The Elemental Archetype (Draft) for S3 Lite!

 Keeping with the theme of "reading rules for games I'll never actually get to play," here's a new Archetype for a really cool superhero game that I found on itch.io!

The game in question is "The Simple Super System - Lite Edition" or "S3 Lite," or, moving forward in this post, "S3L."

You can find the game here: Simple Super System Lite on itch.io!

And you can watch a video about the game by its creator here: S3L on YouTube!

Now, given the "simple" nature of this game, the "Archetypes" provided in the rulebook don't cover EVERY type of superhero you could ever want to play, but the rules for creating your own archetype/character are pretty wide open.

So, I decided to try my hand at creating an "Elemental" Archetype, given that you can't really pick a "Human Torch" or "Iceman" or "Storm" out of the Archetypes in the book.

Now, I'm no game designer, and this system is perhaps a little TOO "open" for the likes of me to be dabbling in, but here's my first draft:

The "Flexible" Descriptor of The main Elemental Control power is inspired by the Sorcerer Archetype (a Third Party addition to the game, also on itch.io). It's there to allow for all the various ways a player can get creative with the power, going as crazy as the GM will let them. 

A hero with Light Control could, for example, create illusions, or even multiple holographic duplicates of themselves, etc.

Speaking of "Light" Control, the various "Elements" a hero could control might include that. or also Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Weather, Darkness, Magnetism, etc.  "Elemental" is used here in the comic-book-catch-all sense, including "energies" as well as "elements."

Anyway, I'm gonna share this post with the game's creator and see how badly I've missed the mark!

Later,

-Max