Quests and Adventures Writing Prompts

Your hands shake as you approach the final battle. Everyone is confident you'll win since they believe you're the Chosen One. What they don't know is the "Chosen One" was your older brother, and you've been using his name and identity ever since he died when you were 14

Whenever you visit the dragon's lair, you give some treasure instead of taking some. People think you are crazy for doing this.

"My lady," said the Prophet. "The kingdom is in danger. Seek out the kind and noble heroes: Face Mauler the Dreaded, Skull Crusher the Mad, the Man-Eating Giant, and Barry. Talk to them and they will help you in your quest."

You are a legendary hero. One day, you checked ahead of your party in the local inn for the night. Later, you are woken up because of a fight in the town's square. The villagers are attacking a group of monsters mercilessly. There is one problem : those monsters are your beloved party members

They said that you could never save the kingdom, that you would fail and die miserably, because you were not the prophesized hero. And when you returned after saving the realm on your own, instead of welcoming you as a hero the king banished you, as it was not your place to save them.

After battling your way to the final boss, you see… the merchant that bought your extra items? Anything you sold them can and will be used against you…

You're an enchanted suit of armor, completely hollow on the inside. After gaining sentience, you left your haunted keep & began to adventure. As you gain notoriety across the land, making friends & connections, it gets harder to keep it a secret that there's nothing behind your visor.

You were pleasantly surprised that the dragon was actually rather delighted to see your party enter their cave. Turns out that dragons have phases in regards to what they hoard and this dragon was keen on letting you take what you want to clear up space for their new obsession.

When his champion returned after many years, proudly spouting off his many accomplishments, the God could only stare, dumbfounded. "What the hell do you mean you saved the world? You were supposed to destroy it!"

You got trapped inside your favorite video game. This isn’t really a problem, since you’re so familiar with it. It is, however, a problem for your parents, who got trapped with you.

"Kid, I don't care if your the 'Chosen One' or that you need 'to Level Up', this is a nature reserve. You can't walk in and start killing innocent wildlife. You're being arrested."

After a series of misunderstandings, a dragonborn paladin of noble birth is sent on a quest to save the lost princess (herself) from a vicious dragon (also herself).

“Why should I?” Says the disgraced inheritor of the kingdom. “Why should I go back in royalty? When I can go to an adventure and to meet and save people!” “Why should I inherit the mistakes of my father?” “After all, you people shunned me.” “And no, I’m not coming back and thats final!”

A prophecy comes out that your child will become the Hero to defeat the great evil when they come of age. You decide that’s too much for a kid and intend to ensure the great evil isn’t going to live that long.

One would think a healer would the the weakest of the party, but when a powerful healer is alone, all their magic is focused on themself, and boy you better hope you can hurt them faster than they can regenerate the damage.

"So you are telling me this random guy showed up out of nowhere, killed the dragon within the hour and left without saying a thing?" "Actually sir he kept saying 'skip dialogue' while I was trying to talk to him."

"I don't wanna fight you, low-level bandit." Says the Lv.100 Hero, who killed the embodiment of space-time. "I wouldn't want to fight me, neither." Says the low-level bandit.

You were exploring the dungeon when you came across a rare sight. An abandoned mimic whelp. You couldn’t resist the shaking jewelry box. It is now your most faithful companion.

You misread the reward for the quest. You received a Dragon Bride, not a Dragon Ride, from the king.

You've been summoned to yet another world. While your summoners are busy figuring out what the hell your 'Speedrunner' class means, you prepare yourself for a sub 4 hour record.

Legendary heroes are won at auction to overcome a kingdom's latest threat from evil. Unable to afford the top dollar offerings, your kingdom was only able to win a hero on a clearance sale.

"Look, I can't be the chosen one! I'm a single parent! I've got two kids that need me, I can't be off saving the world, I'm barely making ends meet as it is! Give me ONE reason I should even consider this!" "... free childcare while you're gone?" "... Keep talking."

An Eldritch horror hires a group of adventurers to destroy every cult that tried to summon it.

Instead of a random teenager, the hero summoned to a fantasy world was an engineer working at Lockheed Martin.

"I don't wanna be a warrior!" You shout, looking at the magic sword your Mom has shoved into your hands. "But you like books, don't you? Look around us, do you see many books in the village? No. You know who has them? Evil sorcerors and wizards who fell in battle, or the trolls who slayed them."

"Welcome to Hell. To leave, all you must do is finish seven impossible tasks decided by your seven greatest sins. Four people have made it out so far. Will you be the fifth?"

“Isn’t that the armor of the evil lord we went on a long journey to defeat? You know, the symbol of our oppression? Why would you ever wear that?”

After fighting all kinds of demons in the various hells of different religions, just before you reach your goal, you did something stupid. As the last of the major sin, the demon of sloth rises from his throne. Your divine companion goes the palest he's ever been and utters "Fuck."

In the deepest parts of every deadly dungeon or dark labyrinth, there is a hobbling old merchant that sets up a stand to sell basic items such as healing potions. No one knows how he gets down there, but all of the monsters fear him.

After a female adventurer saves the kingdom and earns her promised reward of land, money, and titles, she finds out that taking the princess’s hand in marriage wasn't an optional part of the deal.