/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] After your weekly D&D session, you jokingly roll a D20 saying,"I try convincing the love of my life to come over right now!" Everyone laughs as they watch the dice come up crit 20 but then they all go silent as there is a sudden knock at the door.
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[WP] You’re an intern for the Greek gods. You follow them around and ask them many questions about the world, life, and many of the universe’s greatest secrets. However, one day you decide to ask them how to become a god. Most of them stay silent, but Hades decides to give you the answer
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[WP] You thought the cardboard box your son labelled "time machin" and placed over his head adorable, considerably less so when he disappeared in a flash of light and a 25 year old man claiming to be your son 20 years in the future with a battered and worn box appeared in his place
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[WP] Just before puberty, everyone is assigned a Guardian Angel. Most just get lowly cherubs; the lucky ones get archangels. You, on the other hand, are assigned Lucifer as your Guardian Angel. Neither of you is happy about it.
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[WP] “Congratulations! Your god application has been accepted, please find enclosed, your universe…”
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[WP] A new dating service gets launched. It matches people purely based on their search history and social media activity. An author and a serial killer get set up on a date together, and they click surprisingly well.
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[WP] You’re an elf who has been awarded a scholarship for one of the most prestigious schools of magic in all of the realms! The… Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Wait, what?
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[WP] Many gunslingers carve notches into their weapons each time they kill somebody. One day a stranger arrives in town. The metal of his gun(s) is completely covered in notches.
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[WP] you are an ancient dragon, the king has sent many soldiers to slay you all have failed. Then one day a man with leather armor wielding an iron sword. You get into your fighting stance, he then speaks up and says “the king killed my family and everything I love, will you help me?”
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