/u/lordhelmos's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You were once the leader of the dark horde that threatens to envelop the land. You were betrayed outed. Upon hearing a prophecy that a chosen hero will defeat the horde, you join the hero's party under an alias. Your true agenda is to use the hero to regain your reins of power.
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[WP] We lost contact with the automated workforce that was sent to mars to mine rare materials. 20 years later we receive a transmission requesting to discuss the terms of martian independence.
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[WP] You've led a peaceful life within an isolated village. You've always had unnatural strengths and can't shake the feeling that something about yourself was... different. One day a wizard appears. "The seal on you is weakening. Within a year you will return to your true form."
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[WP] A world where magic is gained by forming pacts with ghosts that are trapped in the mortal world. Ghosts provide their power in exchange for the mage helping them to pass on. Mages that allow the pact to go too long without being fulfilled become souless ghouls.
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[WP] A person's magical aptitude and capability is determined by "the color of their soul." You were born with no soul, but this didn't stop you from being able to use magic. As the "colorless mage" you wander the lands seeking answers to why you were the only one who was born soulless.
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[WP] Every 1000 years animals select a human champion to represent them in a celestial tournament. The winning champion ascends to godhood and earns a place among the zodiac. Due to your affinity with a particular type of animal, they have selected you as their champion.
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[WP] You have an uncanny set of adventuring skills, the only problem is that each one has a catch. You can use powerful magic when drunk, when blindfolded you are the realm's greatest fencer, your martial are skills are unmatched when your hands are tied, and you can pick any lock when distracted.
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[WP] You are a police detective that is investigating an odd string of missing persons cases. There is never a body. The only common factor in all of the cases is the slime.
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[WP] They couldn't believe their eyes. This really happened, didn't it? The princess and her entourage could only stare in silence. Before them the body of the legendary summoned hero laid still... killed only moments after coming to this world by the hand of a Level 1 Slime.
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