#hfcharacterspotlight

Character Spotlight: Gwen Wilson

TTRPG: Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Creator: @transcribepaige on tumblr, https://artfight.net/~SwankyFlea Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/7968023.gwen-wilson

Fun Facts:

A 23-year-old trans girl born and raised in a small town in Texas.

Has a crush on her friend who is also a trans girl and is secretly a real actual catgirl with ears and a tail. Gwen has come so close to learning this secret but these two are so bad at being open with each other and expressing their feelings properly that she still doesn't know. This other girl is played by another player. Will-They-Won't-They, Only-One-Bed yuri in the middle of a murder investigation. This is surprisingly normal for Eureka.

Had a panic attack and tackled a bigot

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Eureka is a game about mundane, ordinary people trying to solve a mystery. Traits are one of the most unique parts of each character- special abilities that heavily define their personalities and the way they investigate. Gwen's traits are "Cheerleader", "I'm Okay, You're Okay", and "The Truth Comes Out". "Cheerleader" makes her better at cooperating with other investigators; a bonus to help checks and the ability to spend her Eureka! Points on others instead of herself. She isn't trying to take the spotlight; she's too shy for that, she'd rather help others instead, it's an easy way to get others to like you, too. "I'm Okay, You're Okay" let's Gwen comfort herself as well as others; she's talking to herself a lot when she's stressed, but without this trait, she'd be a whole lot more stressed. This is partly because I gave her the optional fear of 'Upsetting Others', so she has a chance to lose Composure every time she thinks she's upset someone. This is a mechanical representation of her social anxiety; she has to convince herself it's okay every time she thinks she's annoyed someone or committed any sort of social faux pas. "The Truth Comes Out" is a really fun one; she gets a bonus to social skill rolls, but she can really lose a lot of Composure every time she tells a lie; that +1 bonus is a huge help on 2d6 that has gotten her a lot info she would have otherwise missed, but not being able to lie very well has also landed her in a lot of trouble. This one is also very clearly a representation of her social anxiety. In no other game is 'some girl who has severe social anxiety' a really powerful character, but Gwen has opened doors (literally and metaphorically) in the investigation that the other two investigators couldn't because of her specific skill set.

Character Spotlight: Zilya Petrovna

TTRPG: Eureka Investigative Urban Fantasy Creator: @toy-dragon on tumblr, https://artfight.net/~voiddragonqueen Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/8355515.zilya-petrovna

Fun Facts: 1. She is on a cross-country road trip to see her great granddaughter. 2. She tends to adopt younger people during mysteries and looks after them. 3. Her becoming a catgirl was relatively recent and she has thought she was the only weird occurrence.

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The sheet is significant because her skills and traits make how she investigates mysteries different from other characters. Her best skills focus on social interactions with other characters, and her worst are around her ability to be physically capable in a more direct way. She's older in a way that makes her more fragile. She is a calming presence to those around her. She loves helping people. She's a catgirl, which comes with its own challenges and a need to hide that fact from other people.

Character Spotlight: Lil'Zak

TTRPG: Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Creator: @galileo156 and @galimation on tumblr , https://artfight.net/~Galileo156 Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/7125877.lil-zak Fun Facts:

He was dared to solve a series of murders, after annoying his roomates by deducting who ate his last slice of pizza

His roomates call him Kid or Goat, as they are each associated with an animal (Like Badger and Fox)

He is surprisingly knowledgable about — and surviving in — nature

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Character Spotlight: Josie Moore

TTRPG: Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Creator: @sophibug on tumblr, https://artfight.net/~biffertyboffertyboo Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/8360428.josie-moore

Fun Facts:

She only just figured out she's gay and she has a LOT of internalized homophobia to work through

She LOVES cars, especially her car, a 1949 Pontiac Silverstreak, which she maintains herself despite her disability

She went to Barnard for a year and saw Rothko's Yellow, Cherry, Orange, and has been obsessed with abstract art since.

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Every Eureka character has 3-6 traits that define their character, and the traits are really, really good. A lot of people have started writing these little phrases to encapsulate how a trait applies to a character. Josie is neurotic. She's obsessed with numbers, she breaks down if she lies, she never lets things go once she cares about them even when they are actively detrimental to her health. She's also privileged and sheltered. All of that is set up to lead to an interesting collision when she starts investigating a mystery. (It is worth noting the grievous injury isn't a trait; I put it there because it's convenient to reference).

Character Spotlight: Malachi Hansing

TTRPG: CAIN, and (only by character sheet) Glitter Hearts Creator: https://bsky.app/profile/haasio.bsky.social , https://artfight.net/~Haasio Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/8360818.malachi-hansing

Fun Facts:

He's heavily inspired by Richter Belmont from Castlevania! I made this character because my group started playing CAIN with a joke oneshot, where I rolled up Richter Belmont (Sorcerer/Vector). Once we changed to a serious game, I made the character his own thing.

Malachi used to play for a band called the Riders of Red Hook, where he went by the stagename Hermes Van Helsing. Once his psychic powers flared up during a show, the shadowy organization CAIN whisked him off. The world believes him dead, but he'll claw his way out of the grave even if it kills him.

He has a Glitter Hearts character sheet because I thought it would be funny to give him a thoughtful backstory (age 16) before terrible thing happen to him in CAIN (age 27).

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This is his most used blasphemy power. Malachi's only played through 1 hunt so far, but he's pulled plenty of reckless stunts using Fling. His kit is built around "go fast, yeet something into the sky, Observe Consequences". I play him like a Manifold from Triangle Agency using only Gyre the Gimbal.

Character Spotlight: Fang La

TTRPG: Hearts of Wulin Creator: @fengtianshi on tumblr, https://artfight.net/~fengtianshi Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/7646026.fang-la

Fun Facts: 1. His favorite disguise is as a street performer. He's very good at it! 2. His spiritual weapon is a paper umbrella. 3. Through cultivation, he can form various types of poisons inside his body.

Character Spotlight: Aleo

TTRPG: The Darkest Hour Creator: @recovering-vamp on tumblr, https://artfight.net/~recoveringvamp Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/8353400.aleo

Fun Facts:

1. Canonically established answer to 'would she fuck her clone' was that her clone would in fact put her in a saw trap and psychologically torment her 2. she gets super carsick 3. when she has writers block she starts fights on online forums to get the creative juices flowing

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Her hunter archetype.

Character Spotlight: Ysmay "Mayfly" Slate

TTRPG: Harvest Creator: @wyllora on tumblr, bluesky, artstation,itch , https://artfight.net/~wyllora Character's Artfight Page: https://artfight.net/character/7778714.mayfly

Fun Facts:

Her nickname comes from the islanders saying she was "not long for this world"-- originally meaning that she was always looking over the horizon, planning her departure.

She enjoys playing sailor's card games, smoking her clay pipe, and brooding out over the ocean.

I took a lot of inspiration from Carpenter from the Silt Verses for Mayfly!

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This is the final advancement of The Slate House Broadside- the Power of the island that lays claim to Mayfly. I played towards this end the whole game as a tragedy awaiting poor Ysmay. She is a Homecomer, a islander who many years left the idyllic island where Harvest takes place. She had intended never to return, but after the outside world hardened her, taught her to lie, and how to say no-- it broke her heart. She came back to the island that once tried to kill her. And the Slate House, her severe and ancient family home. The Slate House, that she burned to the ground when she left, still standing despite it. Her family, who one by one fell to the Sacrificial Knife-- a man who once, she would have called family too. Mayfly took his family in return, in a vicious fued that ended with his knife in her chest. She stood before him, meaning to protect the Island's proper sacrifice, her successor, the would-be lover she handed over to the Knife in a moment of bitter betrayal. She woke on the cold floor of The Slate House, knowing her own sacrifice did nothing to stop the Island's own. And that the island loves her too much to ever let her go.