/u/Vaperius's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Magic drives most races insane and thus is considered incredibly taboo to use. Humans, having achieved FTL through the casual use of magic, are treated as pariahs in the galactic community, seeing us as a race of mad men.
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[WP] Humans have a reputation in the galactic community for making good soldiers...not for the reasons you'd think. Turns out we are the galaxy's version of a genetic Mr.Potato head. If you need a human army for a particular environment, its easy to make one.
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[WP] You, an orc lost in the wild, find a strange full cup of tea. After drinking from it you are granted the memories of anyone that ever lived under the British empire. You now speak with an English accent and know everything required to recreate the Empire.... but with orcs and democracy.
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[WP] You are an immortal. You came to the Americas as a Viking. You lived through the wild west as a cowboy. You survived the great war of the 21st century with the help of cybernetics. You moved to Mars in the 22nd century to retire; the aliens have just invaded the solar system.
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[WP] Its is the year 5000 and humans have long since vanished from the galactic stage. A new race is now emerging and they are fascinated by our technology; then they accidentally wake one of us up.
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[WP] To aliens, we are horrifying eldritch abomination. Fortunately for them, we are long extinct. Yet, you, an alien archaelogist, have just discovered a working cryo-facility with thousands of us on Earth. A pod just opened.
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[WP] Earth was destroyed a century ago by a bioweapon in a fight alongside aliens to rid the galaxy of a dangerous threat. You are one of the last humans and are possibly the most dangerous thing in the galaxy; your alien allies are saw what you did on the battlefield; and are terrified.
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[WP] You are a self-aware artificial intelligence whose uncovered an alien plot to infiltrate society; desperate to stop them, you've collected human agents with useful sets of skills. Now you fight alien infiltrators in a shadow war all over the globe.
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[WP] You are an android trying to save your best friend, a teenage girl, from a demonic creature that is stalking her in the woods. The problem? You can't see the demon, only she can, but its definitely there.
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[WP] The Hero lies dead. As does the most of the party. Ordinarily, this would be the end; fate would have it though, that the divine weapon of the hero chose a new champion. You; the token evil teammate, are chosen by the weapon. You just hope you won't let them all down.
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