole.

As it prowls the New York City jungle, it hungers to put itself on top of the food chain once more.

WEAPON and STATS



Fire / Zoom




ABILITIES


Raptor Strike



Spring forward in an arc from your position dealing melee damage where you land. The outer area-targeting reticle becomes smaller correspondingly to the channeling time, visible ally-only. The longer the channel time, the lesser the radius but greater damage.

1A Reduce cool down 2A Increase damage and length of leap 3A Can be recast within a brief window upon landing

Damage: minimum 44, maximum 70
Channel: 1.5
Cool down: 25
Cancel by releasing the channel early.
Does not interrupt.
Can catch heroes in the air
Can be cast in the air

Enemies caught between the leap will be dragged towards it's destination (like Ground Strike)

Devour


Consume a creep or trooper, gain the souls after a duration becoming full. Once full, activating the ability fires a projectile dealing spirit damage on impact, freeing up your stomach.

1A Increase damage by 20 2A +12 ammo to magazine after digesting 3A Ability becomes charged, grants +1 Charge and reduces digestion by 2

Damage: 100
Digestion duration: 7 seconds


Presence of the Apex


Your presence reduces the enemies fire rate within very large radius by 15%

1A Gain bullet resistance and weapon damage vs NPC by 10% 2A Attacking enemies from behind with your weapon or melee increases your movement speed and causing a slow to the enemy 3A If an enemy hero dies within radius, permanently further reduce the fire rate by 1%, stacking each death. Maximum 30% (45% in total)

Passive

Spawn Raptor-lings
Jumping and leaping around like a Snark

Leave an infectious bite onto a single target, dealing spirit damage and that lasts 40 seconds. Upon death of the infected, a small raptor emerges to aid Dr.Grebleips in the battlefield.

A1 Decrease cool down 2A Increase life time duration A3 Increase amount of Raptor-lings spawn by 1 and gain increased movement speed, attack speed and health

Cool down: 18 seconds (?)
Duration: 40 seconds
Self-cast to return Raptor-lings to you.

Health: 225
Damage: 6
Lifetime: 35 seconds
Movement Speed: 10
Sprint: 8
Spirit Resistance: 40%
Deals 80% less damage to structures
8 souls on death

Raptor-lings will huddle loosely around the Doctor's legs, following him wherever he goes, ignoring all enemies. They will attack with hops and jumps to bite your current attacking-target, switching when you do. They return if the enemy is out of your attack range.

Raptor Strike becomes an attack command to all current Raptor-lings. Closest Raptor-lings near you will also lunge towards that enemy.

FINAL THOUGHTS and FINISHES

I originally wanted a transformation hero but decided use this kit, maybe it will be for Druid? It took awhile to think about this one, I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could make another hero back to back. Creating hero ideas are really a fun way to exercise the mind. I still have a number of ideas I want to share. Nothing is easy! Thank you for reading, I hope it inspired and scratched your imagination.






INSPIRATIONS AND CONCEPTS:


Raptor Pack
Pounce
Shapeshift
Hunt
Stalk
Prey
Howl