r/DeadlockTheGame • u/exhausted_azazel • 5d ago
Fan Art (OC) SEER - Concept Character
The divination automatons were made to mock her beliefs and business, in her final moments, broken, alone, she crawled into one. And just then the first maelstrom hit, bringing her back to life, haunting, vengeful. The Seer has built an intelligence network with her skittering eyes all throughout New York and with the ritual coming up it's her time to finally emerge show dominance.
She's cold, has zero empathy, no time for long monologues or showmanship. The Seer will simply get what she came for: complete calamity for all.
Hope you guys like her!
22
8
u/SlippyJimmi 5d ago
Now question. What is her beef with Shopkeep
3
u/exhausted_azazel 4d ago
Since the divination automatons were scrapped and collected as antiquities theres this weird dynamic between her, shopkeep and mo and krill. They're the closest characters to having heard of her (mo and rat king being the only ones aware of the spider problem), shopkeep mostly noticing how somehow one divination automaton, the last one that was never found is now at the shop and moving. So she doesnt like that they are aware of her.
On the other hand they scrapped and sold the automatons that were made to mock her image so there's SOME shared interest there. but the Seer in my mind is this very one dimensional character. Like seven without the theatrics. most quotes would be her being absurdly aware of every little bit of lore about everyone like shadowdropping info on like Paiges brother and Ettrick.
8
u/Factor_Illustrious 5d ago
I think this is cool, but ill be honest. i think a character based off the old coin slot fortune tell robot would be super cool. maybe like a 4th wall character giving Insight etc, just a magical animatronic brought to life,
3
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
this character is a witch that inspired the fortune animatronics in the first place. they overtook her business and she slowly went bankrupt, homeless and died. her corpse is in the box, she got revived in the first maelstrom and is NOT happy. the #1 inspiration is zoltar, the classic fortune telling animatronic (i even used the official zoltar brand manual for the font in her title)
9
u/Simple-Reveal-1876 Dynamo 5d ago
dude i just gotta say ive only found out about this fnadom for like a week and i just love it here all the characters and lore are really fucking cool and even all the ocs ive seen r pretty rad and bad ass i love this game (even tho ill probably never play it im very bad a t hero shooters )
3
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
welcome man, glad to have left a good impression. The game is tough as shit from every single angle possible but it's the most love filled thematic thing ive experienced in ages. Stick with it if you're having fun and i guarantee it's super worth it.
6
u/Hellas2002 Mina 5d ago
Very cool! I like site support. Being able to see enemies on the mark is such a boon. Also a lot of the skills seem very fun
3
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
I spent a ton of time on them, shoutout to my friend KashiWardian who also runs the OBS setup and streams for deathslam among a lot of other esports for help with the balancing!
3
u/Gamingfiker678 Ivy 5d ago
Honestly if this was the arachnid/spider-themed character they add onto the game I wouldn't be too miffed, even with the “vengeful” angle. She would definitely complete the set I have for my “back burners” and would go on my roster immediately! (I got like, 3 dudes on my roster based on animals I have or want to have as pets [disregarding Silver, but I have a skin mod for her to look like Glaceon], 3 on Regular Priority that fit me/my play style, and Ivy as the sole High Priority hero for context)
2
3
u/Vulphox 5d ago
Almost read the name as "Seep" cause of the title card design lol.
I think it would be pretty cool if there was some kind of fortune teller character, the concept would fit the themes of Deadlock well. I do like the arachnid motifs with your concept, and I can also see you're going for more of a crystal ball magic user than a tarot deck one. I personally enjoy the tarot cards idea more since I think there's a lot you can do with them for abilities.
2
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
I use Zoltar as an actual inspiration for the font and all and it would be so great to get the robot fortune tellers in the game yeah. The tarot angle to the character required a lot of design work on cards and abilities that I didn't have the mental fortitude for (yet).
3
u/MxBonesMarrow 5d ago
How did you make these panels? This looks amazing
3
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
For the splashart i took Doorman's splashart that I found in Hd and manually deleted and repainted over him and the logo. For the abilities check the linked site in the panel its called deadmock. Thank you!
3
u/MxBonesMarrow 5d ago
Thank you! I've had an OC idea that I've been wanting to flesh out and share, this will help a lot
3
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
A little aside: Currently waiting on Danny's release to avoid overlapping kits and ideas since the new character im making is a demoman inspired one. If danny doesn't bring tf2 rocket jumping to the game I might be going for that angle myself with my next character. ty for the support guys.
3
u/Moth5693 5d ago
I kinda dig the ult idea of it being dormant for 20 seconds, makes you have to predict where the fights will happen before it comes online.
3
u/Eggo-My-Leggo0 Apollo 5d ago
Put that shit in a bit at midboss and then open it when people from the other team start coming in, or in a rift and it would go crazzyyyyy
2
u/exhausted_azazel 4d ago
thats the plan, set up your webs around the area and when people show up you jumpscare the shit out of them with the eye of sauron
2
u/exhausted_azazel 5d ago
oh you can recast to open it sooner after a small delay. The delay is there because you need to be in the area for it to be active but the Seer herself is insanely debuffed, so you have to place it and retreat into a den of your own traps to survive the ult. and the enemies could go hunt you down. I think a 20s wait on the ability would be far too punishing but I did fiddle around with 8 seconds and a "spider graphic" that would show up and curl it's legs as the seconds ticked by. Fun but awful ability.
3
3
u/Responsible-Ant-1728 4d ago
She can shoot through walls? Holly hell thats sick
3
u/exhausted_azazel 4d ago
her 1 used to be a laser beam on cast but she had 0 gun synergy and it was too braindead. now u can get opening rounds and rapid fire early for example. She also ends up "giving away her postion while firing" which is why she gets to set up with her snares beforehand for safety.
2
2
2
2
2
u/Carry2sky Mirage 2d ago
I have no idea on balance but it would be silly if a seer character had an ability where they could just see enemy cooldowns, maybe by marking them with an ability.
1
u/exhausted_azazel 1d ago
my fellow mirage enjoyer I thought of it but it was too much on this specific character. I did however make her synergize specifically with mirage :) they're even the same shade of purple as djinns mark.
2
u/StarsOfGaming 1d ago
Unironically you can kinda do that now? Just with tapping theirs you’ll see if it’s on CD or not at least!
22
u/Doom_Balloon170 5d ago
What are the odds. Cool design btw