WritingPrompts

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[WP] All the villains laughed at you; yours was the lamest power, after all. They didn't know the main ability of the Power of Lameness: it spreads.	195
[WP] You are the necromancer of the party, and dead humans don't seem to be very effective against the evil emperor's goons. One day the party leader exits the local bookstore and hands you a book. The title reads, "Tyrannosaurs, Mammoths and Giant Millipedes: An Almanac of Prehistoric Life".	172
[WP] As you look at the evil emperor's diary, you have a shocking revelation. The emperor had been the previous Chosen One, who was sent to destroy the previous villain...who in turn was the Chosen One before that. The whole Chosen One/Villain duality has been one big cycle...overseen by the Mentor.	167
[WP] Seeing the rise of science and free thinking as a threat to their worship, the various pantheons of antiquity team up to try and get rid of it. What they weren't expecting was that human curiosity and knowledge was guarded by another entity, one more powerful than they had expected.	118
[WP] A ghost haunting a house kills one of the current residents. What it doesn't expect is that said resident also came back as a ghost. The resident's unfinished business: kick the first ghost's ass.	97
[WP] There's a little girl's ghost in your house. Instead of being creepy or ominous, she acts...sassy. She's always judging you and asking you about your personal life. Yesterday your mother told you about your aunt, who died when she was 10.	77
[WP] Forget knights rescuing princesses from dragons. This time, a pirate rescues a vampire from a robot.	57
[WP] It was thought that the polytheistic gods of antiquity were dead and gone, with worshippers being drawn away by other things. Much to their surprise, though, they've returned due to the popularity of urban fantasy.	55
[WP] You have been abducted by aliens and put in an enclosure with abductees from around the cosmos, with your captors saying you all will have to win your freedom. You expect some kind of gladiatorial match; what you find is a zany Japanese-style game show.	50
[WP] The power armor clad hero is struck down on the verge of victory. In an act of sheer stubbornness, the armor's onboard AI manually overrides the controls and completes the mission by itself.	49

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