Fantasy writing prompts
Fantasy is the genre of impossible maps and stubborn heroes. These prompts hand you a hook — a missing heir, a talking sword, a city carved into a mountain — and let your group write the rest.
- The last dragon hatches in a children's library and only the librarian can hear it sing.
- A cartographer is hired to map a kingdom that rearranges itself every full moon.
- The royal taster wakes up immortal and the king is furious.
- A blacksmith inherits an apprentice who claims to be the rightful god of fire.
- Two rival bakeries discover their starter doughs are ancient warring spirits.
- A bard's lute starts playing songs about a war that hasn't happened yet.
- The forest hires a lawyer.
- An apprentice witch is asked to break a curse on a town that doesn't believe in curses.
Write one of these together
Storybored is a turn-based story writing game for 2–4 players. Drop any prompt above into a new story, invite friends with a code, and write the next line each.
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