I echo @Oofta when I say, you think James Bond is a superhero. You think the superhero serum is the same as the trial of the grasses. There are similarities. It doesn’t make Geralt a superhero, and more than it makes James Bond one.Copies of superhero powers are a VERY common comic trope, especially when it comes to Nemises. And minions with lower level versions of the same powers are also common. I don't think there are any superheroes who have never had their powers duplicated at some point.
As for the Supersoldier serum, that goes all the way back to one of the earliest superheroes in 1940. It's not just "one particular version".
I can play a 12th level fighter, ranger, or even wizard that wouldn’t look much like a typical superhero. Superhero is about the type of game you’re playing and the setting not what the character can or can’t do.Isn't their a thing called tiers of play.
Level 5 is Tier 2 which is Heroic.
Level 11 is Tier 3 which is Superheroic
I think Sapkowski lifted it directly.You think the superhero serum is the same as the trial of the grasses.
Superhero is not one genre. Batman Begins has more in common with The Bourne Identity than Guardians of the Galaxy, which has more in common with Star Wars.superhero is a genre not a character type.
I can play a 12th level fighter, ranger, or even wizard that wouldn’t look much like a typical superhero. Superhero is about the type of game you’re playing and the setting not what the character can or can’t do.
Otherwise the tier 1 wizard with spider climb and web would be a superhero.
Ever played a superhero RPG?Superheroes are scripted, with the powers and vulnerabilities they need at the moment as the protagonists of the story.
D&D characters have a set of defined abilities within a game.
There maybe several sub genres of superhero story/comic/film however nonetheless they are a separate genre.I think Sapkowski lifted it directly.
Superhero is not one genre. Batman Begins has more in common with The Bourne Identity than Guardians of the Galaxy, which has more in common with Star Wars.
Conan was kept alive by Marvel Comics in the 1970s, and crossed over with other Marvel heroes.
What makes Guardians of the Galaxy a separate genre to Star Wars? What exactly is different?There maybe several sub genres of superhero story/comic/film however nonetheless they are a separate genre.
I did not say he was normal. He is the greatest witcher of all time. The greatest. Like Superman. Batman and Black Widow routinely fight off dozens of people with guns!So do superheroes. They just keep coming back from death - just like Geralt. Geralt's powers are far beyond anything possessed by Batman or Black Widow.
Lets rephrase what you said - "It took six warriors to knock him unconscious!" Six to one is well beyond a normal human.