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0 14Prenatal Gender Picking
A way to control what gender a baby will be before it's born.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 4:53:09 PM
0 6Field Ability
RPG party members have special actions they can use in the overworld and/or in dungeons.
Created: 9 hours ago
6 0Boss Bangers
Boss music is usually the best music in video games.
Created: 9 hours ago
12 12Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
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
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 9Ill-Timed Infirmity
A character gets sick or injured right before a big event comes up.
Created: yesterday
1 4Forgotten Fingerprint
A criminal commits what they think is The Perfect Crime, only to discover they left behind physical evidence on something they forgot they handled.
Created: May 14th 2024 at 3:44:05 AM
0 20Nudity Equals Vulnerability
A person is naked to show how vulnerable they are.
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 7:56:18 AM
0 15Underground Alien Civilization (Formerly Underground Martian 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
2 14Nonconsensual Pornography
A character has porn of themselves created and released without their consent.(Launching May 20)
Created: May 14th 2024 at 11:55:37 PM
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
1 6"Trying to be More Social" Plot (Needs Title Help!)
A plot where an introverted character tries to be more social.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 5:19:24 PM
0 14That One Summer
A summer that is looked back upon and talked about for years to come, whether for good or bad (and usually a combination), becoming a pivotal point in a character's life.
Created: Jan 2nd 2024 at 10:27:58 AM
9 0No political party was harmed
Fictional Political Party based on real one
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 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
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
A character's insistence on holding back in a competition/fight ends up screwing them out of a victory.
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3 12Death in Custody
A character dies while in the custody of the police or similar organisation.
Created: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:42:31 PM