Aspen Moor (Spooky Month) killer concept
For those who don’t know, Aspen Moor is a tree demon who harvests souls to keep itself alive, and is the main antagonist of the latest Spooky Month episode.
New killer: The Aspen
Height: Tall
Speed: 4.6 m/s
Terror Radius: 24 meters
Power: Lord of the Forest
The Aspen is a large stealth killer, attempting to keep itself from view until the time to strike.
Special map items: Mushrooms
Mushrooms will spawn around the map, emitting a faint pink glow. If a survivor walks within 5 meters of a mushroom, it will explode into a cloud of spores, infecting the survivor. After this, the mushroom will go on a 30-second cooldown.
Special Infection: Spores
A survivor infected with Spores will start to see the world around them differently. Their normal vision is reduced to 18 meters, with everything beyond the radius being transformed into a colorful wonderland. When out of the radius, The Aspen looks like a kindly witch, with no terror radius, helping her blend into the environment. Once The Aspen breaches the 18 meter radius, she has a terror radius again and reveals her true tree-like form. The Spores infection lasts for 2 minutes, or until the survivor is downed.
Special Ability: Roots
The Aspen can spawn a wall of roots in front of it by holding the power button then pressing the attack button (think ST Vecna’s main power). This wall cannot damage survivors, although it blocks their path, and spawning it within 2 meters of them will apply a 10% hindered effect onto them. This power has a 6 second cooldown, and the wall disappears after 3.
Special Map teleports: Forests
5 small forests will spawn around the map, and both survivors and The Aspen to traverse them. These act similar to Springtrap’s doors, allowing both roles to travel around the map. However, The Aspen is notified whenever a survivor uses one, seeing the used one with a different colored aura. Entering another forest while a survivor is still traveling through it will cause the survivor to gain Spores. If they already have Spores, they will gain a 10% hindered for 6 seconds after exiting the forest, and The Aspen is notified which forest they exited.
Perks:
Hex: What’da Wanna Play?
After hooking a survivor, this hex activates on a random dull totem. While active, all survivors outside of the killer’s terror radius are given a random selection of negative status effects, which rotate every 30 seconds. These status effects can include: Blindness, Oblivious, 5% Hindered, Broken, Exhausted, Exposed, and Mangled + Hemorrhage. When the hex is cleansed, all these status effects are applied to every survivor in the match for 15 seconds.
“Look at my collection, what’da wanna play?”- Aspen Moor
See if You Win
Each time a generator is completed, this perk activates for 30 seconds. While this perk is active, injuring and/or downing a survivor and basic-breaking pallets/breakable walls grants you a token. For each token, every time a survivor gets a good skill check while either repairing a generator or healing another survivor reveals their aura to you, extending the aura read for 1 second per token. While you can only gain tokens for 30 seconds after a generator is completed, the perk will still activate the aura read while the main perk itself is not active.
“Let’s make it harder to see if you win!.”- Aspen Moor
Hide and Seek
Opening a locker will activate this perk for 20 seconds. While active, any survivor that opens a locker or crouches is revealed with killer instinct for 5 seconds. After the 20 seconds are up, this perk goes on cooldown for 30 seconds.
“Found you.”- Aspen Moor
Mori:
The Aspen towers over the crawling survivor before picking them up, turning them around to face The Aspen directly. After this, The Aspen points at the survivor’s chest, then upwards to just above their head. After this, the survivor’s soul leaves their body via their mouth, and The Aspen grabs their skull necklace, absorbing the soul of the survivor. Finally, the survivor shrivels up, and The Aspen tosses them non-caringly to the ground, ending the Mori.