After thinking on how a classic golem could appeal to people with a petrification fetish, it occurred to me that Medusas/gorgons are also a thing that isn't technically in this game. They're basically just a variant of lamia, but a petrification fetish is its own thing that a lot of people have that lamias don't satisfy. Of course, coming up with some excuse for a golem to "corrupt" Mila would probably satisfy that same fetish without feeling like a repeat of an existing monster. Though maybe not... I'm no petrification fetishist myself, but perhaps some of them would find it unsatisfying if she was only technically made of rock but still able to move. On that note, those same people might be interested in having something done the other way around, paralyzing a still-flesh Mila and having her be a sort of "living statue". I wonder what sort of monster would be the best fit for doing that?
...I also just had the crazy idea of a gorgon mage who uses golem runes to animate the statues of people she petrifies, turning them into her slaves. That would probably only fit in this game as a unique contract rather than a standard monster, and my next submission will just be re-submitting the robo-golem one, but maybe some game out there can use that concept some day...
Edit: Oh, and a witch! I actually haven't played the game past Chapter 2 yet so I don't know if any witches have appeared yet (I've only been poking through the picture files and following your update posts, so a witch could easily sneak under my notice - and I don't even know what that girl with the skeleton arm is), but of course witches, necromancers, and other practitioners of forbidden arts are a fitting "monster" for a gothic fantasy setting. Of course, there's the question of just how much "magic" you want to exist in this setting, but a few exceptional cases wouldn't automatically turn this into high fantasy. (And, again, I don't know if you've already done something like that with skeleton lady. I should probably play through the latest chapters at some point, but I kind of dislike starting and stopping a game between each update.) At any rate, Mila could encounter a coven of witches who induct her into their ranks, or they could end up worshipping vampire Mila as their "dark patron" after being defeated by her.
...I also just had the crazy idea of a gorgon mage who uses golem runes to animate the statues of people she petrifies, turning them into her slaves. That would probably only fit in this game as a unique contract rather than a standard monster, and my next submission will just be re-submitting the robo-golem one, but maybe some game out there can use that concept some day...
Edit: Oh, and a witch! I actually haven't played the game past Chapter 2 yet so I don't know if any witches have appeared yet (I've only been poking through the picture files and following your update posts, so a witch could easily sneak under my notice - and I don't even know what that girl with the skeleton arm is), but of course witches, necromancers, and other practitioners of forbidden arts are a fitting "monster" for a gothic fantasy setting. Of course, there's the question of just how much "magic" you want to exist in this setting, but a few exceptional cases wouldn't automatically turn this into high fantasy. (And, again, I don't know if you've already done something like that with skeleton lady. I should probably play through the latest chapters at some point, but I kind of dislike starting and stopping a game between each update.) At any rate, Mila could encounter a coven of witches who induct her into their ranks, or they could end up worshipping vampire Mila as their "dark patron" after being defeated by her.
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