WritingPrompts

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[WP] Today, Mars is dry, cold, and airless, and Venus boils and and chokes under a dense, acidic atmosphere. The war between them was so terrible that that is the only evidence left it ever happened.	12
[WP] The most dangerous kind of warrior is one who is addicted to struggle. Not just to failure and defeat, but to raging against it - Pursuing nigh impossible odds with a hedonistic vigor, and using every last iota of their strength to overcome them, or to gleefully eat the dirt trying.	12
[WP] A tragic accident takes you away from your miserable life at a dead-end retail job. When you wake up, you're... A dwarf, living off of a pittance of company scrip in a mining job. Somehow things are even worse, and you suspect it's going to be that way unless you can make them better.	12
[WP] A simple person from a small village, faced with a cruel demon, took up a plain stick to defend self and home. Their passion was so strong and their cause so true, that the stick became ordained as a holy weapon as they drove it home. Days pass. Stick and clothes alike are slowly transforming.	11
[WP] You can't just throw fire out of your hands, everyone knows that. If you want fire, you have to sit and siphon it off a flame. Carefully. Collecting lightning is a dangerous and miserable affair that you're liable to go deaf from. And you can only use as much of an element as you collect.	11
[WP] A new disease is spreading, and experts have finally figured out what it's doing. It's literally rewriting the muscle memory of victims, temporarily hindering them in even basic tasks like walking. Today, you pushed yourself out of your chair trying to lift a glass of water. You've caught it.	10
[WP] As it turns out, Medusa's petrifying gaze actually DOES work through cameras and screens. The main limitation seems to be that the victim must see the eyes in sufficient detail.	9
[WP] Some peoples have tales passed down through the generations. Others have great libraries. You have the Memory Vault - A collective consciousness, in which the memories of all your people are stored, and can be remembered by anyone. Some of the memories within are truly ancient.	9
[WP] Tools of all kinds gain awareness of their purpose as they're used, and can help their wielders in their tasks in many ways. The Sword Speaker is crucial in stabilizing and nurturing the development of powerful weapons - A mage psychologist tasked with treating disorders of a weapon's mind.	9
[WP] The current generation has toiled their whole lives. So, too, did the generation before them, and the one before that. This grand project is tradition now, but once upon a time, someone committed to seeing it done, no matter how long it took. One day, someone will see the fruits of this labor.	9

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