I'm the kind of person to make some lore or whatever you wanna call it. So yeah... Also this is one of my favorite suggestions I have made so far I will try and add to it when I can. Now every suggestion will need your criticism! Without it, it is useless, so please suggest things! Also if a similar idea has been suggested please alert me! The Manipulator was once an kind and innocent soul... but when the bellowing slumber, a rare and fatal disease, killed everyone on his home planet. Slowly he was driven insane... for you see he was a carrier and was immune to the disease... he was the only survivor. He fled his home planet never wishing to set gaze upon it again. He became obsessed with controlling everything. Weather, disease, gravity, oxygen, anything that he could... manipulate. Slowly age crept up from behind him, but he wouldn't have his life end so suddenly... so easily. He made a host body for himself where he could continue his work for centuries to come. Decade by decade he built his fake world, a world that he controlled. A place where everything happened to his liking, And at the center of it was his fortress, guarded by nothing... or so it seemed. Anyone or anything that didn't go to his liking was removed and their matter would be reused. The creatures on the surface may look normal but they were anything but that. They were made of recycled flesh, metal, and machines so he could control them. The experiments down below in his creation center were well... experiments. They were not fully functional, they may look incomplete, not follow instructions, or be unstable. Whatever the reason they were locked down there. Now the planet like every planet only contained a certain amount of raw resources. So the manipulator draws people into his domain with a distress call. Anything they have would be used, their organic matter, their ships metals, anything at all. This would be a quest, after certain tier events have been met, getting certain mats, killing certain bosses, etc. A distress beacon would be sent to the ship. This would activate a quest: "Check out the planet and see what the issue is." In the quest description would be a travel to button. Now this is about the boss not the quest so here. Everything on the planet would seem to be against you. The weather would change from a gentle drizzle to a blazing blizzard. The temperature levels may increase or decrease without warning. Seemingly passive mobs could attack if you get or do something that is unwanted. Some creatures would be native to your planet which you would comment how strange it was. Through out the dungeon the manipulator will change certain factors such as zero gravity making for cool puzzles as well as annoying combat. He will also release unfinished creations that will look incomplete and want to tear you piece by piece. Once you pass through all the rooms and retrieve the keys you can enter the final room. Breaching into the last room, you will be met my a man with a gadget on his arm. He will use this to control the room. He will engage you on sight. During the fight he will change certain variables such as gravity, oxygen, heat, etc maybe for a more unique battle. The more powerful ones would come when he is low health. When not manipulating things he will fire projectiles from his wrist tech, as well as pull out dual laser blades. Upon defeating him he will fall over and sparks will fly out revealing the inner robotics. Laughing will then be heard through out the room and a secret doorway will be revealed. Entering, the door will be block off by lasers. The ceiling will open and the manipulator will be introduced He is an organic (that doesn't mean human or any other race, it can mean animal too) and metallic mess of flesh and wires. He- it is about the size of 3 players. Pipes will break of his back and he fall to the ground spilling dark orange fluid onto the ground (no it is not carrot juice). Then the real battle begins. He will select an environment to fight you in. This means everything aground you would change into a the selected mini-biome (Lava, Ice, Forest, Space, Etc). In the environment he will be properly equipped to face you (In space he may have control of a laser shooting satellite and have an oxygen mask). He will attack using the things around him & changing variables. As well using a laser blade and cannon. Once the first hp chunk gone, sparks and organic fluid will fly off of him. Every time an hp chunk is gone, he will change the environment gain some stat boosts and start changing different variables faster, and using the more powerful ones. Once reaching the last portion of health he will change back to the true area and you will see that the lush looking planet was really a grim dead one. Here you will fight him until he dies. Now he will make the dangling tubes spray the orange fluid around (It is not an actual liquid and doesn't act like water, i is just a dmg dealing projectile). He will also release unfinished creations as he did in the fake battle. Once his hp is completely drained the battle ends. Then he may say something like "Thank you for freeing me of this curse" or some other cheesy line. That's the basic idea!
Wow. Well thought out, this would be a very fun boss fight, both being skill testing and great for story development!
Thanks! Story was kind of optional since I don't think starbound will have much of it but if they do then yeah that's good too! EDIT: I take that back! I forgot there is a lore book thing, so I guess story can be in it.
