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0 9Knights in Powered Armor
Warriors with mecha or powered exoskeletons take on knightly trappings.
Created: May 20th 2024 at 9:30:20 AM
1 6Unintentional Animal Poison Tester
A character is saved from eating poisoned food when an animal eats some first and dies.
Created: May 19th 2024 at 12:41:00 AM
0 0All Things Bright And Beautiful
A Standard Snippet of the Anglican hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
Created: May 18th 2024 at 8:41:47 AM
0 15Underground Alien Civilization (Ready to Launch?)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of another planet or celestial body
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
1 8Puddle Shadow
Shadows cast straight down regardless of lighting, and often circular in shape
Created: Feb 7th 2024 at 6:00:06 AM
0 43Accidental Pain Guilt (launch this weekend)
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
3 16Surprise Sibling (Up For Grabs)
When a character's sibling shows up in the story with no mention prior to their arrival.
Created: Jan 17th 2022 at 9:15:44 AM
1 22Combat Drugs
Performance enhancing drugs when the "performance" is "combat"
Created: May 2nd 2021 at 1:02:55 PM
0 9Forcing A Mistrial
An Amoral Attorney "wins" a case by deliberately causing a mistrial and halting court proceedings.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 11:29:24 AM
0 9Giant Logistics
Great lengths are taken to accommodate, transport, or feed a giant person or animal.
Created: May 17th 2024 at 12:19:57 AM
2 7Arcadia-By-The-Sea (Grabbed by Theriocephalus)
A coastal or island version of Arcadia.
3 18Seal Of Impending Doom
The moment it becomes clear a character is going to die and nothing can prevent it.
Created: Sep 12th 2020 at 5:31:03 AM
0 9Spurning The Salacious
A promiscuous character encounters a particular character who rejects them as a sex partner.
Created: Aug 29th 2023 at 6:57:12 PM
0 1Webcomic / Peter And Company (1998)
The first continuity of Peter and Company before being rebooted.
Created: May 17th 2024 at 6:21:54 PM
1 9Zener Cards
Cards used in parapsychology to measure Psychic Powers. Often used as a shorthand for psychic tropes.
Created: May 9th 2024 at 9:47:13 PM
11 14Vindicated by Adaptation
A work that was unpopular when it originally came out, but became more popular thanks to an adaptation of the work.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 7:08:52 AM
0 11Artificial World (Looking for discussion -- should worlds created by magic count?)
A world that was built, not formed naturally.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 11:54:39 AM
9 61Brainless, Spineless, and Heartless
A type of Power Trio where one character lacks intelligence, one lacks courage, and one lacks empathy. [Adopted by Asterlix]
Created: Sep 2nd 2022 at 1:26:39 PM
A type of Power Trio where one character lacks intelligence, one lacks courage, and one lacks empathy. [Adopted by Asterlix]
Sponsor: Admiralakbar1 Created: Sep 2nd 2022 at 1:26:39 PM Last reply: 17 hours ago by SilvershadeWolf View draft
0 6Lulled Themselves To Sleep
A character sings a lullaby, tells a bedtime story, etc... but they fall asleep instead of the person they wanted to.
Created: May 19th 2024 at 7:16:44 PM