Investigators

Investigators are consisting of a team of one up to four players. They usually need to explore mansions to gather enough clues to unlock their winning condition and defeat the Keeper with their gained knowledge. Certain Scenarios have different mechanics, but the investigators mostly need to work as a group and solve the mystery of the current scenario.

Each investigator may choose 2 of 4 different trait cards at game start. These trait cards determine the investigator´s statistics, as well as providing a starting item (or spell) and a special ability.

List of investigators

Investigator	Health	Sanity	Skill Points	Expansion	Trait 1 Intellect Willpower Lore Luck Once per game	Trait 2 Intellect Willpower Lore Luck Once per game	Trait 3 Strength Marksmanship Dexterity Starting Item	Trait 4 Strength Marksmanship Dexterity Starting Item
Amanda Sharpe	10	11	5	Call of the Wild	Manic Focus 6 5 5 3 Action: Take up to 4 horror. For each horror taken this way, gain 1 skill point	Young Determination 5 6 5 3 Action: Once per game, heal any combination of your damage and horror equal to your current number of skill points	Untapped Knowledge 3 3 6 Overdue Library Book Before another investigator in your room performs a non-luck attribute test, you may spend 1 skill point to add your luck to his skill	Reminder from Home 4 3 5 Care Package Action: Spend 1 skill point to choose a monster in your room. Either deal the monster 2 damage or move the monster 1 space
"Ashcan" Pete	11	9	4	Mansions of Madness	False Trail 3 7 3 3 Before making an evade test, you may use this ability to gain +4 to all evade tests this turn	Jury-rigging 4 6 2 4 Discard any number of equipment, tome, artifact, and weapon cards. Gain 1 skill point for each card discarded this way	Dog's Best Friend 5 6 5 Duke +2 to Dexterity and Strength tests during combat Action: Once per round, give Duke and 1 Exploration card to an investigator within 2 spaces	Struggling Musician 6 6 7 Guitar Blunt melee weapon 3 Action: Move 1 monster 1 space towards you or discard this card to attack a monster in your space
Bob Jenkins	11	9	4	Call of the Wild	Hidden Stock 4 7 1 3 When an investigator discard a Tome or Equipement card, you may instead return that card to that investigator's play area.	Underhanded Move 5 6 2 2 When an unnamed humanoid monster is stunned in your room, you may discard the monster from play.	Seven Days a Week 6 4 4 Briefcase Blunt Melee Weapon 1 Action: Attack a monster in your space. After this attack deals damage to a humanoid monster, stun the monster (unless it is already stunned)	Coping Mechanism 6 5 5 Bottle of Jack At the start of your turn, you may receive a stun token to heal 1 horror
Carolyn Fern	8	12	4	Forbidden Alchemy	Hypnosis 6 6 5 3 Action: You may take any number of horror (without exceeding your Sanity). For each horror you take, choose an investigator in your room to heal 4 horror.	Intervention 7 7 4 2 Cancel an ability or the effect of a card that allows the keeper to move, attack with, or take an action with another investigator in your room.	Dangerous Work 3 5 4 Walther Model 9 Ranged Weapon 2 Action: Attack a monster within 2 range. You may then attack the same monster a second time with a -1 to the attribute test	Treatment for Madness 4 5 4 Studies on Hysteria Action: Discard a mental Trauma from an investigator in your space.
Darrell Simmons	12	8	3	Forbidden Alchemy	Keen Eye 5 6 7 2 Action: When a monster enters your room (or you enter a monster's room), you may look at the bottom of the monster's token	Detail-Oriented 4 5 5 3 You may gain 1 skill point for each clue card that has been found	Caught on Film 4 6 5 Camera When a monster is killed in your room, you may place the figure on this card (limit 1 figure on this card). Investigators gain +2 on attributs when makings tests during combat against this monster type	Keep Your Eyes on Me 4 5 6 Flash Powder Action: Stun a monster in your space. Then test Luck +1 Fail: Discard this card and you are stunned
Dexter Drake	10	10	2	Forbidden Alchemy	Disappearing Act 5 5 6 4 While you are hiding, you may spend both of your Movement Steps to move to any space in any room that contains no Exploration, Lock, or Obstacle cards	Master of Illusion 5 5 7 3 Action: Once per game, you may move each monster that is in your line of sight 1 space	Sleight-of-Hand 4 4 6 Sword Cane Sharp and Blunt Melee Weapon 2 When attacking with this weapon, all Strength tests are considered Dexterity tests instead	Magician 5 4 5 Mists of Releh spell
Gloria Goldberg	6	14	4	Mansions of Madness	Powerful Visions 5 6 7 4 Action: Once per game, look at the keeper's hand of Mythos and Trauma cards and choose up to 2 of them to discard	Psychic Sensitivity 6 6 6 3 Action: Once per game, look at all Exploration cards in the room of your choice (you must then return them in the same order)	Bibliophile 3 3 3 Bind Monster spell	Renowned Author 4 4 4 Typewriter Action: Another investigator in your room gains 1 skill point or test your strength Pass: Deal 2 damage to a monster in your space
Harvey Walters	6	14	4	Mansions of Madness	Revealing Translation 6 5 8 4 When you receive a Spell card, you may draw 2 cards and read the backs of both. Choose 1 to keep and discard the other	Professor's Instincts 7 6 7 3 When attempting a Rune Puzzle, you may automatically solve it and then gain 2 skill points	Artifact Collector 4 4 3 Warding Statue When defending in combat you cannot be stunned or dealt more then 1 damage from a single attack	Student of the Arcane 3 3 2 Shriveling spell
Jenny Barnes	10	10	2	Mansions of Madness	Unwavering Determination 4 7 4 2 Once per game, when making a horror test, you may automatically pass and then move up to 2 spaces	It's Personal 4 6 3 3 Action: Once per game, you may move up to 2 spaces. You may then attack a monster in your space, gaining +2 to all checks in the combat	Noble Motives 5 6 7 Isabelle's Letter Action: If you have 0 skill points, gain 2 skill points and heal 1 horror	Armed and Fabulous 4 6 6 .45 Automatics Ranged Weapon 3 Action: Attack a monster within 2 range. If the monster is within 1 range, gain +2 Marksmanship
Joe Diamond	12	8	3	Mansions of Madness	Lucky Break 6 5 3 3 Action: Choose a monster in your space and test your luck Pass: Kill the monster	On the Case 5 7 1 2 Action: When you reveal a clue card while exploring, gain 3 skill points	License to Kill 5 6 5 .45 Automatics Ranged Weapon 3 Action: Attack a monster within 2 range. If the monster is within 1 range, gain +2 Marksmanship	Private Eye 6 6 6 Magnifying Glass Once per turn, immediately after you spend an action to explore a room, you may take 1 additional action
Kate Winthrop	9	11	4	Mansions of Madness	Trial and Error 7 5 5 3 Before attempting a puzzle, you may discard any number of puzzle pieces and replace them with random unused puzzle pieces from the pile	Test Theories 6 6 6 2 Action: You may test your Luck. Add +2 for each revealed clue card Pass: You may read the Objective card	Inventor 4 5 5 Flux Stabilizer Whenever a monster is placed (not moved) into your room, the keeper must instead place the monster in an adjacent room (if able)	Researcher 4 6 4 Microscope Action: Gain 1 skill point
Mandy Thompson	10	10	3	Call of the Wild	Passing Familiarity 6 5 7 2 When attempt a skill check on a Tome Exploration card, you automatically succeed and then gain 2 skill points	Only the Facts 6 5 6 3 Before an investigator in your room performs a test, he tests your Lore instead of the indicated attribute of his investigator.	Workaholic 5 4 5 Research Notes Gain +1 Lore. If a combat card instructs a monster in your room to perform a special attack, discard the card and draw replacement	Unusual Knowledge 4 4 6 Voice of Ra spell
Michael McGlen	14	6	3	Mansions of Madness	Not a Scratch 2 8 1 4 Before rolling for a test during combat, use this ability to automatically pass the check unless you roll a 10	Find Weakness 3 7 1 2 Before you attack a monster on your turn, gain 2 skill points	Gangster 6 7 2 Tommy Gun Ranged Weapon 3 Action: Attack a monster within 2 range. If you deal damage, you may make another attack with this weapon (limit once per turn)	Thug 8 7 4 Dynamite Weapon 1-10 Action: Discard this card to choose a space within 2 range. Roll a die and deal that much damage to each monster in the chosen space
Monterey Jack	13	7	3	Call of the Wild	Against All Odds 4 6 5 2 You may reroll a die you just rolled. You may not reroll a die that has already been rerolled	Thirsty for Discovery 5 6 4 2 After a non-Key non-Story Item Exploration card is revealed by an investigator exloring any room, you may immediately take that card	Obsessed Explorer 6 5 4 Legendary Map Once per turn, you may look at the top card seeded in your room. Then replace the card facedown	Backup Plan 5 6 4 Trusty Revolver Ranged Weapon 3 Action: Attack a monster within 2 range. If this attack kills a Beast or Eldrich monster, you may heal 1 horror
Sister Mary	8	12	3	Mansions of Madness	Holy Warding 3 7 5 4 Action: Choose a monster in your room. You may move it up to 3 spaces	Solace in Prayer 4 6 4 5 Action: Roll a die and heal half that much horror (rounded up) from your investigator	Hand of the Father 2 2 6 Holy Water Action: Choose a monster within 1 range and test your Luck +1 Pass: Deal 1 damage and stun the monster	Servant of God 3 2 5 Holy Rosary The keeper must spend 1 additional threat to play a Mythos or Trauma card on you
Vincent Lee	10	10	4	Forbidden Alchemy	Field Medic 7 3 4 3 Action: When an investigator is dealt damage in your room, test your intellect Pass: Reduce the damage taken to 0.	Autopsy 6 4 5 2 When a monster is killed in your room, gain 3 skill points and give them to any investigators in your room.	Bibliophile 5 4 5 Bone Saw Sharp Melee Weapon 2 If you deal damage to a stunned target, deal additional 2 damage	Beneath the Skin 5 4 6 Grey's Anatomy Action: Test Intellect Pass: An investigator in your space may heal 2 damage