Superhero DW Hack

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Superhero DW Hack
« on: January 07, 2013, 08:26:57 PM »
Over the holidays, I started thinking (that's never a good thing) about different genres that DW could cover. Naturally, I thought about superheroes. Instead of races, you'd have origins (maybe Mystical, Alien, Technological/Scientific, or Mutant).

The classes (or archetypes, I don't know if classes is still the right word) are gonna be the hard part though. There's just so much variation between heroes! For example, should Green Lantern and Iron Man be in one Item-Bearer archetype, or separate classes, like the Ringbearer and Battlesuit? I guess I'm looking for any insights.

Re: Superhero DW Hack
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2013, 05:19:16 PM »
This is where I would back a step from Dungeon World and hack the Apocalypse World source, which already has gritty, heavily armed archetypes and does not have the adaptations to high fantasy that make DW what it is. There is a storygames thread on this