Strep, the Viral MurdererType:Tempest
Genesis:Bio
Bio: Verdanth has had its share of criminals. Crime is a sad side-effect of civilization. Most of the time, there is a reason, which the perpetrator attempts to use to justify his or her actions. Some steal, because they are poor. Some kill, because they were hurt. But then there are those who have only one reason, one simple, pure, and horrifically sick and twisted reason.
Strep was filled with glee to see the people of his community die. Had he a recognizable face, he would have been grinning like an idiot. The horrible sounds that he made were giggles of joy, as one by one, the people of his home succumbed to poisoning. Some clung to loved ones. Some sought hope from a higher power. Some tried desperately to find any sort of cure possible, before they died. And others, his favorites to watch, took their own lives before the toxins could finish their horrid task.
He was caught in the end, caught due to the trail of death he left in his wake. For his crimes, he was sentenced to death. When asked why he would do such inhumane things, he said with a childish laugh;
“They made funny faces when they died.”
But for some reason, some terrible cosmic joke, the day of his execution was the day after the Deep Space Mutation Mines struck Verdanth. His execution interrupted, he floated in his cell, humming to himself, when the world around him erupted with activity. Tossed aside like a rag doll, Strep watched as verdanthi struggled in vain against the Darkspore. There was blood, the firing of weapons, and the sickly green clouds of toxins that wafted from several different types of Darkspore. And suddenly he was gone. Everything was black, and damp, and cramped. A figure stood before him, tall and cloaked, face hidden behind a emotionless mask. When the Crogenitor Astra spoke, his voice with filled with thinly veiled disgust. He told Strep that he wouldn’t die today. He was needed, and he would be forced to help the ones who he had set his eyes on to kill.
Everything went white, and then green. Strep awoke to find himself in the middle of his cell again, though the walls were gone, as was the ceiling, and most of the building. In the days to come, he discovered his powers. The poisons he had loved so much were his to control. He was able to leech the life from those inflicted with his toxins. And to his delight, the bodies of his enemies could be used to incubate a variety of mega-bacterium, creatures whose sole purpose was to spread Strep’s sicknesses.
And the remaining verdanthi watched uncertainly, as this twisted creature killed for them. They had no doubt in their minds that he would turn on them once the Darkspore were gone. He became known as Strep, the Viral Murderer. It was a tribute to the zeal with which he killed the Darkspore... and a warning of what he was to his allies.
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Appearance:http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/228/a/7/strep__the_viral_murderer_by_evex_wolfwing-d3k2n8k.jpgWeapon: The organic sack with which he floats. It provides Movement Speed.
Default: Parasitic Growth (From the artwork.)
Loot: Bulbous Gland (More angular shape)
Cashout: Pathogenic Bladder (Shaped like a Man-o-war's own floating bladder.)
Apoc: Viral Blimp (Shaped like a pentagonal prisim)
Cash Apoc: Malignant Bacteriophage (Same as the Viral Blimp, except it glows green.)
ABILITIES-----------------------------
[Basic attack] -
Virus Cloud - 11-13 Damage - No Energy - .9 Second Cooldown
- Strep fires a pod, which flies in an arc, and deals physical damage on contact. The pod will explode in a very small AOE (.5 meters). From this pod a cloud will emerge, and float in a random direction. Any enemies that touch this cloud have a 50% chance of being inflicted with a poison that causes 1-1 Energy DPS.
[1st ability] -
Self-Replication - 30 Energy - 3 Second Cooldown
- Launches a pod at a target. If it hits, the enemy will be slowed, and it’s attacks will be reduced by 20%. After 10 seconds, the target will receive a critical hit for 50-60 physical damage, and a pet will be spawned. This pet will float around, leaving a trail of poisonous gas which will poison enemies that walk through it for 2-2 energy DPS. This pet will die after 10 seconds, leaving a husk that will continue poisoning for 3 seconds, before vanishing.
[variant ability]
Alpha- Virulent Vines, Beta- Healing Sprite, Gamma- Enrage, Delta- Roar of Derision[squad ability] -
Viral Strangulation - 50 Energy - 55 Second Cooldown
- Strep channels, and causes vines to erupt from the ground at the targeted point, covering a 3 meter wide area in a dome of tendrils. Enemies trapped inside will receive 3-6 energy damage per second as poison, and will be unable to attack, though they themselves will then be un-targetable. The dome will block enemies, and any enemy that touches the dome will be inflicted with 2-4 physical damage. After 5 seconds the vines will wither and crumble to dust. For every enemy that was trapped within the dome, a pet is spawned. This pet will actively follow Strep, and melee enemies for 1-1 physical damage. When this pet inflicts damage, it deals a poison that will cause 1-1 Energy DPS, which will stack up to 5 times.
Modifier- Increases the amount of time Strep Channels. Strep regains 10% of the damage done to Enemies done within the dome a health. (Roots grow out of the dome, and reach for and burrow into Strep. The Roots will expand and contract)
Modifier- Pets Spawned from the dome are larger, have higher health, and deal higher damage. Their poisons remain unchanged. (The dome will pulsate, with small green bubbles forming and popping.)
[passive ability] -
Parasitism Strep will receive 2% of the damage done per tick of Poison on enemies around him as health.
Overdrive - Strep now recovers 5% of the damage as health.
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Yeah, I have about twenty fan characters for Darkspore in the mills, but Strep is one of my faves. He's probably a bit OP at the moment, so any sort of constructive criticism would be
Greatly appreciated.
-Strep is a purely offensive support character. The more enemies, the more pets you can make. Sage and Tork are used for healing others. Strep helps quicken the killing, so you won't need to heal.
- Vocalization: I can't find a clip, but he sounds like the Mantago from Matango, Attack of the Mushroom People (1963), though a bit more distorted. Basically creepy giggling sounds.
- Upon death his floatation bladder will explode in a shower of blood (of course) and he will crumble to the ground.
- Stick him, Viper, and Soul Link Wraith in the same squad. Yeah, scary.
-The Viral Strangulation can be used to block a path. This could be useful in Co-op, if you need a moment to recuperate.
- In the old drawing (can be found below), the small floating bacteriophage looking things are the Pets spawned by Self-Replication. The larger one is spawned by Viral Strangulation.
EDIT: Okay, so he's really OP.
- Reduced Parasitism from 25% to 2% Health regained. 5% in Overdrive, rather than 50%.
-Self-Replication lowers Attack by 20% instead of 50%.
-Viral-Strangulation deals 3-6 instead of 9-11, and its duration in cut in half. A pet is spawned for every enemy trapped inside, rather than every enemy killed. Also shaved 5 seconds off the cooldown.
EDIT2: Typo fixing.
EDIT3: Added Ability Modifiers.
EDIT4: New artwork. The original can be found in my Scraps folder on dA.
EDIT5: Which is right here.
http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/228/f/6/strep_old_by_evex_wolfwing-d46rbsk.jpgEDIT6: Weapon Variants
~Evex
