/u/Woodledude's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] There is a woman who calls herself the Empire of One. Roads or carpets bloom into existence before her with each step, armies of golems spring up from her surroundings with her smallest need. She needs no one and nothing. The tricky part is what she wants.
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[WP] Long ago, a huge and horrible demon was defeated, after much trial and tribulation. Its skeleton was chained down, and a temple grew around it to make sure it was monitored constantly. Its defeat has long since passed into legend. The bones started bleeding recently.
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[WP] In this world, magic is an insanely powerful force - One that, without being kept in check, could upset the balance of nature and destroy the world. You specialize in magic that neutralizes other magic and magical objects; you're one of the mages that combat the misuse and overuse of magic.
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[WP] There's no IKEA in your world. You could go to a specialty carpenter to get your furniture, and they do decent enough work. But the real aficionados know where to get the BEST furniture - Dungeons. Those strongholds of old really knew how to build a chair to last.
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[WP] The Kugelblitz Grenade is a terrifying weapon just to carry around, let alone to be victim of. It creates a short-lived black hole, just large enough to consume a tank or a group of soldiers over the course of a few seconds. The black hole then dies, in a bright, radiation-filled blast.
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[WP] The denizens of the skywhales are a secluded and solitary people. The scraps, parasites, and unobtrusive hangers-on on a single whale can largely support a single small family, if they are intelligent, resourceful, and hard working. But, they do sometimes need to descend for certain things.
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[WP] "Hi there!" Your new prosthetic chirps. "I'm your new arm! Since you couldn't afford sensory feedback, they installed an AI so you can communicate with me verbally about my inevitable mistakes. Did they tell you about my hidden licensing fees and unethical data collection duties, by the way?"
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[WP] The Bad Band of Bard Bandits is not to be trifled with. They deliberately use cheap, silly instruments to make people underestimate them, but they know how to use them to deadly effect. Someone needs to take them down.
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[WP] Everyone thinks the team of bards following you around are just for style, but they're actually the secret to your fighting prowess. The immense power and grace in your attacks, your ability to dodge and shrug off blows, are their doing - And without them, you're a subpar soldier at best.
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[WP] You've been tasked with an epic quest - Travel around the kingdom, defeat the dark lord's lieutenants, gather equipment and relics from across the land, save the princess, and finally vanquish the heart of evil itself. You don't have time for any of that, though. You're a speedrunner.
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