Mayfair DC Heroes Character Database: Iris West

Iris West
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Dex: 2 Str:   2   Body:    2
Int:   3   Will:  3   Mind: 3
Infl:  3   Aura: 2 Spirit: 3
Initiative: 8 Hero Points: 10

Skills:
Artist (Writer): 4
Detective: 3

Advantages: Area Knowledge (Central City); Connections: Picture News (High), Flash (High)

Alter Ego: None
Motivation: Thrill of Adventure
Occupation: Columnist
Wealth: 5

Source: Original Write Up


Ed's Notes: More than any other supporting character, I am SHOCKED that NO ONE - not Mayfair, in ANY edition, not Writeups.org, not any of the other sources on my sources page - has ever done an Iris West write-up. (If anyone knows of one, or wants to help me spice this one up a little? PLEASE let me know in the comments!) Has can the game have Lois Lane, Vicki Vale, Steve Trevor, Mera, Carol Ferris, Jean Lorring, Tawny Young, and so many other spouses and love-interests, and yet NO Iris West. It's a crime, I tells ya! (Especially as she is Wally West's Aunt and Don and Dawn Allen's mother in the 30th Century.)

So here you go. This is a pretty simple write-up. Basically a slightly less-than Lois Lane profile. And this is the classic, essentially silver age version of the character - the one that Mayfair might have done, if they'd done her up at all. I know she's had all kinds of crazy embellishment to her story, but I'm not trying to capture all that. This is just the "Barry Allen's Girlfriend who keeps comparing him unflatteringly to the Flash" version. No time travel, no super powers, nothing like that. That said, again, if anyone knows of of an existing write-up somewhere or wants to help me spice this one up a little? Please let me know in the comments!

For example, at some point she has:

Drawbacks: Married

...right?

First Appearance: Showcase #4 (October 1956)

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Welcome to the Mayfair Games DC Heroes RPG online Character Database!

This is a older game, long out of print, but I was a huge fan of it (obviously) and would love to get a group back together at some point. In the meantime, I hope you find this resource to be both useful and enjoyable.

The information contained herein comes primarily from the second and third editions of the game, although if a character exists only in the (pre-Crisis) 1st edition, and I feel that their stats can be reasonably used and be a good fit with the later (post-Crisis) editions, I may include them as well, for completeness sake. Eventually all entries will include links to previously published versions of the character, and ALL character information on any given page will be cited back to the published source material. Links between the characters, their Connections, Teams, Bases of Operation, etc... will be included as often as possible - which should make this more interesting.

I may also include some notes with some of the entries, explaining how I might change the character in my campaigns - Handling connections differently (because I interpret the JLA and JLI my own way, and don't even recognize the JLE, for example), adding skills (how does Bat-Girl have a Batarang, but not the Weaponry skill?!) And in some cases just some general thoughts. (Likes/dislikes, head-scratchers, etc...)

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