/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Names have power but that power is distributed evenly across all who share the name, which is part of the reason why the ultra wealthy and celebrities who are in the know name their children absurd names. You are on a quest for ultimate power, you must kill all other Steve Smiths
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[WP] There is a little booth in the city which simply has the word TRADE written on the top in big bold words. Those that enter become richer, more successful and generally happier than they were going in, while there is no obvious cost to this but the sign's meaning is crystal clear
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[WP] Instead of the usual soft light of the moon and the stars the night sky was lit up instead by a single error message
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[WP] The dark lord has a slight problem on his hands, apparently executing every messenger that brings you bad news was a bad idea
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[WP] Infinity is a concept that you never truly understood until you fell into that gaping void of inky darkness possibly centuries ago now by your estimate. One 'day' you suddenly hear screaming, and see another person falling above you
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[WP] A section of inactive DNA in the human genome is found to have potentially revolutionary anti-aging properties, and so eventually medical trials on a product which activates this section begins in volunteers. All appears to go as expected until one volunteer dies and comes back a week later
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[WP] Elves, being an immortal, ill known race of not quite humans with strange arcane magics at their disposal, are naturally extremely fucking terrifying
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[WP] A sufficiently powerful wizard is terrifying enough as it is, beings who can casually bend the laws of physics like putty and uproot mountains like weeds. A sufficiently powerful drunk wizard on the other hand is considered a national threat
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[WP] Those who try to cheat death very often receive a horrid fate, which is why you made sure to beat death fair and square
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