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[WP]The Wishmaker's Key. It's like the Monkey's Paw, but instead of just flat out granting your wish (and doing it in the worst way possible), it only opens up the most reasonable opportunity to get what you wished for.

Submitted by xxDubbz t3_11rvdum on March 15, 2023 at 12:48 PM

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[WP] Your wife of 20 years sits you down for a serious talk. "Where's my husband Tyler?" she asks. You realize that your full-body disguise has started to fail.

Submitted by suburbanchiwriter t3_1229cha on March 26, 2023 at 3:13 AM

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[PM] Give me the most ridiculous sounding pair of characters you can think of, and I'll write a dramatic fight scene between them

Submitted by T_Lawliet t3_122aro1 on March 26, 2023 at 4:19 AM

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[WP] Eternal oblivion. As a life-long atheist, you always knew it was coming. You just didn't expect it to be so...purple.

Submitted by anxious_snail111 t3_1222wjg on March 25, 2023 at 11:17 PM

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[PM] Prompt Me mythology prompts!

Submitted by not_quite_graceful t3_121k0xk on March 25, 2023 at 12:12 PM

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[WP] Due to a miskey, HR accidentally hired an orc for their newest IT replacement. However, no one has complained about Goog's work yet.

Submitted by mattswritingaccount t3_120qxs9 on March 24, 2023 at 5:11 PM

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[WP] You are an immortal, and a family has tried and failed to kill you for generations. In fact, it's been going on so long that you've forgotten why they initially began looking for you.

Submitted by CutieBecka t3_121onme on March 25, 2023 at 3:02 PM

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[WP] You wake up as usual, typical morning, until you see yourself in a mirror. You have strange but neat looking tattoos on you. You are very sure you never visited tattoo shop yet, there they are when you look.

Submitted by Aftel43 t3_12121zz on March 24, 2023 at 11:02 PM

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[WP] Once chosen by a creature, a person may harness its power. Your family has always had a connection to dragons but on the coming of age ceremony, the dragons turn away from you. Instead, a lone phoenix flies to your side.

Submitted by Roxith t3_121ajmk on March 25, 2023 at 4:27 AM

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[WP] You receive a package from a grandparent thought to be dead. In it, an old fountain pen and a note saying, “Don’t let them find it.” You test the pen by drawing a simple bird. A moment later you hear a flutter of wings just outside your window.

Submitted by Reach-for-the-sky_15 t3_121x3jo on March 25, 2023 at 7:53 PM

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[WP]A year ago all the stars in the night sky went out. Tonight they returned, but none of them were in the right place.

Submitted by sticky-pete t3_11yekmc on March 22, 2023 at 10:25 AM

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[WP] The heroes encounter a unicorn, a creature that will only take orders from a virgin. To everyone's surprise, the hero and the cleric were rejected. To everyone's bigger surprise, the unicorn trots over to the barbarian and puts its head on his lap.

Submitted by Time_Significance t3_11yn4ox on March 22, 2023 at 3:50 PM

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[WP] It's the traditional tale of the knight saving the princess from the dragon. The twist here is that the knight is saving a dragon from a giant fire-breathing princess.

Submitted by RedVelvet_Milkshake t3_1226bcu on March 26, 2023 at 1:15 AM

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[WP] A full investigation into all of your arcane work is underway, the higherups having been tipped off that you were dabbling in "Forbidden Dark Magics". However, the magic you were looking into was manipulating LITERAL darkness for entirely benign reasons.

Submitted by quazerflame t3_121fsbx on March 25, 2023 at 8:45 AM

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[WP] When humans make contact with the wider galactic community, it is discovered we were the only species to use rockets for space travel. Most other species use much safer antigravity tech. So they are appalled to learn that we basically propel ourselves into space with explosions.

Submitted by UndyingCorn t3_121py8o on March 25, 2023 at 3:49 PM

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[WP] You work as tech support for ancient supernatural beings who are trying to adapt to the modern world. It's a frustrating - and at times dangerous - job, but at least your clients pay well.

Submitted by aRandomFox-II t3_11xcin6 on March 21, 2023 at 10:02 AM

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[WP] You are a highly skilled thief, never caught, never seen, never leave evidence behind. One day, you get tired of it all, and decide to steal one last thing, turning it into a game, leaving behind clues for someone to find and capture you.

Submitted by Crystal1501 t3_121h488 on March 25, 2023 at 9:58 AM

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[WP]“Quick question, why the fuck is the robot you made an alcoholic?”

Submitted by Jam-Man1 t3_121qon1 on March 25, 2023 at 4:15 PM

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[EU] Dumbledore is called away by an apocalyptic emergency. In order to keep Hogwarts safe, he casts a spell that will summon the ideal person to run the school in his absence and protect it. What he didn't expect was that it would be one Ron Swanson...

Submitted by superanth t3_1215t2t on March 25, 2023 at 1:16 AM

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[WP] Just two people sitting on a park bench. No gods or monsters or spies or supernatural elements -- just two people sitting.

Submitted by IAmTotallyNotSatan t3_120orzx on March 24, 2023 at 4:05 PM

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[WP] Last week you found an old sword in a box. When the blade was unsheathed it spoke to you, recounting its history. It declared you bearer of the mythical talking sword of Babel, and that you are bound together until death. Unfortunately, the sword is incredibly irritating and won’t shut up.

Submitted by DiRumgega t3_120i2fz on March 24, 2023 at 11:59 AM

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[WP] the cultist gave up their sacrifices to the monster god only for one to come back with a thing called “energy drinks”. Turns out there’s two different monster gods.

Submitted by No-Trick2389 t3_12123v5 on March 24, 2023 at 11:03 PM

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[WP] No one courts death like a human. They eat food that evolved to be toxic, ingest known poison for recreation, engage in potentially lethal sport for fun, and have an incredibly high risk tolerance. On the galactic stage they are feared, admired, and generally considered crazy.

Submitted by SeriousGoofball t3_11zw6tn on March 23, 2023 at 8:25 PM

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[WP] you find a typewriter with the words "what if" written on its permanent and only page, when you finish the sentence it gives you a vision of that scenario and then resets itself. Using it you become a famous writer, but now the worlds you saw are bleeding into our own

Submitted by Ok-Mastodon2016 t3_121616d on March 25, 2023 at 1:25 AM

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[WP] A man struggles to adopt a nocturnal lifestyle for his vampire girlfriend. A woman is heartbroken to lock up her werewolf fiancee every full moon. A child says goodbye to their mermaid friend because the river is too polluted. These are the untold stories of an urban fantasy world.

Submitted by SomeSortOfUser t3_1202ej3 on March 24, 2023 at 12:02 AM

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