/r/WritingPrompts

Title	Upvotes	Author
[PI] A noble sentenced to die is allowed to choose their execution method. They ask to die in honourable combat against the king's knights, armed with a wooden sword while the knights have real weapons. It's been 24 hours since the execution started and the king is running out of knights.	2791	Nellthe
[WP] An ancient evil was awakened, but the morals and ethics of the world have changed in the last 10,000 years that the ancient evil is considered pretty moderate by the times standards	2790	MysteryGuy19
[WP] Humanity realizes the Universe is actually a simulation so out of spite it decides to concentrate its effort on messing with the civilization that does the simulation	2789	magicsebi
[WP] Humanity has died, having never escaped the earth. However, the war that killed us was fought with automatic machines which never stopped fighting. Years later, aliens find the earth, devoid of life, with the war that ended us still raging on.	2789	vault114
[WP] After sarcastically complaining to God for the 1000th time he drags you to heaven and offers to let you run things for a day to see how the world really works. At the end of your first day, he comes back to find the universe a finely tuned machine of excellence.	2789	BlueFlame990
[WP] “The secret of fire?!?” sputtered Prometheus. “I gave you the secret of Nuclear Fusion! What has humanity been doing all this time?!?”	2787	Thisnamewontfi-
[WP] The narrator was running late and just showed up to a story already in progress. He doesn't know who the heroes or villains are or even what genre this is.	2786	AnvilPro
[WP] Fearing that the passage of centuries may have altered the value of their hoard, an ancient dragon hires you to appraise the lot. It's remarkably tricky to stay objective and focused when your client has razor talons and fire breath. And that's not even mentioning the more esoteric "treasures".	2785	Mysral
[WP] In a world dominated by the use of magic, you were born an 'unremarkable', unable to use magic but also completely immune to its effects. Today you have discovered that society has a very unique use for people like you.	2783	crushfield
[WP] 17 Years ago, when you were only 6 years old, your father left you and your mother, saying he was going to get milk. As you walk to work your father stumbles out of an alley, ragged, limping, and sporting a mud caked beard. In his hands, a cartoon of milk.	2782	LeemtheLime

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