New character idea | Chao, the multirole ghost shark

[vivid meadow]

Missing Blessings 3: 15% chance to regenerate twice the energy of the soul. When Grim finishes his basic duration, it will begin to consume 10 soul energy every second, allowing the ability to remain active longer. Every 5 seconds the consumption increases by 100% (max +500%). When Chao finishes the energy of the soul, a soul will be dissolved to generate new energy.

Missing blessing 4: +200 souls reserve. The more souls Chao has, the stronger he gets. (+0.2hp and shields/soul. + 5% weapon damage and ability damage/10 souls. + 5% healing efficiency/25 souls. + 10% shield regeneration speed/50 souls) When Chao has 100 souls or more, the effects of this blessing will be shared with allies with 25% power for 100 souls in Chao’s possession.

[karmic lynx]

can't wait to see this character having a good sinergy with nirvana force, becoming literally a phoenix with his reviving gimmick (and no, the red panda being revivable from the meck is totally not the same thing since it cant work with other players and it doesnt depend on a resource managed from the player like with Chao here)

there are a lot of stats that you didnt managed to fill yet in the ascensions, i'll probably start suggesting some for the main ability, once we find a set of stats and % we agree on, we can pin the message in the post

though, i can see this guy working well with short weapons as well just because you get some ways to recover from letal hits (it's true that there is a colldown and a big cost in energy). probably he has the guts to respond to an enemy wave just fine

[supple hull]

Yo, you cool with me drawing this as practice?

[vivid meadow]

Sure, go ahead.

[supple hull]

sketch

[karmic lynx]

hey i just noticed it, you are the one that posted the wolf hero support. congrats for that, probably your concept inspired Nona in a way

[supple hull]

Thx for the congrats. I do wonder if that was true. (either way Nona seems more fun then wolf over there)

[karmic lynx]

it doesnt stop the fact that you should get some credits, you even draw the loading screen with a full render of the hero, that's dedication

[supple hull]

Haha, that would be nice. Tho, I do want to see the day where a community made hero/creation is accepted. Now that is something to celebrate about

[karmic lynx]

look forward to that day, i just love community additions, either mods or not

[karmic lynx]

can i say just one thing? ii think @vivid meadow is european and if that's the case, he will answer tomorrow

i should get to sleep as well, but damn, im not used to react to someone making sketches so quickly

[supple hull]

Ey, get some nice rests in then (Sleeping is great). I got to find some mystical ghost related themed clothes that would suit them better then what I have shown.

[karmic lynx]

when thinking of ghosts, i think of capes, that cover head, chest and the back, leaving the legs exposed, similarly to the black cape of "death" from puss in boots

though if we wanna be more creative, i'll have to think of some ideas tomorrow

[supple hull]

We could try our luck on Chinese mythologies. After all, some designs from Asian cultures could work well here.

Maybe, I'll ask what they think he should look like. For now, I'll leave this as a sketch before I start lining the picture.

[karmic lynx]

ah you putted it next to the wolf, neat

meanwhile i was translating some words to give an idea for what a ghost can look like...

his coat could be graceful but sinister, thin and perhaps transparent and covering a thin body.

[supple hull]

that would be great concept

[karmic lynx]

oh this is just an idea that came out at 1AM XD
i can do better and would like to do better

[supple hull]

My concern is how he will look when compared to the other heroes. Mostly his proportions.

[karmic lynx]

look at your fursona as an example of an animal having adjusted body proportion like the shorter nose, when looking at other heroes in gunfire, they do retain the head proportions of a human (and the face too with some stretches that fall in the cartonish design as well, like big eyes)

for the shark, tobi choosed a really unusual animal and converting it to hero will be a challenge for the face,,, at least speaking of the body, we have many mobs in the third biome as an example to take inspiration, the face will be hard to decide however

(ah and dw, im quite friendly to furries, sadly i saw some bad stereotypes that go around the fandom and i dont share them)

[supple hull]

Large heads, small bodies. One thing is clear, they should look a bit off putting to stare at. Those soul less eyes, the weird body shape, and a seemly cold color scheme.

[karmic lynx]

you got it all right, the thing that worries me is the pointy mouth being 20m long but maybe it's just me.

i hope tobi takes this opportunity, i bet he wants his character to be implemented as well if he wrote so much

have a good night, maybe i'll see you again in the next days

[supple hull]

you have a good night too

[vivid meadow]

You’re really good, congratulations. I love the way you drew it, which is even better than I imagined. That sort of cloak, or bands that you gave him that hang from his shoulders and go forward are really interesting, and they remind me a lot of a character from another video game, which has a similar theme, and aesthetically approaches you (Sevagoth, Warframe).

[vivid meadow]

Maybe, to avoid proportion problems when compared to other heroes, Chao could be a 5/10% smaller than the others. This could also accentuate the fact that it looks fragile. So maybe even the elongated nose could be less of a problem, because even if it was a little disproportionate compared to the other heroes, you would notice less being smaller than others, or it could make everything more problematic, and just in my head this could be a good solution.

[vivid meadow]

I have an idea to make it more unusual to look at. Some species of ghost shark have the body that seems made by "plates welded together", with the welds easily visible. It could be a reportable feature (if it doesn’t require too much work), not so much on the head but on the body. If you don’t put on some kind of shirt, and the bands that hang on the front leave them open, making the upper half of the body visible, you could try to implement these sorts of sutures, which would remind a little of the scars, but more symmetrical. They could be black or purple (I don’t know about you, but purple reminds me too much of things related to souls, and things similar to Chao’s concept).

The skin could be white, or about white, which would make these sutures more visible and puzzling to look at. The pure eyes could have an iris and a white pupil, while the sclera (white part of the eye) could be black, or a very dark purple, purple and black could also be used in combination for clothes. The bands that hang on the front could be purple, with a black embroidery around them, and the shorts maybe on the contrary, mainly black with purple details.

[supple hull]

Coloring part

[vivid meadow]

It looks great

[supple hull]

Bam, effects aren't my strong suit. But this is how he could look like

[vivid meadow]

Stunning. After I have some time left, I see if I can reduce the size of the screens, and paste them on a single page (at least two of them), so I put this integrated into the concept, so that it is easier to see and that people don’t have to search in the comments to find it. All art credits go to you, of course.

Thanks to you, when I can replace all the unknowns in ascensions with my own numbers, this concept will achieve 100% development. Thank you.

[supple hull]

Your welcome

If you need some icons, I can try to provide some. Example like this one

[vivid meadow]

Don’t worry, you’ve already done too much in adding colors and details to the design. Moreover, I don’t see why we shouldn’t leave some work to the developers themselves.

[supple hull]

Fair enough, good luck on organizing all of this then

[vivid meadow]

I mistakenly deleted the description of the 1st ability and its details, I place them in this screen.

[karmic lynx]

amazing, just amazing

[karmic lynx]

if effects aren't your strong, you could lighten up a bit with a purple light the back of the head, the crest,,, and the top of the tail with slightly more noticeable purple (it's a source of light after all, why shouldnt be so dark the shadow behind the head)

[vivid meadow]

<@&718224526340653077> Moderators of discord, humbly dare to request your presence and patience, in answering my question. In an attempt to modify the post, I did irreparable damage (I wanted to add one screen and edit two, instead I deleted two), and I wanted to ask you: I would be blocked for spam IF I make a reupload of this post with the screens fixed, and then delete this post? (in case there is such a risk, I do nothing and accept responsibility for the damage I did).

[karmic lynx]

and the lower part of the tail, the white-lightgrey could be a bit transparent just to not only resemble the transparency of parts of the ghost shark, but also to make the tail less big than it looks right now,,, sorry to say it, but if it wasnt for one outline on the lower part of the tail between grey and white, the tail would look like twice as large the chest (i outlined with the orange the body shape of the shark, with the green the contour of the transparent membranes to give an idea)

of course, feel free to do it or not, only if it doesnt take too much time of yours for sure

[left dawn]

Just repost it

[vivid meadow]

Thanks 😄

[left dawn]

Just put a link to the new one at the bottom here and we will close this

BTW great visual concept

[vivid meadow]

ok. ill need few minuts

[karmic lynx]

all credits to Cordus22