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1 11Good Deed, Bad Reaction
Help or attempt to help is met with or rejected out of fear, distrust, suspicion, hatred or hostility.
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 4:15:27 AM
1 13Terrified 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 11Prenatal Gender Picking
A way to choose the gender of a baby before birth.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 4:53:09 PM
1 1Serial Cthulhu Puncher
A mortal/underdog character who specializes in fighting deities, cosmic forces, and eldritch abominations.
Created: 8 hours ago
0 1Surprisingly Bad Native Language
Characters speak their native language poorly due to it not being the native language of the writer
Created: 8 hours ago
1 11Search for Adventure
A character leaves home in search of adventure.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 7:32:34 PM
8 8Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
6 27Empowered by Negativity
Power sources related to negative emotions. (Planned launch: 05/11)
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 7:31:12 PM
4 4Beastman Affinity
A Beast Man has special affinity with the animal they have traits of.
Created: Apr 19th 2024 at 11:21:55 PM
0 27Bad Reason To Do Good
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
0 14Underground Alien Civilization (Formerly Underground Martian Civilization)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of another planet or celestial body
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
4 27Not On The Periodic Table
Saying something "isn't on our periodic table" is another way of saying "it's not from Earth."
Created: Jun 28th 2019 at 4:51:02 PM
1 10Comically Interrupted Count
Characters are interrupted while counting up to three before performing a task.
Created: Apr 28th 2023 at 5:46:02 AM
0 6Trickster Transformee
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM
0 9Absurdly Elderly Father
A man who's too old to have a baby...does.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 2:30:33 AM
0 0Parental Love Rival
A Love Triangle featuring a parent and child as rivals in love.
1 11Tear-Stained Stationery (Please help with the description!)
A person cries on a piece of stationery or photograph
Created: Mar 14th 2024 at 8:31:54 PM
1 9Joke Action (feel free to suggest examples)
An attack or skill that's inferior to normal as a joke.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 9:48:08 AM
6 19Dramatic Incontinence (adopted by DRCEQ)
Incontinence Played For Drama.
Created: Dec 26th 2022 at 10:50:50 AM
Incontinence Played For Drama.
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2 10Deadly 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