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Roll for Initative

It’s Brown Bag’s 10th issue! In honor of such a momentous issue, we decided what better theme than DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. Get your dice, your minis, and character sheets to build a campaign like never before *winks*

Submission Inspiration wall

Spell created by Kris Kobe (brown bag editor)

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Prompts

🏰 Campaign Starters

  • A funeral invitation arrives… for someone none of you remember, but all of you inherited something from.

  • Every citizen wakes up with a strange rune on their skin—yours is different.

  • A storm reveals the bones of a buried city. The local nobles want it reburied. Why?

đŸ’„ Plot Twists

  • The villain is trying to stop a greater evil, but no one believes them—including themselves.

  • Your patron/god disappears—and you start feeling someone else’s power instead.

  • The town’s “curse” turns out to be a defense system against a hidden invasion.

🧠 Mystery Hooks

  • The moon hasn’t risen in three nights. Astronomers are silent.

  • A painting in a noble’s home changes every time someone looks away. It’s watching something.

  • People are being replaced by perfect copies—but only animals can tell the difference.

🐉 Magic Gone Wrong

  • A bard’s spell accidentally traps the town in a musical—everyone sings their true thoughts.

  • All teleportation magic now sends people to one bizarre, shared liminal space.

  • A magical plague swaps people’s memories at random. Chaos—and unexpected empathy—ensues.

đŸ‘» Character Backstory Prompts

  • You remember your death—and someone else’s life.

  • The sword you inherited from your family won’t draw unless you’re lying.

  • Every birthday, you get a note from a mysterious benefactor keeping you alive. Why?

🎭 Open-Ended Character Questions

  • What’s something your character swore they’d never do
 but now might consider?

  • Who was your character’s first real friend—and why don’t they talk anymore?

  • What secret does your character keep even from themselves?

  • Who would your character betray the party for—and would they regret it?

  • What dream does your character chase that they’ve never said out loud

🌍 Worldbuilding/Setting Questions

  • What’s a local superstition that might actually be true?

  • What ancient holiday just resurfaced—who’s trying to bring it back, and why?

  • What region of the world is considered cursed, and what would happen if someone explored it?

  • What invention or piece of lost magic would change the balance of power overnight?

  • What god went missing—and how is the world starting to unravel without them?

🔀 Plot Hooks & Moral Dilemmas

  • What’s something you thought was gone forever, now returned and dangerous?

  • What if the villain asked for your help in exchange for saving someone you love?

  • What happens when your character is offered everything they want
 but it comes from the wrong hands?

  • What’s a crime that everyone in town is pretending didn’t happen?

  • Who benefits most from keeping the world broken?

đŸ§č Magic & Mystery

  • What spell does no one dare cast anymore—and why are people starting to use it again?

  • What happens when magic begins evolving
 or rebelling?

  • What if every dream was a piece of a puzzle that someone—or something—is trying to solve?

  • What magic item whispers to your character—and what does it want?

  • What ancient entity do people still worship unknowingly?

Benji's Blurb Books

That’s right. I, Benji Knight, have opened a bazarre of books. But it’s not just any bookstore *winks*. 

If you enjoy surprises, this is the place for you. Each book is wrapped in a brown bag (obviously) with a short synopsis from me. And that’s all you get to know!

note-note: I know bazarre is spelled incorrectly. I didn’t like the way it’s spelled, so I changed it. *sips chocolate milk*

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