Recently I had an interesting idea for a campaign in the Marvel universe that would have an interesting twist. The game takes place 1000 years from now, in a post-apocalyptic world. The heroes we know are gone, but their legends remain.
What is up for discussion is how would you do this? Which hero items would be left as a inspiration/base of power for those who survived? Would Captain America's shield be a Flag or a coaster? What would have to happen to reduce the world like this? Which heroes and villains would survive?
Here's some of my ideas:
An military organization rebuild and live within the SHIELD airborne base, now in ruins
Thor's Hammer, Cap's Shield, and Wolverine's Skeleton are some artifacts left behind
Dr. Doom survived and struggles to maintain his health and country (one of the last places civilized on Earth, but run by tyranny)
Somehow the moon landed on Earth, and is spread across Asia
One of Tony Starks bunkers survived (he did not) and have used his technology to create a utopia within the vast bunker. contact with outsiders is forbidden or rare
mutants are regarded as mystics, kings or gods
Comments/questions/accusations?