/u/lordhelmos's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] In a medieval fantasy world your peers have summoned all manner of fantastic beasts from other world. You however, have summoned a WWII panzer tank.
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[WP] A waitress has a regular customer who claims to be over 1,000 years old. While everyone else at the diner thinks that the customer is just a harmless loon, as the waitress learns more she begins to wonder if the customer might actually be telling the truth.
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[WP] At the center of the first continent is the grand stone, which granted all life. In the distance is the void, which drains the light of the grand stone and in time, will end all life. Mages sail out from island to island, touching each island stone to gain powerful magics to fight the void.
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[WP] Dragons and the old ones have an honored truce. Each civilization is given 10,000 years to ascend. Those that lag behind are free for the old ones to devour. Dragons act as guides to help civilizations ascend. Every dragon has given up on humanity and left earth, you are the only one remaining.
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[WP] You are a new prisoner in an underground mine. Every week the jailors bring buckets of gruel to feed the imprisoned. You notice that one particular prisoner in the corner never eats. When you ask why, a fearful silence befalls the others.
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[WP] You are the only survivor from a diving crew. They called it an accident and a grave misfortune during a routine salvaging operation. You've lived a hermetic life far from the shore. You never told anyone about the sunken temple and the "things" inside until today.
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[WP] A young prince is chased by assassins off the beaten path. A dark tower surrounded by mists is the only place of refuge. Within the tower there is a single black sword bound by chains. As the assassins surround him he has no choice, he places his hands on the hilt of the ancient blade.
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[WP] The most difficult thing about being an Eldritch horror masquerading as an adventurer is finding creative ways to prevent your other party members from getting too curious. Knowing too much drives them into insanity. This is not the first party you've been in that has had... casualties.
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[WP] When we began our journey through the stars, the biggest threats we found were not the debris fields or the black holes. No, it was the predators. The stellar spiders that snag ships out of warp. The abyssal krakens that strangle hulls in space. This is where the hunters come in.
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