Jackpot

Jackpot was an adult hero/vigilante working in Heavendale. He was a member of the team that fought the 1st leg in The Story of Spider Day, in an unincorporated area on the edge of Heavendale owned by the Cult of the Octoleg. Jackpot fought alongside Aguafer and Action Figure. He was portrayed by Tori.

Jackpot's main ability is his absurdly good luck.

## Appearance

Not much is known about Jackpot's appearance. It can be assumed that, because he has absurdly good luck, he was blessed with extremely attractive genetics.

## History

Not much is known about Jackpot's before the events of the first Spider Day.

## Abilities

Jackpot operates as a vigilante hero primarily because of his extremely good luck. As far as we know, he does not have extensive amounts of martial arts, fighting, or other such training. He also does not seem to have any weapons or tech to assist him, just his really, really good luck.

## Spider Day

Upon arriving at the scene of the 1st leg, Jackpot immediately jumped into action by leaping towards the leg to try and catch it. He holds open his arms to catch the leg and is pulled out of the way by the leader of the cult, who says he has not been cleansed for the sacrifice to the giant spider. The leader then uses his spider magic to create a web that traps all three heroes and four cultists. When Aguafer creates a sinkhole, somehow Jackpot gets catapulted into the air. It is then that a pod from the giant spider shoots by, which Jackpot grabs and uses to head back toward the ground safely.

A 5 ft spider emerges from the pod, which Jackpot immediately wants to punch. When the cultists bow down to offer themselves as sacrifices to this spider, Jackpot takes the opportunity to roundhouse kick it. He misses the spider, but manages to keep a cultist from stabbing Aguafer with a sacrificial knife, causing the cultist to in turn stab the spider.

The cultists begin to attack Action Figure, one of them bringing a blow torch. Jackpot moved to take the blowtorch from the cultist, but instead tripped and found the gas line. He pulled it, rendering the blowtorch useless. Another cultist arrives with a flamethrower, which Jackpot tackles, causing the flamethrower to explode into another spider egg, also melting Action Figure's body. Thankfully, Jackpot was able to catch Action's Figure's head, which asks if he's still beautiful (he is). Jackpot then throws Action Figure's head at the spider, where he is eaten and melted.

Surrounded by fluttering headshots of Action Figure, Jackpot stands beside the leader of the cult. The leader begins telling Jackpot that the prophesy said one would remain. As he is hearing this, a giant anchor falls from the sky and crushes Jackpot to death.

## Trivia

* Jackpot is played by Tori Sheldon. Tori later went on to guest-star in the main Critical Bits podcast as Odette in Episode 22: Odette.
	+ Tori also contributed to the Spider Day phenomenon by creating a three-page d8 game about dying horribly (and hilariously) in a losing battle against a giant spider. You can find it on their itch.io , along with other games they have developed.
* It is during this leg of the spider attack that Joel finally learns the proper term for the hair he has been describing throughout the spider day recording sessions with relative degrees of success. When the Aguafer jumps onto the spider's leg, Daniel who played Action Figure  comments that they are called urticating hairs.