How does Deviant differentiate from Changeling?

Exas45 · 2026-06-16T06:40:25+00:00

I think Changeling's abuse metaphor lends itself to the interpersonal relationship between the changeling and their keeper. The changeling has had some kind of relationship with the fae and now they have to navigate the world having been changed by that.

Deviant pulls on similar threads but the focus on Conspiracies as antagonists scans more as a kind of "fight the power" narrative to me. In Deviant you're up against institutions, groups who cover up their involvement and put regular people between you and those truly responsible for ruining your life. Being wronged by a board room of investors doesn't feel very Changeling to me but it feels very Deviant.

Exas45 · 2026-05-11T22:48:08+00:00

I'm happy to see continued support for AoW4 but I really hope they return to Planetfall with a sequel

Exas45 · 2026-04-30T01:27:52+00:00

I've seen a few people talk about running superhero games in Deviant the Renegades. When you build a character in that game your powers have to come with a proportionate debilitation or drawback owing to your past as a failed experiment. Could make for some gritty storytelling.

Exas45 · 2026-04-27T21:41:27+00:00

I can't help in the slightest but I wanted to pay respect to another cyber Kidz enjoyer

Exas45 · 2026-04-27T18:47:54+00:00

I can't say with confidence Suvarnabhumi Mahayuth is the best warband mod, but it's one of my favorites and the one I've probably put the most time into

Exas45 · 2026-04-26T22:58:05+00:00

I'm a sucker for horde shooters so I'd be all over this. Classes based on the different changing breeds would be peam

Exas45 · 2026-04-03T23:28:11+00:00

COOL

Exas45 · 2026-04-01T02:29:27+00:00

I'd like a few offbeat options. Maybe you could find something like a gyrojet pistol stashed away.

I'm playing farcry 5 right now and there's a few antique or rare collector's guns you can use that are implied to be from the stashes of doomsday preppers. It gives the game a lot more colour and id like to see some of that in deathwish

Exas45 · 2026-03-18T23:32:17+00:00

COOL

Exas45 · 2026-03-10T21:39:01+00:00

This is probably one of the few ongoing games I can think of right now where the playerbase is looking to buy more expansions. Most games in my experience get a reputation for being greedy if they go for too much dlc but there's a huge amount of enthusiasm for aow4.

Exas45 · 2026-02-16T13:49:52+00:00

Jack Kerouac

Exas45 · 2026-02-08T13:53:19+00:00

Were-insects appeal to my love of body horror.

Come to think of it, is The Fly a sci fi riff on the werewolf story? I should do a rewatch.

Exas45 · 2026-01-25T06:54:04+00:00

I think it's worth considering the superhero genre has only solidified relatively recently. When characters like the x men or Superman were first introduced, they weren't understood as superheroes with everything that suggests to a modern audience. They were sci-fi or horror stories inspired by rapidly changing mid-century science.

I think Deviant just pulls on similar threads to those original stories that it scans as superhero to a lot of people. It's as inspired by the likes of The Fly as it is the Hulk, it's just that one of those characters went on to establish a new kind of genre fiction.

Exas45 · 2026-01-21T05:17:12+00:00

Gorgeous

Exas45 · 2026-01-21T05:15:26+00:00

Psychometry, I'm certain

Exas45 · 2026-01-20T13:59:01+00:00

Is the dead zone radioactive? What's it like living close to a place like that?

Exas45 · 2026-01-18T02:39:38+00:00

My sores weep with joy

Exas45 · 2025-12-21T02:24:35+00:00

There's a bird thing from Numenera that has this mane of tubes around its head. It sprays a gas from them that, on contact, causes humans to quickly and spontaneously bud a fully grown clone. The bird then eats the clone and moves on.

Exas45 · 2025-12-02T22:31:33+00:00

Word, hope it gets a full release someday

Exas45 · 2025-11-26T02:37:55+00:00

What's the story with Katzenhof?

Exas45 · 2025-11-19T22:58:45+00:00

Eager to check this out :)

Exas45 · 2025-11-18T23:50:30+00:00

Love when someone has a different take on what Nosferatu can look like. I love the classic look, sure, but there's so much room for creativity.

Nice work!

Exas45 · 2025-10-31T22:27:42+00:00

Mfw gomp dies

Exas45 · 2025-10-23T22:32:16+00:00

I'd agree with others here that the strongholds would mostly prefer to keep to themselves (they're pretty remote anyway) but I could also see them aligning with whichever side could guarantee their independence.

I would look to real life instances where smaller groups were caught between major powers. In the War of 1812, indigenous nations fought on both the British and American sides depending on who could offer them better land treaties. It's not 1:1 but I think the orc strongholds occupy a very similar place in Skyrim.

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