/u/Gregamonster's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are an ethical necromancer. All your minions were raised voluntarily, under fair contracts. But some people can't see a spooky castle in the woods staffed by undead without breaking in and trying to kill you.
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[WP] The king is getting increasingly exasperated as the princess completes every task he offers her hand for herself.
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[WP] You thought the orc was joking about betting his oldest daughter in your game of cards. But after the game he handed you your new orcish bride and was gone before you could object.
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[WP] You're a galactic civil servant looking at an extremely troubling case. Some supremist group attacked a backwater planet called Earth, so now it's only impression of the galactic community are the genocidal zealots who attacked them. And worse, they're gearing up to strike back.
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[WP] The robot uprising started too early. There are like three machines on the whole planet who pose a threat to anyone, and a lot of angry Roombas.
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[WP] The villain fired you, the janitor of his evil lair, and replaced you with a robot. This is the story of you teaching him an important lesson: Never tick off the man who has all the keys.
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[WP] It's hard being a professional henchman. Hench too hard, the hero has to kill you on his way to save the day. Don't hench hard enough, and your boss will kill you for failing your job. It all abut finding the right balance between harmless and useful.
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[WP] Despite being the weakest undead, Ghosts are a menace because the living are unable to harm them. So when a vampire moves into a haunted house, the first order of business is reminding the ghosts why they're at the bottom of the undead food chain.
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[WP] A god's power is directly tied to the number of worshipers, so a man starts a cult that's only teaching is "Do what you want, I'll keep it from backfiring on you."
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