At the risk of getting a little ahead of myself I've been working out some stuff for my archetype, and I've run into a tricky question. With so many archetypes and so many new abilities, some overlap seems inevitable. If an archetype idea would suggest an ability that another archetype already uses what is the proper protocol? Should we use the existing ability, and will we be penalized for not using 100% original content? Should we attempt to write a similar but alternate ability, and risk being told that this already exists? Should we not use the ability at all, and risk weakening our submission thereby? I would never think to cut and paste my entry as a dodge, but I can see how a single existing ability could tie it all together. I understand that the point of Superstar is to write amazing new stuff, and not regurgitate the old, but is the point not also to manipulate the existing rules in new and interesting ways? A potential overlap seems inevitable. Do you have a plan for addressing this, or are you simply going to put a blanket ban on any such re-use?
Copy and re-use is typically very bad. Especially for this competition. It's just not very Superstar.
Instead, the goal of the competition (which extends into every round, not just the wondrous items) is to be innovative. To stand out. To demonstrate your Superstar potential. To design something new.
So, if Round 2 asks you create a new archetype, you should really focus on creating something new for that new archetype. Not just come up with a different bit of window-dressing for what amounts to the same ability which another archetype already has. A true Superstar designer should know or inherently sense this without being told.
And, that said, it's way too premature to start asking questions about future rounds anyway. In fact, I'm not going to comment further on them. Let's get past Round 1 before we delve too deeply into design analysis of rounds that haven't even arrived yet.
My two-cents,
--Neil