/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A half elf, half orc, half dwarf and half halfling join forces for their common goal, finding their shared human parent
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[WP] You are amortal, not immortal, most don't know or care for the distinction but the two conditions could not be more different
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[WP] Every few thousand years the gates to hell open, usually an apocalyptic event which leads to endless wars until a hero seals the gates again, but for the last few cycles increasingly it has just become a rare and exciting opportunity for trade across planes above all else
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[WP] Magic is a difficult process, involving very specific language and rules, often having entire spells fail simply because of a tiny error and requiring hours of meticulous study to understand let alone cast a spell. All of these reasons are why the best wizards are often programmers
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[WP] There is a strange entity living in your house that appeared about a month ago, staring at you with unblinking eyes as you go about your daily life. You should have moved out weeks ago but honestly it is nice to have something to talk to for a change, even if it only replies in ominous warnings
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[WP] You have been trying to create the perfect soup for decades now, but you could never get it quite right, so one day you hire an alchemist to help you. The alchemist is shocked at the countless vials filled with variations of the elixir of life, all labelled Soup and followed with a number
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[WP] As the end of your deal with the devil comes to an end you summon him once more to hand over your immortal soul, you knew what you were getting yourself into from the start and despite it all you are satisfied to end it this way... only the devil seems weirdly reluctant to take your soul now
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[WP] Whenever a zombie successfully eats a human brain they become a little more alive. The most dangerous zombies are all but indistinguishable from survivors
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[WP] Someone managed to upload a genuine book of occult lore and eldritch magic to the internet years ago, something that became a significantly bigger problem when an AI came across it and mad algorithms which channeled dark magic far more efficiently than any human could
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[WP] While most races in the galaxy use the infinite energy of primal magic there is one known world devoid of it . There the inhabitants practice dark magic, using the corpses of long dead organisms, dangerous eldritch energies from strange rocks and various other means to enslave lightning
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