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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 2866202" data-attributes="member: 36150">Well, I was pretty vague.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> Specifically, I am looking to recreate the Superhero genre in a fantasy world setting, both mechanically and thematically.As I mentionned earlier, I am running a solo campaign.  The "hero" is, by definition, the one who people turn to for help when they can't help themselves.  In a D&D campaign, this is par for the course.  But I'm looking for more of a Smallville/Hercules feel than a "traditional" D&D game.  For example, my current "mission" for the hero involves leading a small band of cohorts into the heart of an enemy stronghold whose occupants are as of yet unknown.  He'll be facing a bunch of formians, followed by a "villain of the week" foe equal to or stronger than the hero.Because the hero is expected to take on "the villain" one-on-one, I have to be careful not to mash him into paste, either by just making the monster really strong or using a monster with resistances that the hero cannot overcome (although in retrospect this might be an idea for a future adventure).I envision the hero taking on a giant.  Instead of the D&D "I stand here and swing, so does he, until one of us dies", I want to recreate the exciting comic-book-like action of a Superheroic adventure.I'm still grasping at straws here... does that make it a little more clear?</blockquote>

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