Yuthika 'Fey'

About Yuthika 'Fey'

Hi! I'm Yuthika, but most people at the table call me Fey. I have been a Storyguide for 34 years, starting at age 12 in Kyoto, Japan, where my introduction to the hobby came not through the mainstream, but through Call of Cthulhu and Sword World. That Japanese TableTalk culture, テーブルトークRPG, is the DNA of everything I run: focused, atmospheric, quietly relentless in its immersion. I am also a voice actress with anime and video game credits (paltry but mine), and every NPC at this table has a distinct voice and a personality to match. I learned this craft in the crunchy crucible of the early 90s, and that history informs how I choose systems and build stories. I have run enough systems over the years to know that the worst sessions come from forcing the wrong tool onto the wrong story. A love story does not need a hit point tracker. A horror game does not need an experience grind. Finding the system that disappears into the fiction is half the design work, and I have spent three decades collecting the options. The games that stay with me, and with my players, tend to be the deeply personal ones. The stories that go somewhere emotionally real and are not afraid to sit and let that breathe. Professionally I hold a PhD in Psychology and work as an educator until I retire later this year (October). Whether managing a classroom or a VTT, I always bring a teacher's patience and a designer's eye to each and every session. Every player at my table gets character-specific hooks woven into the narrative. You will feel seen here. I am a skill collector. Over the years I have worked as a costume designer and VFX artist on NBC's Grimm, taught foam latex and silicone prosthetic application and stage makeup blending on the convention circuit, and restored a sailboat from the hull up before sailing it around the world. Every one of those skills comes back to the table. I see a body horror scene through a practical effects lens. I read a transformation scene the way I would build one. I pace slow-rising tension the way you pace a night watch in open water. Different trades and different media, all feeding the same craft of bringing a moment alive through timing and reading the room. I do not generally run D&D 5e or Pathfinder 2e. The exceptions are the odd Planescape or Dark Sun campaign, and now Neon Odyssey, the Legends of Avantris space opera I backed early precisely because it does not feel like standard 5.5e. Starship combat and a whole new species lineup put it somewhere else entirely. Likewise you will find the Cosmere RPGs in my portfolio. Otherwise, I would rather run systems that feed the feel of the story being told, to the point where the system gets out of the way of the group. I have a special place in my heart for the Classic World of Darkness. I grew up in Japanese Tabletalk culture, so collaborative worldbuilding matters to me. I am also a TTRPG designer and co-creator of Visions of Suaykalpa https://VisionaryWheel.Games