I love a comically anachronistic character design as much as the next guy, but it hardly seems fair that American characters so rarely get saddled with them, and when they do, it’s always something relatively recent – like, Victorian or Old West at the absolute oldest.
So anyway, here’s my idea for a new Overwatch character:
- His name is Fortitude Johnson
- Wears a pilgrim hat and buckled shoes; primary weapon is a bunderbuss
- Standard movement speed, high health, no shields or armour
- Active special abilities all involve quick-drawing the impractically large, leatherbound King James Bible he wears in a satchel on his hip and reading a selected passage – in a thick New England accent – to inflict various AoE debuffs
- Ultimate is giving a thunderous sermon about the End of Days, which inflicts damage over time in a large radius around him and ignores line of sight; he’s invincible while sermonising, but the rate of damage is relatively slow, so it’s avoidable simply by getting the hell away from him (unless he’s managed to corner a captive audience, of course)
- Not a time traveler
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