Cortex Prime Setting by Rusty Sellsword Design
You want to run a superhero campaign, but you’re sick of starting with someone else’s universe. What if the table built the world together, from scratch, before the first punch is thrown?
Kit Bash! by June Shores is a superhero setting design toolkit that turns campaign prep into collaborative play. The game unfolds in three phases: first, the players and GM build the world together, its tone, threats, and history. Then they build the cast, using modular Kits that combine power sets and backgrounds into flexible archetypes. Finally, they play in the world they’ve made.
The Pathways map gives structured guidance for collaborative worldbuilding without making it feel like homework. The Kit system is elegant: instead of building powers from scratch, players select and remix pre-built sets, allowing genuine creativity while keeping character creation focused. Multiple player-facing worksheets make the creative process tactile and shareable.
Kit Bash! carries the highest prep rating in the Spotlight line for good reason—all that front-loaded work pays off in a campaign that feels entirely, irreplaceably yours. For groups that love the creative side of gaming as much as the playing-it side, this is the one.
Superhero | Setting d6 / Prep d12 / Complexity d8
The Cortex Prime Spotlights are fully playable RPG settings designed for the Cortex Prime system, spanning pulp adventure, space opera, kaiju action, supernatural drama, post-apocalyptic survival, and more. Each Spotlight includes a complete setting, rules variants tailored to its genre, sample characters, and everything you need to run a campaign or one-shot. All you need to add is the Cortex Prime Game Handbook and dice.
Kit Bash! is available through DriveThruRPG in PDF.
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