I only know of a few myths that are originally German.

Yea, that's one of the only ones I know, too. Man, this thread has become a history lesson.

I came to have a work in progress reviewed, I left with greater understanding of the German boogeyman. hah....behold, the power of the internet.

And I learned that medieval games with monsters do work!

I like the concept of the story, but there is something that doesn't seem correct.

If I understand correctly, the player character has a large, invisible monster stalking him and wherever the he goes the monster follows and wreaths havoc on the innocent. The player will be able to choose either exile or risk the lives of the innocent in order to live within society.

With this information in mind, what I don't understand is what is the purpose of the monster? If the monster's purpose is to kill and destroy and the player chooses exile, then why does the monster keep stalking the player if it's going to prevent it from killing and destroying?

One idea that came to mind was to either create some sort of "bond" between the monster YOU created and the player (In this context the word "bond" doesn't necessarily pertain to a romance or friendship) or you can look at various spirits/creatures/monsters in the history of lore/mythology and choose one that best suits your needs, as suggested by dtg108.

For me, the first creature that came to mind was the doppelgänger, also known as our evil twin

Hope this helps

Are you talking about Der GroBmann?

That's the one!

Are you talking about Der GroBmann?

That's the one!

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Are you talking about Der GroBmann?

That's the one!
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I'm german and I never heard about this myth, lol. That's the funny thing about the internet. There was Carl Großmann, a serial killer, while Groß=tall and Mann=man, therefore maybe tall man. The funny things about myth is, that once a thought is started, other will pick it up and credit new features to it.

The german bogeyman is Der schwarze Mann (the black man, this refers not to the skin color, more to a man in the dark shadows etc.).

Groß=tall and Mann=man

Exactly, Slenderman was tall.

it's a very cool story idea, and yes, it's unique for a videogame, anyway.

Could be interesting to create this alternate version: the monster comes from the future, multiple parallel worlds, time riddles and so on.