A magical crown that grants its wearer nearly unlimited knowledge, but also takes away a sense at random.
Month: April 2015
Writing Prompt #658
The hero and antagonist each have fortune-teller friends who are constantly trying to get one foot over the other by essentially playing their respective hero like a game character, telling them what to do and how to do it at every turn.
Writing Prompt #657
A planet that actually has a burning fuse extending into space. Its inhabitants don’t realize what it is until the end of the fuse gets close enough that they can see it.
Writing Prompt #656
A new “life tax” imposed on every man, woman, child, and animal in a city-state. Anyone who doesn’t pay for their life is killed.
To make this more interesting, make it the good guys who impose this tax.
Writing Prompt #655
Indentured heroes who are forced by “prophets” to save the world with the power of love or whatever despite what they actually believe or want to do. They have to save the world even if the world doesn’t need any saving.
Writing Prompt #654
A person who is thought to be immortal, but in reality can just take a thousand hits before he dies.
Writing Prompt # 653
Food that grants magical powers only after its nutrients have been absorbed; mages would have to eat this food several hours before a battle, and would be absolutely powerless otherwise.
Writing Prompt #652
A pair of languages that use all the same words and inflections and such, but in entirely different contexts. For example, “hello” in one of these languages could mean “I kidnapped your dog” in the other.
Writing Prompt #651
A system wherein extremely influential people become gods upon death.
Writing Prompt #650
A species possessing none of the basic five senses, but that is entirely sentient.
