Immortal Freedom: The Roleplaying Game Re-Draw/Re-roll – Reaper
Here is the second in my Overwatch re-draw/re-roll series—everyone's favourite edge lord–Reaper! I initially had a difficult time with his re-roll, seeing as I wanted to give him the Specialist class, but couldn't find a specialisation that really fit his powers in-game. I decided to just bite the bullet and give him the Recondite class so he could have the Umbrakinesis specialisation—a specialisation I created in part with Reaper in mind.
I think my hesitation to give Reaper the Recondite class was due to recondites being equivalent to mages or wizards in the world of Immortal Freedom, and Reaper isn't really a squishy character. However, even I have to constantly remind myself that no single class is squishier than the other. Every class has the potential—through the character's quirk or specialisation, or the player's actions—to have more survivability. With that in mind, I think Reaper would be just as dangerous and intimidating as a recondite as he would be in Overwatch.
In terms of his design, Reaper already ticks off a bunch of cyberpunk/scifi boxes, so there's very little I wanted to change. That being said, I did try to add some recondite-like elements, as well as change the colouring to be more representative of his Sycophant status.
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