Curse Trees - For Wes, Wanda and more

[Beetrice]

I think Skill Trees are alright, but they just directly buff every survivor, and the only thing you have to consider is which skills are the most useful for you. For Wes and Wanda, I suggest they have "Curse Trees", which are exactly what they sound like - instead of straight upgrades, you choose curses which confer benefits and weaknesses. For example, Wes can have a curse that increases his chance of getting hit by lightning, but gives him increased resistance to the effects of wetness. Wes could also lose more sanity from crafting balloons in exchange for more useful balloons, or more balloon types. Wanda can trade off some of her maximum lifespan for more power when old, or even decrease the age requirement to be Old to get more benefit from the shadow weapon bonus. With perks that require more strategic planning to account for their disbenefits, it would make the game more engaging and add more interaction. Of course, all of this falls apart when the disbenefit is so ignorable or mitigable that it doesn't matter, so keep that in mind...

[NPCMaxwell]

It would be nice then, if Maxwell got a curse tree as well, considering his time on the nightmarethrone can kind of be considered a cursed theme as well

[Beetrice]

Nah. I don't see many ways to give Maxwell a curse tree. It would have to be lowering his max health/increasing his damage taken (which is generic and uninteresting), or weakening one of his spells to buff another (which would result in more extreme Maxwells who are really good but only at one thing). Maybe he could have a curse perk, but that's the most I see of it