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0 1Field Ability
RPG party members have special actions they can use in the overworld and/or in dungeons.
Created: 4 hours ago
0 20Nudity Equals Vulnerability
A person is naked to show how vulnerable they are.
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 7:56:18 AM
1 5Sounding Silent Letters
Silent letters are pronounced out loud.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 8:00:44 AM
0 1Holding Back Backfire
A character's insistence on holding back in a competition/fight ends up screwing them out of a victory.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 8:26:15 PM
0 9Ill-Timed Infirmity
A character gets sick or injured right before a big event comes up.
Created: yesterday
0 23Snack-Stealing Seagulls
Seagulls are portrayed as greedy food thieves. (Launching Soon™, May 19th?)
Created: May 10th 2024 at 2:58:58 AM
0 7Big Weapon, Little Wielder
A weapon wielded by someone smaller than would be sensible.
Created: yesterday
1 27Terrified Transformation Witness
A character reacts to another character's transformation - the moment or the aftermath - with shock and fear.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 7:35:40 AM
0 12Hair Color Angst
A character hates their natural hair color. (Launching on 18/19 May?)
Created: May 11th 2024 at 9:06:15 PM
2 0Boss Bangers
Boss music is usually the best music in video games.
Created: 3 hours ago
0 9Fake Religiosity
Someone joins a religious group/sect for material benefits despite not believing the group's creed
Created: May 15th 2024 at 2:04:43 AM
6 7Celestial Space School
Interplanetary or intergalactic schools often popular in sci fi
Created: May 5th 2024 at 2:26:25 PM
1 13Ambiguously Sentient Object (set to launch May 20)
An object shows signs of possibly being sentient, but not enough to prove that they are.
Created: Oct 7th 2023 at 2:49:23 AM
1 39Summoned by Sobbing
A character's weeping attracts the attention of someone who will either help or hurt them.
Created: Mar 5th 2023 at 11:47:42 AM
2 11Election Denial
When a democratic process is ignored or declared invalid by the losing party. Drama and/or Hilarity Ensues.
Created: May 12th 2024 at 3:44:51 PM
7 23Arts and Crafts Episode (Ready to Launch?)
Episodes where the characters or setting indulges in the world of Fine Art; making it, selling it, learning from it and satirizing it. (adopted by Stoutlyn)
Created: Jun 7th 2022 at 4:45:22 PM
0 7There In Their Head
One character imagines another character is there, visualized by the two actors literally being in the scene together.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 10:37:02 AM
2 16Deadly Game Of Chance
A villain uses a game of chance to decide whether a character will be killed, or at least harmed.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 2:45:37 PM
0 9Trickster Transformee (LAST CALL FOR EXAMPLES)
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Sponsor: AnotherEpicFail Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM Last reply: 5 hours ago by StrixObscuro View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 42Accidental Pain Guilt
A character accidentally injures someone they care about or gives them a disease and is wracked with guilt.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM