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0 0Stopgate Combatant
An otherwise invincible hero that can beat anyone else can't easily take down this character one-on-one.
Created: 2025-10-16 14:38:45
0 1Real Creator, Fictional Work
Fictional work by a real creator
Created: 2025-10-18 00:09:15
2 18Wintertime Episode (Launching 11/8)
An episode set during wintertime that has the characters enjoying or hating the elements of the season.
Created: 2025-10-18 08:49:52
2 0Semi-Anthology
A story series where entries usually follow new characters, but are set in the same universe with surrounding characters
0 15Nudity as a Bribe
A character offers to show themselves or someone else in a state of undress as a bribe.
Created: 2025-10-19 13:55:04
0 16Early Fire Ball Spell
In a system with a wide variety of magic, the Fire Ball, or fire magic generally, is available early or treated as basic
Created: 2025-10-19 14:36:45
3 5Vespene Not Required
A faction in a strategy game that doesn't need one of the game resources or uses it differently.
Created: 2025-10-21 07:02:57
0 1Digital Disinformation Decoy
A wrongdoer falsifies aspects of their or someone else's life via social media to hide something.
Created: 2025-10-21 10:09:55
0 22Familiar Ruins
A recurring or familiar location from a work that is reused later on or in a new addition of a work in the form of a desolate wasteland.
Created: 2025-10-21 10:34:28
0 3IDing The Hidden Foe
Someone is able to identify who their enemy is, even without ever seeing them, by their methods.
Created: 2025-10-21 20:56:04
0 9Caller-Specific Ringtone
A character uses different ringtones (often a song) to tell who's calling them without looking at the caller ID.
Created: 2025-10-22 16:01:24
3 0Embarrassing Narrow Victory
When the surprise comes not from the favorite winning but from how long it took or by how much.
0 6Defense Defames Defendant
A defense attorney speaks negatively about their client in court, either out of incompetence, dislike for the defendant, or as part of a gambit.
Created: 2025-10-23 17:20:59
3 26Screwed By Their Own Rule
A character who created or supported a rule ends up getting screwed over by it.
Created: 2025-10-24 08:45:37
3 15Known By Corrupted Name
Someone/something is known by a corrupted form of their real name
Created: 2025-10-24 16:55:39
2 4Decentralized Antagonism (More examples and description help welcomed)
A story trait where there is an external conflict defining the story but none of the antagonists are a central villain driving it.
Created: 2025-10-25 16:04:17
0 2Repeatedly Re-randomized Description
Something's description has a chance to change on each look.
0 13Karmic Disability
A character is inflicted with a disability as a karmic punishment.
Created: 2025-10-25 23:28:05
0 8Played Ball In College (11/5 Launch)
A character, often a tough or athletic type, is revealed to have played college sports, which informs their physicality, discipline, or backstory.
Created: 2025-10-26 18:32:38
A character, often a tough or athletic type, is revealed to have played college sports, which informs their physicality, discipline, or backstory.
Sponsor: hodges14 Created: 2025-10-26 18:32:38 Last reply: 2025-11-02 20:56:44 by hodges14 View draft

1 0Would've Been Said In Different Circumstances
Someone says something... ...but they say it's what they would say if the circumstances were different.
Created: 2025-10-16 09:09:47