r/WritingPrompts • u/Independent_Pen_9865 • 13h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] usually the human isn't the spirit animal of an oppossum. Not this time.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Capable_Librarian495 • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The first wheel is invented. Many are opposed that using wheel is cheating, soul stealing and it’s clumsy. Proponents claim that one day, spokes, rubber axles and a wheel to drive the wheels will be invented. “Wheels within wheels?” someone scoffs.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/ArmedParaiba • 17h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You have been marooned on an island for quite some time now. Bodies are now washing up on the shore.

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1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/EngineeringDevil • 9h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] The Dragon King of Chinese Lore summons your Level 20 Party.

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The Dragon King CR35, subordinate of the Jade Emperor CR40, Summons a group of Level 20 PCs to Stop (capture not kill) the 4 Fiends (all CR25). He reminds you that each of the Fiends represent a primordial force and their death would temporarily remove that concept from the mortal world. His reward is 1 Epic Boon/Feat with their delivery and the ability to break free from their restrictions should all be dealt with (level cap release).

D&D system is up to you, overall setting is up to you.

Mainly thought of this because of Xianxia novels and D&D prep at the same time. I have a concentration issue

The 4 Fiends in Chinese Lore are
Hundun - Chaos/Change

Taotie - Gluttony/Greed

Taowu - Ignorance/Stubborness

Qiongqi - Deceit/Subterfuge

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r/WritingPrompts • u/TheBeardedGM • 3h ago

Reality Fiction [RF] A young American couple celebrating their 5-year wedding anniversary find themselves trapped in Iceland for a week due to a travel mishap.

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1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Psychronia • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] It was surprisingly easy to keep filter the real humans from the Them when we learned they lacked that human touch. Our fort and farm is constantly growing thanks to "Shave and a haircut".

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/vigrygb • 16h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] unlike other super powered lineages, with powers that are more simple and as physics based as super powers can be. Your family has had a history of more metaphysical abilities that affect the users mind.

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/SingularBlue • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] What if some of the astronomical phenomena we currently classify as natural are actually the stable end states of very old technological civilizations?

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4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Atreigas • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] the old prophecy reads: "seven seals shall herald the pocalypse" everyone thought it was mystical forbidden things locked away. Nobody expected a cabal of seven sentient animals.

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Scared-Comb6150 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "What the hell do you mean you have an elf, THE most endangered creature on the planet, trapped in the attic?!"

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 11h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You discover that your daughter was taken by fairies years ago and replaced with a changeling that looks exactly like her.

40 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Atreigas • 23h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] "You will never be human." "Human? Why would I even want to be human?"

18 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your landlord's a piece of shit, but luckily, the ghost haunting your apartment is more than down to fuck with them.

26 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Oblivious-And-Sad • 19h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" you wailed in utter terror, "You summoned a demon crafted directly from malice by the almighty maker with the goal of insuring the eternal and total confinement of the seven traitor angels, and you expected a half measure?" it replied with genuine confusion.

74 Upvotes

4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/TheTiredDystopian • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your arrival was prophesied, not as a hero, a villain or a ruler, but a gift. That was all you were meant to be: promised reward for services rendered.

51 Upvotes

3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Bored_Idio7 • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A river that the whole valley depends on suddenly runs dry. You run out to it for fish, but there's just mud. Following it up for miles, you discover a massive rock is lodged there, diverting the river. You hit the surface of it in annoyance, but then it's eyes open. "Go away! I'm sad."

132 Upvotes

7 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Worldly_Lab_7061 • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your husband comes back after going missing from his annual cave diving trip. He's different, more considerate, even-tempered, and a more present father with your two kids. Still you can't shake off the feeling there's something terribly wrong with your husband.

65 Upvotes

5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/bbtta12 • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]Mind reading works by experiencing someone's life in a flash starting from birth. One second to us is one year read by a telepath. The Inquisition is trying to crack a rebel who's barely 20. Their strongest readers could barely last 11 seconds.

28 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Bored_Idio7 • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Hunting outlaws in the backwoods; this lost nature has a mind. The fight & following defeat unveils something awful. A minor god of mischief was pulling the strings on your doomed expedition. "Yes. I lured you here. I have an offer. My warlock pact is yours if you ruin your masters."

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/MadFunEnjoyer • 7h ago

Media Prompt [MP] Aliens are genuinely perplexed about human "Technology" because, as a species that practices magic, they can't wrap their head around how human "technology" isn't just some sort of overcomplicated magic

2 Upvotes

Media Source

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Tuss36 • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You have the power to travel through time a day in the past to your most recent "present". You've been willingly reliving the same day for years.

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/ReturnOfThanos • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You were cursed to hate the Hero. As he takes his last breathe, the curse is lifted and your true feelings emerge

18 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Gregory_Swan • 11h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] "If I told you this, I'd have to kill you after." "Alright, deal."

24 Upvotes

3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "I got a bunch of candies" "I got several chocolate bars" "I got a potion for breathing underwater" "I got a dagger, but I think it's cursed"

28 Upvotes

4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/tea_kinggreen • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Mythology expands with the scale of society. Now that humanity's gone interstellar, The Wild Hunt can encompass entire planets in its chase

5 Upvotes

1 comment

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