/u/Coledon's posts
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[WP] Being a side character is difficult. You can feel yourself shifting, blurring away as the story of the world only barely acknowledges you. You're bitter about it, but in the end, all you can do is try to break the chains of narrative, to make yourself real without narrative sustaining you.
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[WP] A failing student at a school of magic turns to science to augment their weak magical capabilities in order to graduate. This backfires, as the sudden skyrocket of their previously nonexistent ability is seen as the work of dark magics, forcing them to run as no one believes their admissions.
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[WP] After a session of D&D, you try to think of why your friend doesn't play very seriously. Come to think of it, they don't really take anything seriously. After a few late night reflections upon your friend's life in order to invest them in the game, you realize the truth. Their life's a game.
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[WP] Reality Warping isn't for the weak of mind, which you... kinda are. It's hard to use your powers without losing your grip on yourself, so when you have to really go all out, your team members have to bring you back to your senses.
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[WP] Being the best friend of the prophesied hero is a lot more difficult than most would expect. Sure, you got roped into their danger filled journey, but no one thinks of how, in the end, the hero is still just human. A terrified, stressed to hell, human. Someone's gotta help them stay sane.
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[WP] It is found that the universe is a simulation/game, with all lifeforms set on the ‘Permadeath’ setting. Tell us the tale of the brave individual(s) who journeyed to change that setting, whatever their intentions may be.
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[WP] It wasn't easy, but you did it. You had to take 4 different jobs to put yourself through your magical college, but you did it, and now you're a fully fledged mage! What? No, the money wasn't to pay for college, you got a scholarship for that! It was for your brand of magic, Monetamancy!
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[WP] "All magic is just someone temporarily convincing the universe that it should function a certain way, or that it should do a certain set of actions. That's why most of us cast by speaking. However, there are those, immortalized in legend, who could cast simply with body language."
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[WP] Memories are finicky things. They hold what makes us who we are, yet they constantly shift and degrade, especially the more we think on them. True photographic memory has always been a myth, until now. You finally understand why, too. The degradation was never a fault. It was our only defense.
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