#Fantasy ideas

[tinkerbitch69]

Insane idea for a ship dynamic: the sexual tension between a goddess and her chosen martyr

[writerbeemedina]

Hi I would really like to see a mermaid society modeled after orcas, please. 👉🏼👈🏼

• Matriarchal, led by oldest wisest female who raised other children in the pod

• Knowledge of their exclusive hunting techniques and hunting territories passed onto each generation

• Nomadic

• Often kills other sea creatures just for the thrill of it

• Strong emotional bonds

Thank you. You’re welcome.

[cosmicinkdrops]

A vampire alchemist who has created a synthetic human blood serum, not only to satisfy his hunger without hurting anyone, but to be able to donate blood.

A fae who only takes people’s names if they no longer want it and even helps them find a new one. She also guards nice humans from scams and takes people with nowhere else to go into the fae realm.

An elf so germaphobic he isolated himself in a castle that is magically kept pristine, with enchanted crystals creating purified air and visitors having to go through an intense regime of disinfectation before being able to enter.

A siren whose voice is so hurtful to the human ear that sailors will go out of their way to avoid getting anywhere close to her home.

A ghost that’s basically a disembodied soul attached to a sheet of cloth. It takes care of the old mansion it lives in and constantly forgets that it cannot go through solid objects.

A dragon that inhales fire and actively seeks to keep things from burning down. They also seek out hidden treasure to give to those in need and have scales that are really squishy.

A person who turns into a werewolf every night except during a full moon and is barely a functional human being throughout the day, only managing somewhat by drinking an excessive amount of coffee.

A succubus who is absolutely revolted by anything remotely sexual and feeds off of hugs, pats, cheek/forehead kisses, hand holding and cuddles instead.

A necromancer who’s going out of their way to seek out any dead souls rummaging on the Earth and talk them into going to the afterlife.

[daily-fantasy-ideas]

Something I've noticed with some dried lavender I have access to is that it only really releases a strong smell when it is crushed, otherwise, the scent is quite subdued.

So anyway I think it'd be cool if by using an alchemic glove whose palm is lined with golden sigils and runes a character could crush various ingredients together in their hand to create aerosolised potion effects.

[thicc-astronaut]

I was thinking about slimes from the fantasy RPG's and was thinking that anything liquidy that moves around will inevitably pick up lots of dirt and detritus. And then I thought about it some more and realized that anything with a lot of dirt and detritus that is constantly doused in water will probably start to grow stuff eventually so here's my concept for a fantasy slime creature: the Forest Slime

The Forest Slime lives in forests near still bodies of water like ponds or swamps. As it traverses the forest, it picks up a lot of dirt and leaf litter and dead sticks and stuff. It all settles towards the bottom of the slime, and the leaves start to rot. All the rotten leaves and dirt turn into very rich soil. When the slime travels into the water source to rehydrate itself, it picks up the seeds of aquatic plants, and those plants take root in that soil.

The slime feeds off of the unicellular algae that try to grow in it (eating at such a rate that the slime appears clear) as well as the slow release of nutrients as the leaves decompose. The lily pads shade the slime and help prevent dehydration.

[diamondstripe1]

please hear me out: multiple kinds of vampires like there's multiple bat diets yes, include the blood-sucking vampires, but also take other vampires into consideration. fruit vampires, who sucked the life out of fields due to their hunger. grub vampires, who... honestly aren't that bad for their environment, they're just gross little guys

[ms-scarletwings]

Now I don’t mind this established trope at all where people are basically ants in the minds of dragons, but then, just once in any fantasy media or campaign I want a dragon or other massive higher creature that responds to the existence to humans in the exact way that I do to bugs.

Dragon that stops flying because it saw someone sleeping in a field and pokes them with a branch out of sheer curiosity to check if they’re dead or not.

Dragon that watches goblins scurry into one of their little huts and just pries the roof off to stare at them and look at the inside of their little shelter before putting it back down with a satisfied grin and leaving.

Dragon that sees a person treading water in the middle of a lake or the ocean, carefully plucks them out, and sets them down on dry land. Maybe puts a goat’s leg in their lap in case they need a snack. Also calls them “Harold” for no apparent reason.

Very young dragon that screams and freaks out upon seeing a bearded man with brightly colored robes and a pointed hat until it realizes the guy isn’t casting any spells. “Ohhhh you’re a wizard mimic” and then proceeds to handle the guy for a few minutes, fascinated. It also addresses the dude as “Craig” the entire time.

Dragon grabs a wild boar and repeatedly starts placing it in front of a town because it wants to see some hunting behavior in action.

Thief gets caught sneaking into a dragon’s lair. Resident reptile roars and is seemingly about to obliterate them when its mate suddenly comes rushing in with a giant cup. They have a grumbly back and forth before the thief is scooped up and promptly brought to be dropped off at the nearest random village. Dragon’s mate refers to the thief as “Sullivan SillyMan” the whole way.

Dragon that encounters a member of a humanoid race it has never heard of or seen before, at least in this region. Stops everything it’s doing and immediately kidnaps the individual. Speeds back to its lair and keeps them imprisoned while trying to flip through some tomes. Eventually drags out a magical item that they use to open a communication with another dragon, describing the prisoner, showing them the prisoner, exchanging friendly banter. There’s a whole 30 minute to and hour convo and everything. Dragon refers to the captive as “Thaddeus” the whole time. Last thing it does is sketch out a drawing of the person before taking them back to where they found them and turning them loose again.

Dragon doing this to a gnome

[arumiasma]

[jk-bigender]

There’s a cool concept somewhere in comparing the fae stealing your name with hackers stealing your personal info, but I’m not creative enough to find it.

[the-chains-are-the-easy-part]

Do you remember that post where some estimated that Smaug’ stolen fortune is worth something like 50 billion dollars which would rank him as the second wealthiest fictional character but only as the fifteenth wealthiest american, meaning that there are fourteen human beings richer than a gold-hoarding dragon?

Ok so hear me out: what if dragons existed in our reality, but at a certain point in history they decided that the best course of action was to shapeshift into humans? The reason behind this is that our weapons were becoming too sophisticated and able to kill the dragons so best to hide and blend and try to gain gold and fortunes in more sly and cunning ways. So yeah, my idea is that all billionaires are actually dragons in human form, cause it’s the only explanation as to why a person wants to keep all that money for themselves even though they will never be able to fully spend it.

[thefriendlylocalplantnecromancer]

Magic in a fantasy world should be diverse

If magic is a commonly occurring thing in a fantasy world, it can be safe to assume a bunch of separated places developed it in unique ways. So for example one village by a river may have learned how to make magic-enchanted clay pots, which engravings attune magic to the potter's desire. On the other hand, people living in the local mountain range have never heard of such a thing, and they make wind chimes from crystals in local caves.

If anyone wonders, yes, this though process lead me to create around 50 magic systems in one night for some specific places

[writerbeemedina]

Don’t get me wrong, werewolves are freakin awesome, but I think what a lot of people don’t realize is that wolves aren’t hostile to their own pack as media makes it seem. There’s no “alpha wolf” ; if there are wolves in charge, they’re usually the parents of the other wolves. In other words, wolf packs are one big happy family.

But HYENAS on the other hand?? Testosterone-fueled female domination. The smaller males are the lowest ranking in the hierarchy and they are stuck like this. They get food that females don’t want. Hyenas eat their prey alive and crunch bones. Cubs often suffocate before they can even be born because they are birthed through the female hyena’s unique clitoris, otherwise known as a pseudo-penis — and yes, giving birth through this is incredibly painful.

Even though spotted hyenas are technically not related to canidae, I still think they should be considered as werecreatures in fiction. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[infernothechaosgod]

Mermaids beathe in sunlight

Like we clean ourselfs in water so why not have mermaids and sirens sun beathe? They get all slimy if they dont do that

"Jimmy i see algae on you, no no jimmy its not apart of your new style jimmy go sun beathe right now"

5 minutes later:

[daily-fantasy-ideas]

You know how societies tend to generally bury their dead in the ground and live atop said ground? What if that was reversed.

What if in dwarvish cultures instead of keeping the dead under the earth which'd be taking up valuable living space, they just had spots above ground with stone "burial" shacks where bodies in tightly sealed up coffins are left.

And to deter grave robbing they're typically without any adornment or memorabilia of what they had in life. These are instead left in shrines that exist underground that can be prayed to.

[magusscrap]

lanterns

[juliairian]

You know how in various myths and fantasy settings the Sidhe / Seelie / Fae are always intrinsically tied to giving and keeping promises?

Wouldn't it be funny if this worked on a global scale for, like, millionaires or global cooperations who make promises about how they treat their workers, how much charity engagement they do or how they plan to protect the environment from pollution etc?

Can you imagine a Fae Prince gracefully gliding into the office of a CEO, the secretary frantically following them - "I don't know how they got in here, I'm so sorry, ma'am" - declaring that the company promised Mother Nature protection and didn't keep it... darkness gathers around the headquarters skyscraper, retribution must follow.