I recently played in a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign in which all the characters had to be inspired by classic superheroes, adapted to the medieval fantasy world of Faerûn. I liked the idea so much that I ended up creating a whole list of characters, and having much fun with it. Here are a few of them. The best part is that, if you don’t like my versions of these super-adventurers, you can just create your own.

Spider-Man
Race: Wood Elf
Class: Monk (Open Hand) with a 1–3 level dip in Rogue (Scout)

  • Wood elves have the agility, speed, and keen senses that parallel Spider-Man’s reflexes.
  • Monk gives him Quickened Movement, Unarmored Defense, and high mobility, perfect for wall-running, leaping, tumbling through enemies.
  • Open Hand techniques mimic web-trip, push, and stun effects.
  • Rogue (Scout) represents his urban acrobatics, ambush instincts, and mobility in the alleyways of a fantasy city.
  • His webbing becomes Ki-infused silk ropes produced by magical spiders he once saved in an elven ruin.
  • Signature ability: Silk Line Step – spend 1 Ki to lash a spectral silk line onto a surface and pull yourself as if casting Misty Step.

Wolverine
Race: Mountain Dwarf
Class: Barbarian (Zealot)

  • Dwarves are hardy, stubborn, and famously difficult to kill, perfect for Wolverine.
  • Zealot’s damage resistance and “nearly impossible to kill” nature works like a healing factor.
  • His claws become black-iron dwarven claw bracers, forged as a hereditary weapon.
  • Berserker rage mimics Wolverine’s ferocity.
  • Signature ability: Blackclaw Frenzy – rage activates his ancestral magic, causing the claws to extend and glow with runic fire.

Captain America
Race: Variant Human
Class: Paladin (Devotion)

  • Devotion Paladins embody justice, righteousness, courage.
  • Shield mastery parallels Cap’s iconic combat style.
  • His shield is a blessed relic of a bygone holy order, magically returning to his hand once per round.
  • The super soldier serum is replaced with a divine ritual granting enhanced physical ability.
  • Signature ability: Aegis Throw – throw the shield as a ranged spell attack that ricochets between enemies via divine light.

Iron Man
Race: Rock Gnome
Class: Artificer (Armorer)

  • Artificers literally build magical suits of armor, exactly like Tony Stark but medieval.
  • Rock gnomes have tinkering instincts and a talent for small, intricate mechanisms.
  • His arc reactor becomes a bound elemental shard powering the armor.
  • The suit can switch between Guardian (tank) and Infiltrator (ranged) modes.
  • Signature ability: Elemental Heart Beam – a lightning spell cast through the suit’s chest-crystal.

Hulk
Race: Goliath
Class: Barbarian (Berserker) with 1–2 Druid levels

  • The Hulk is a rage-fueled transformation, and Barbarians already do that.
  • Goliaths are huge, muscular, and tied to elemental/giant heritage.
  • The Druid twist: his rage is a giant-spirit possession, not radiation.
  • His Hulk form is simply his rage pushing him into magically-enhanced size and strength (like Enlarge).
  • Signature ability: Fury of the Mountain King – while raging, he grows a size category and deals extra bludgeoning damage.

Thor
Race: Protector Aasimar
Class: Cleric (Tempest)

  • Tempest Clerics literally channel thunder, lightning, and divine storms.
  • Aasimar fits the demigod archetype.
  • His hammer is a sentient storm-spirit weapon, not a piece of technology.
  • Divine retribution mimics Mjolnir’s lightning strikes.
  • Signature ability: Stormcaller’s Leap – teleport short distances in a burst of lightning (mechanically: Thunder Step).

Doctor Strange
Race: Human
Class: Wizard (Order of Scribes)

  • Strange is a scholar-mage first and foremost.
  • Scribes Wizards manipulate spellbooks, alter spells on the fly, and conjure spectral script, very Strange-like.
  • His Eye of Agamotto becomes an Ancient Glyph Key, a relic from an extinct wizard order that bends time and space.
  • Signature ability: Many-Gated Mirror – cast Misty Step, Dimension Door, or Arcane Gate through floating runic portals.

I hope you enjoy these medieval superheroes (perhaps even play some of them). I may publish more characters later.