/u/Swiftster's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are a software developer with a strange power. You can tell what the cost of a line of code is. Normally the cost is measured in cpu cycles, or bytes of RAM, or hours of future maintenance. Today it's measured in lives lost.
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[WP] Trolls grow in size to match their bridge. The one living under the Goldengate Bridge just woke up.
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[WP] You are a vampire. You have a weakness to true faith, which manifests as a blinding aura around the rare individuals who possess it. You been watching a certain human for weeks trying to figure out what they have faith in, it certainly isn't any religion.
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[WP] For years the undertaker had cared for the dead. Graves were cleaned, flowers tended, mourners comforted and grave robbers driven away. Now they return the favor.
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[WP] Shortly before dying you commited a sin, damning your soul. Why? You wanted access to the ultimate forge, the fires of hell itself.
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[WP] You're getting worried about the other members of your adventuring party. You keep hearing them say things like "What's the DM going to do? Kill us?" before they do something incredibly stupid. Today you found a note in your backpack. "Don't worry, I like you."
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You have the ability to view your life experiences as skill points. Furthermore you can redistribute them nightly. For fun you sometimes put all your points in a single typically mundane skill. [WP]
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[WP] You have developed a code breaking AI. You accidentally feed it a live feed of rainfall. The AI begins decoding something.
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