Specter antagonist

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+# Specter Antagonist
+
+| Designers     | Implemented | GitHub Links |
+|---------------|---|---|
+| EmoGarbage404 | :x: No | TBD |
+
+## Overview
+
+This proposal outlines a new antagonist called the Specter, which functions as a replacement for the revenant. 
+The Specter's gameplay largely revolves around haunting and causing scary occurrences in an area in order to build up "fear" in players.
+Fear functions as a resource for the Specter's various abilities, which they can unlock over time as a form of progression.
+
+## Background
+
+This antagonist is essentially a hard rework of the revenant.
+It doesn't really share many traits at all with the current version of revenant but the theming is a hard overlap and that antag is on life-support already.
+
+A large chunk of the haunting-related mechanics are inspired by / stolen from Goon's Wraith antag.
+
+## Fear
+
+Fear is a status condition that mobs can experience, akin to hunger.
+It can be inflicted directly through attacks or indirectly through simply being close to an entity.
+Fear starts decaying naturally over time a little bit after they have stopped accumulating it.
+However, this decay increases with the level of the fear, so high fear levels decay quicker before slowing down.
+
+There are several levels of severity, each having their own effects:
+
+- **Normal:** The default state: No alert and no effect.
+- **Uneasy:** No effect. Serves as a warning to the player.
+- **Scared:** -25% melee damage to fear-inducing sources. 
+- **Terrified:** -50% melee damage to fear-inducing sources, 5% movement speed increase, and 10% increased damage from fear-inducing sources.
+- **Hysterical:** Inability to use weapons, 10% movement speed increase, and 25% increased damage from fear-inducing sources, susceptible to Specter's "Reap".
+
+Fear can be actively countered by consuming some chemicals.
+Common ones, like alcohol or nicotine, work only when Uneasy or Scared.
+However, more advanced calming chemical work even when a player is Hysterical.
+Sleeping can also be used to quickly drain built up fear.
+
+Certain jobs, like the Psychologist and Chaplain, start with a small amount of general fear-resistance.
+
+However, fear can also be made more potent by ingesting certain chemicals or having low health and stamina.
+
+## The Specter
+
+The Specter is a solo antagonist with the physical properties of a ghost.
+It is typically invisible to living players, can fly through walls around the station, and is generally impervious to any kind of attack.
+They can see both players and ghosts but are unable to use any form of conventional chat to communicate with them.
+However, they are able to read both normal and deadchat.
+
+They are able to see the fear level of player's through status icons.
+The terrified and hysterical fear levels are marked with a slow and fast flashing respectively, in order to signal when objectives can be completed or souls can be claimed.
+
+There are two primary resources that the Specter must manage: _power_ and _souls_.
+
+_Power_ is the Specter's resource pool for a few different things.
+Power is used both for activating abilities and as the Specter's health.
+
+_Terror_ is used by the Specter to unlock abilities that are already revealed.
+It is accumulated alongside Power when the Specter is nearby players with high amounts of fear.
+Using abilities causes the specter to be briefly visible but still unable to take damage.
+However, this allows people to throw salt or use the bible on them.
+
+_Souls_ are the Specter's form of progression.
+A soul is gained every time a _haunt_ is successfully completed.
+At 3, 6, and 9 souls, the Specter gains more powerful abilities that can be unlocked.
+
+The Specter is primarily counted through the use of holy items: salt and the Bible.
+Stepping on salt forces the Specter into the "haunt" mode, making them vulnerable.
+Using the bible on the Specter after it uses an ability causes the same effect.
+
+### Haunting
+
+Haunting is the Specter's main attack as well as the time when it's most vulnerable. 
+A haunt can be started at any time as long as the Specter isn't standing in a wall and there are no players in line of sight.
+
+When a haunt begins, the Specter becomes visible to everyone, loses access to their abilities, and can be hurt and killed.
+While active, however, the Specter causes fear to build up for anyone nearby.
+
+While in the haunt form, the Specter gains power and terror based on the fear of nearby players.
+This pushes the Specter to regularly haunt while stalking a player in order to replenish their Power.
+
+At any point, if the Specter gets close to someone whose fear is at the Hysterical level, the Specter can click on them to claim their soul.
+This instantly kills the victim, rewards the Specter with a soul, and increases their max power by 50.
+
+The haunt lasts for 60 seconds or until a soul is claimed.
+Afterwards, there is a minute-long cooldown before another haunt can start.
+
+## Objectives
+- Claim 7-12 souls
+- Raise 15-20 players' fear to Hysterical
+- Raise 3-5 player's fear to Terrified or higher simultaneously
+- Keep someone's fear at Terrified or higher for 3 minutes
+- Generate 3000 power through fear (excludes baseline power generation rate)
+
+## Abilities
+
+#### Tier 0 Abilities 
+Available roundstart at 0 souls.
+
+- **Whisper:**: Sends a message to a target player, slightly increasing their fear.
+- **Ectoplasm:** Secretes ectoplasm around the Specter in a small radius.
+Slipping on the ectoplasm increases fear and stuns like soap.
+- **Shudder:** Causes doors, windoors, and shutters to rapidly open and close, increasing fear for players nearby.
+- **Flicker:** Causes lights to flicker, increasing fear very slightly in a large area.
+Regular ghosts have this ability innately, allowing them to potentially aid the Specter.
+- **Graveyard Mist:** Creates clouds of smoke that obscure vision and cause rapid fear buildup.
+This is the same smoke as used for the shadow anomaly.
+- **Disruption:** Used on a target player; causes nearby items to be flung at them, causing fear and low damage on hit.
+
+#### Tier 1 Abilities
+- **Paranoia:** Causes target player to be unable to decrease fear for 1 minute.
+Additionally causes creepy popups.
+- **Animus:** Imbues a target weapon with life for 30 seconds, causing it to try and attack nearby players.
+- **Ghost Lock:** Causes all doors in radius to bolt for 10 seconds and play spooky slamming sounds.
+Afterwards, they will unbolt.
+- **The Station Bleeds:** Nearby vents, drains, and closed doors begin to seep blood, increasing fear in nearby players.
+- **Quiet:** In target radius, temporarily turns off all lights, extinguishes all flames, and mutes players.
+Players caught in the effect will gain fear over time.
+- **Possession:** The specter possesses target item for 15 seconds.
+While possessing, they can attack and cause fear to anyone they hit.
+
+#### Tier 2 Abilities
+- **Ruin:** Used on target player. 
+Causes rapid aging and drains stamina over 15 seconds.
+- **Necromancy:** Can only be used on target dead bodies.
+Causes an NPC Wandering Spirit to spawn.
+Wandering Spirits are non-aggressive but unkillable.
+They will cause fear in those nearby while present until dispelled by a Chaplain or salt.
+- **Void:** Can only be used when 5 tiles away from players.
+Creates a black void that causes an extreme spike in fear when stepped through.
+Lasts for 2.5 minutes.
+- **Shriek:** Damages windows nearby and causes lights to shatter.
+Causes fear for those in range.
+- **Greater Animus:** Same effect as _Animus_, except it affects up to 5 items in range.
+
+#### Tier 3 Abilities
+- **Panophobia:** On target player, all fear gain is doubled for 1 minute.
+- **Raise Ghoul:** Can only be used 5 tiles away from players.
+Creates a ghoul mob ghost role that attacks players.
+Causes passive fear buildup nearby as well as greater fear buildup on hit.
+- **Take Form:** Claim target player's body for 1 minute.
+When in this form, dealing damage to others causes fear to build up.
+Can be identified in this state due to glowing eyes.
+Dying while in Take Form kills the Specter.
+- **Create Poltergeist:** Creates a poltergeist ghost role.
+This has similar properties to the Specter except it only has the haunt ability.
+Terror generated while it haunts will be transferred to the Specter.
+Poltergeists do not regenerate health from causing fear.
+- **Illusory Form:** Opens a menu for selecting a target player.
+When beginning to haunt, you will take the appearance of that player with glowing eyes instead of appearing a the Specter.