This post is in response to a question in a Cypher systems group on FB. A player there was looking to start a Cypher Supers game, but his players were unsure about how to use the system to build supers-style characters. I told him that I was planning to write a blog post on the subject, so I figured I'd post it here. I'm certainly no expert... I just like the game and it's mechanics a lot. If anyone has anything to add, please chime in! I see a lot of questions about how to build Super Hero characters using the Cypher system. And I think a lot of the confusion stems from trying to approach it the way you would in other supers games, like Champions, or V&V, or Marvel, etc. Cypher is its own animal, and works somewhat differently than most games. If you really want to convert, say, Batman or Superman, into Cypher — well, sure, you can. But I don’t think conversions like that are the system’s strength. Rather, I think it makes fun, intriguing characters with some good h...