/u/Oneirominid's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] When a person dies, their spirit gets trapped into their most beloved object, granting magical powers to whoever finds it. While cleaning your great-grandma's house, you found her long-lost amulet. An elderly, sweet voice echoes through the empty corridors: "Who wants lasagnas?"
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[WP] One day, an hourglass made of alabaster and gold appears on your desk, with a note: "to the descendant of Time." It's only signed "Fate".
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[WP] The only way to aquire the ability to use magic is to forge a pact with a superior entity. You, striving to achieve spellcasting, summon a forgotten deity and decide to trick them into an unfair deal. You did not know that you were dealing with the deity of lies themselves.
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[WP] You underwent apotheosis and became a god, but you still try to live a normal human life (minus death). Your... quite particular domain, although, makes things harder.
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[WP] You live in a world where coffee grants immense powers to the people who drink it in the right way. For centuries, the secret to this mythical beverage has been kept by a mysterious cult, but now, you have discovered the right brew thanks to your grandpa's old moka.
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[WP] Lady Luck isn't a true deity, more of a travelling merchant of little amulets and apotropaic knic-knacs. On one of her trips, she meets a mortal who demands to make a pact with her.
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[WP] You are in the process of translating an old relic's inscriptions, when all of a sudden a god storms through your door, grabbing the relic. "Would you PLEASE stop reading my diary?"
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[WP]The deity of luck has received strict orders: they may not bestow extreme fortune on no mortal or god. But when their favourite human finds themselves in danger, they find a loophole in the rules: no one said they couldn't bring extreme misfortune.
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