History Characters / ArkhamHorrorTheCardGameInvestigators

* TooAwesomeToUse: His signature allows to permanently kill one enemy for duration of scenario, but as you have just one shot, it's all too easy to wait for "perfect moment" and end up not using it at all, especially if it ends up discarded by some treachery.

* Loot-Making Attack: Yorick can play asset cards from his discard pile whenever he defeats an enemy (paying their cost). His Elder Sign effect also allows him to return a card from his discard pile to his hand, and unlike his main ability, it can even return skills and events, not just assets.

[[folder:Sefina Rouseeau]]

[[folder:Mihn Thi Phan]]

* ActionSurvivor: She is neither an occult expert nor a part-time wizard, rather she is a secretary who just happens to be involved in this madness. Fittingly, she has access to Survivor-class cards. Gameplay-wise, Mihn has great mental stats (both her Intellect her Willpower are a decent 4), but her physical stats are low (her Combat and Agility are a measly 2), but she can make up for them with her access to Survivor cards to help her fight and evade if she ever will need to.

* ItemCaddy: While all Investigators can commit their cards to their teammates' tests, Mihn does that more efficiently: increasing their skill bonus, being able to do that from another location, drawing a card if she commits exactly one card to the test and so on.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His signature weakness, "Cover Up," is the only card in the whole game that uses clue tokens instead of resource tokens to keep track of its progress towards disabling it.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His signature weakness, "Cover Up," is the only card in the whole game that uses clue tokens instead of resource tokens to keep track of its number of uses.

* ItemCaddy: Yorick can play asset cards from his discard pile whenever he defeats an enemy (paying their cost). His Elder Sign effect also allows him to return a card from his discard pile to his hand, and unlike his main ability, it can even return skills and events, not just assets.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: She can put her clues on her assets, which gives her various benefits. Such clues still counts as hers, but can't be directly used until she returns them, for which she has some tools available, including her Elder Sign effect.

* SpeedrunReward: Kate can place clues on certain type of asset to gain a StatusBuff, but she is hard-capped by how many times she can do that by the number of assets she control (and each can only hold 1 clue each). There are 3 ways to clear clues from assets: discarding the assets (which means she needs to find a replacement or replay a copy), using either Aetheric Current (and she needs to find an enemies to target with the event) or advance the act and/or spend clues specifically on her assets first. In other words, Kate is encouraged to make progress quickly to gain more uses of her main ability.

* WeaponizedTeleportation: "Flux Stabilizer" gives her access to to signature events, both of which, on top of their normal effects, helps her to get rid of her enemies by teleporting them elsewhere; as may be expected, neither work on Elite enemies.

** His Elder Sign lets him draw 3 cards, but with drawback: basic version only works if he [[FailureGambit decides to fail the test on purpose]], while parallel one lets him draw 1 card per each cursed token revealed during the test.

* ChooseAHandicap: When instructed to place his clue into location (whether by an encounter card or his own), he may instead add curse tokens to the Chaos Bag (still fulfilling the condition) and vice versa, he may place a clue instead of drawing token. Either effects are negative, but he can choose which one would cause him less harm.

* UnluckilyLucky: Compared to the basic version, he still suffers from the HereditaryCurse, but now his misfortune can actually work for him. He now has nearly-universal (only missing level 5) access to the Cursed cards, most of which are dedicated to either making it out of hard situation, or tempt fate for various benefits. Additionally, his Elder Sign scales its power with the number of Cursed tokens he revealed, though its stat boost now merely cancels the negative modifier of token(s).

* CripplingOverspecialization: The base version of all ''Dunwich Legacy" investigators have very limited access to cards of other classes besides their own: the price of getting five level 0 cards from all the other four other classes.

* ChooseAHandicap: When instructed to place his clue into location, he may instead draw a cursed token (still fulfilling the condition); and vice versa, he may place a clue instead of drawing token. Either effects are negative, but he may pick which one would cause him less harm.

Seeker-class investigator. Can include up to five level 0 cards of other classes. He can't use any "Fortune" cards.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His signature card, "Search for the Truth", allows him to draw as many cards as he has clues, up to five: he not only gathers the info, but comes up with a plan based on it.
* BoringButPractical:
** His signature doesn't do anything flashy, merely allowing him to draw extra cards (with stackable bonus depending on how many clues he has). It ensures Rex that he would always have some cards to spend, to actually fuel his clue-gathering machine.
** Rex's main ability is to discover a clue in his location whenever he succeeds as an Investigation test by 2 (even if he is not using Intellect for said test). Gaining an extra clue passively with each Investigation as long as he performed well enough make him one the best Seekers in the game (which is also why he is one of the two Seekers that has been {{nerf}}ed by a taboo, limiting his ability once per round like Roland's), even if the ability itself isn't particularly interesting compared to others Investigators' more peculiar skills and gameplay.
* BornUnlucky: Not only does he suffers from a HereditaryCurse, he also [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration can't include any "Fortune" cards in his deck]] ([[CripplingOverspecialisation not that there are many such cards available for him anyway]]).

* CripplingOverspecialization: The only good stat he has is his 4 Intellect. Only having 3 Willpower and Agility, he suffers from the treacheries (and can sometimes struggle to escape ambushes), while unimpressive 2 Combat leaves him very little chance at open combat. He's great clue-searcher, but that's about it.

** His signature event, "Seeking the Truth", lets him draw 1 card per clue he controls (capping at 5 cards).
** His Elder Sign lets him draw 3 cards, but only if he [[FailureGambit decides to fail the test on purpose]].
* FailureGambit: His Elder Sign gives a generic "+2" boost, but also allows him to instead automatically fail a skill test and [[DrawExtraCards draw 3 cards]].
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Being a reporter requires knowing how to dig up the truth no matter how deep it's buried. As such, whenever he finds a clue while investigating, he finds an extra one for free if he performed the investigation well enough.
* HereditaryCurse: His personal weakness, "Rex's Curse". Every time he succeeds on a skill check, he must return the chaos token he previously drew (ignoring its modifier), and draw an additional token; if this causes the skill check to fail, he shuffles the weakness back into his deck, meaning that you can never quite get rid of it.

* SkillGateCharacter: Standalone Investigators sold in their own packs are designed to be easy to understand, build a deck for and play, with simple but strong abilities and a statline optimised to do [[CripplingOverspecialisation one task]], on top of being slightly more durable than many other investigators. But they have zero access to cards outside their class beside Neutral ones, meaning they lose on many cards synergies other investigators of their same class enjoy with their off-class deckbuilding options.

* SecretWar: Roland is obsessed with keeping his activities hidden from unrelated people; his signature weakness, "Cover Up", is him realising that he left an evidence behind and trying to get rid of it. Failure to do so before either the scenario's end or Roland's resignment/elimination will result in mental trauma.

* GlassCannon: "Consult Experts" provides Roland with an additional Ally slot from the onset, but prevents him from voluntarily assigning incoming damage and horror to Allies, which leaves Roland vulnerable as it drastically reduces the number of assets that can absorb harm in his stead.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: "Parallel" Roland is forced to obey his directives most of the time... but when he draws Elder Sign, he can disregard one directive of his choice 'till the end of the round, to finally get the job done. He can also, once per scenario, flip a directive facedown, losing its benefit but also not having to abide to its restriction for the rest of the scenario. That's probably how he came to his canon self's CowboyCop mentality.

* WeakButSkilled: When compared to his original counterpart and most Guardians, "Parallel" Roland is hampered by the fact he has no access to any card above level 3, period, and his various directives put many limitations to what he can do... But they also provide him with many useful abilities in return, his deckbuilding cover fairly common keywords that gives him access to a varied amount of events, and is one of the few Investigators to start with some experience to spend as well.

* BoringButPractical: Her signature card, "Daisy's Tote Bag", gives her two additional Hand slots (without taking any by itself), which can only be used for the Tome cards (something she relies upon a great deal); simple, but reliable. She can also dump her weakness, [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Necronomicon"]], into a bag until she can deal with it.

* NightmareFetishist: She likes reading the stories exploring the topics of horror, violence and fear (while still abhorring them in real life). But the "[[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]]" is too much even for her.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: Her involvement in the plot was kickstarted by her study of the [[TropeCodifier Necronomicon]]. That same book is also her personal weakness (specifically, the John Dee Translation of it), preventing her from using elder sign tokens while it is in play. It becomes even worse if she fails her LoyaltyMission, ''Read or Die'', becoming a potentially game-ending threat.

* ExtraTurn: She gets extra action each turn which can be spent on playing her Tomes' abilities (which form the core of her gameplay); this makes her able to use them more freely while still having enough actions left to perform other tasks.
* MagicLibrarian: Intentionally designed as one, being a sorceress librarian whose power takes its source in her books:
** She has access to Mystic cards, most of which are either spells or magic artifacts.
** Her Elder Sign effect [[DrawExtraCards lets her draw extra cards]], scaling the effect with amount of Tomes she controls.
** All her mechanics are related to the Tomes in one way or another. She has an extra action to spend on using Tome assets, her signature card allows her to carry more Tomes around, and even her Elder Sign, while giving no stat boosts, allows her to draw extra cards, scaling the effect with number of Tomes she has.

* Heroic Dog: Every Investigator from ''Barkham Horror'' is an anthropomorphic dog trying to stop an [[CatsAreMean evil cult of cats]] from summoning their master.

[[folder:Bark Harrigan]]
!!Bark Harrigan
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->''Bark Harrigan is the best of the best, trained in paw-to-paw combat and barkmanship, he takes pride in being the protector of humanity. A shield agaisnst the feline forces that threaten to invade the world But will his weapons and skills be enough? Or is he all bark and no bite?''
Guardian-class investigator. Has access to any level 0 "Weapon" cards.

* DrawExtraCards: If Monterey ends his turn at least 1 connection away from location where he started it, he can draw 1 card or [[MoneyMultiplier gain 1 resource]]; if he ends up 2 more more connections away, he can do both.

* BoringButPractical: "Mysteries Remain" replacement signature Event has 2 very simple functions you can choose from: either you discover one clue from your location (acting like a cheaper "Working a Hunch" at no resource cost) or ''generate'' an extra clue to discover in your location, reducing the amount of exploration and backtracking needed to reach other locations with clues necessary to advance the Act Deck. It is also fast, so it can be played without spending an action or triggering attacks of opportunity, but it removes itself from the game afterwards. Not the most interesting signature, but useful in almost every situation.

* MoneyMultiplier: His Elder Sign effect gives him 2 free resources if he succeeds on a test.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: She has a lower maximum hand size (5 instead of the normal 8), and during the Upkeep phase, she discards all non-weakness cards from her hand, drawing a new set of 5. Given that she's likely to discard most of her deck in just few turns, her Elder Sign allows her to shuffle almost entire discard pile (minus 1 card) back into the deck. To make this gimmick easier to manage, she has boosted deck size of 42 cards, instead of normal 30.

* MoneyMultiplier: When Carolyne heals horror from investigator or their Ally (herself included), she gives them 1 resource.

* ThePowerOfActing: She can change her character class (or, as her ability calls it, "role") in the middle of the game (either through her signature ability, or via her signature card, "Improvisation", which also decreases the cost of the first card of the new "role" by 3), and with it, available cards.

* DiscountCard: Joe's evetns played from his "Hunch deck" get a cost reduction of -2 resources.

* DiscountCard: Once per round, Dexter can play an asset as a free action (so without the risk of provoking attacks of opportunity) with a discount in resources too, but only if he discards another asset from play first.

* DiscountCard: Norman can play the card at the top of his deck for 1 less resources than he would by playing cards from his hand instead.

* DiscountCard: Parallel Monterey gets a discount playing Relic assets from his main ability equal to the shroud value of the location where he discovered the last clue.

* DiscountCard: "Shrewd Dealings" reduces the cost of item cards Bob's plays (whether in his hand or the hand of another investigator) by one resource.

** Bob can ask another investigator in his location to reveal an "Item" asset in their hand, and pay the price for them, fully or partially. His signature asset, "Shrewd Dealings", further reinforces this mechanic, by allowing him to play "Items" [[DiscountCard more cheaply]], and playing his own assets under control of the other investigators.

* DrawExtraCards: Once per round, when investigator at her location searches a deck (theirs, or encounter deck), she can let them to either look 3 extra cards (making them more likely to find what they want), or draw 1 extra card if they do find something.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Each round, she picks and puts a card beneath her investigator sheet; to make that ability easier to use, she draws 1 extra card during Upkeep phase. Cards under her sheet can be committed to skill tests as usual, but ''won't'' be discarded until the time comes to draw the next card. This works particularly well with skill cards (which must be applied to a skill test in order to work anyway), though she can do this only once per test. Her personal weakness is also built around this mechanic: "Whispers from the Deep" is a skill card with ''negative'' stats modifiers, which she has no choice but to commit to tests.

* FailureGambit: His Elder Sign gives a generic "+2" boost, but also allows him to instead automatically fail a skill test and draw 3 cards.

** Whenever a card under his control takes damage (himself included), he draws extra cards.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Her signature card, "Analytical Mind", allows her to commit her cards to other investigators' skill checks even when they're not in same location. For Minh herself, it allows her to draw an additional card when she assigns exactly one card to any skill check.

* MoneyMultiplier: Carolyn's main ability lets her give one resource to each Investigator she heals horror from, including herself.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Each round, she picks and puts a card beneath her investigator sheet. Cards under her sheet can be committed to skill tests as usual, but ''won't'' be discarded until the time comes to draw the next card. This works particularly well with skill cards (which must be applied to a skill test in order to work anyway), though she can do this only once per test. Her personal weakness is also built around this mechanic: "Whispers from the Deep" is a skill card with ''negative'' stats modifiers, which she has no choice but to commit to tests.

*** Her Elder Sign gives her automatic success if she was attacked this round... or a simple "+1" otherwise.

* MultiplayerOnlyItem: None of his abilities can be used on Carson himself (including his signature card), rendering them useless when playing in singleplayer.

* TheMedic: Not Nathaniel himself (though he can be a CombatMedic as much as any other Guardian if the player builds him to be so), but his brother Randall, who acts as his signature "Ally"; when he enters play, he can heal up to 3 damage from Nathaniel, or allow him to quickly find and grab a "Weapon" asset.

* ItemCaddy: He's all about stockpiling tons of cards in hand, to even greater degree than other Seekers:
** His signature card, "Vault of Knowledge", has a passive effect that [[CapRaiser increases his maximum hand size by two]]. When combined with the other cards with similar effects (which are helpfully provided in his card-pack), he can raise his hand size up to 14 (or even up to 16, with certain cards).
** His Elder Sign allows him to draw 1 card.

* ExtraTurn: Stella gets an additional action when she fail a skill test, but only once per round. Not only does this ability allows her to bounce back easily from wasting an action, but she can also abuse this to lengthen her turn by taking tests that do not take actions to do [[FailureGambit and intentionally fail them]].

* GlassCannon: Suzi has below average Health and Sanity (both at 6) and unlike other investigators with similar endurance like Lola and Calvin, she can't just make up for it by buying Charisma to get more Allies in play to use as a [[WeHaveReserves meat shield]], as she is forbidden from buying any non-story permanents. Her fragility will always be a problem no matter what.