Flash Fiction Challenge: Who The Fuck Is My D&D Character
Click this link:
Who The Fuck Is My D&D Character?
It is amazing.
You are going to click that link and you are going to use what you get there to write 1000 words of flash fiction. Now, some of you may not want to write fantasy or something so plainly D&D-esque, and that’s cool — I’d then suggest clicking it, taking the result and using it as inspiration. Borrow some part of it for your character. Adjust to the genre you so desire.
So, 1000 words.
Write it at your blog or online space.
Link to it here in the comments so we can all read.
Due by next Friday, the 16th, noon EST.
Oh, and welcome to the first flash fiction challenge of the year.
If this is your first time at Write Club:
YOU HAVE TO WRITE.
Toni J
January 11, 2015 at 7:50 PM //
Wow, that site is hilarious. I have a blunt elf monk from a tropical paradise who lost his shadow in a bet!
http://tonij.net/2015/01/tarponors-bet/
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:36 PM //
hahahaha Gotta love it when the “smart” ones get outsmarted. Great story!
Toni J
January 14, 2015 at 12:01 PM //
Thanks! 🙂
S.Stars
January 12, 2015 at 2:22 AM //
I had that weird idea to combine my D&D character…
A FUCKING GRAVE DWARF WIZARD FROM A FORGOTTEN ELVEN MONASTERY WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IN HYGIENE
with Mr. Chuck Wendig’s famous beard! Hehe.
998 words. I think the story needs revision, but for now it’s the best I can do. Hehe.
http://shootin-stars.jimdo.com/writer-1/
(Sorry for the “under construction” website)
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:39 PM //
*giggles* Oh the poor dwarf!
Henry
January 12, 2015 at 4:36 PM //
A SUSPICIOUS HALF-ELF BARD FROM A SHELTERED UPBRINGING WHO IS LACTOSE INTOLERANT.
What do you do with lactose intolerance? This is what I came up with:
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/01/12/flash-fiction-robins-songs/
L.B. Zumpshon
January 12, 2015 at 6:36 PM //
Challenge accepted!
My story is at: https://brainsandwriting.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/chuck-wendigs-flash-fiction-challenge/
It needs work, but I’m just happy to feel inspired again.
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:45 PM //
Love love love love! 🙂 Now I want Jello. 😀
L.B. Zumpshon
January 14, 2015 at 11:36 AM //
Thank you so much! And you can never have enough jello 😉
lokic
January 13, 2015 at 5:31 AM //
It’s my first time at Write Club. So I wrote: http://thecentrecannothold.net/fictions/flash-fiction-challenge-character/.
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:48 PM //
First time? It’s AWESOME! 🙂 Beautiful prose and a wonderful idea.
lokic
January 14, 2015 at 7:14 AM //
My first time at Write Club, not my first time writing 😉
And thank you.
Alister Davison
January 13, 2015 at 9:22 AM //
I’m a first-timer, too.
I’m also a bigoted Half-Orc wizard from a carnival freak show searching for the perfect culinary dish.
I wrote this: http://mister-alister.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-who-fuck-is-my.html
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:52 PM //
… Oh my. 🙂 Very well written! Torn between slight shock and giggling.
Cara Howe
January 13, 2015 at 9:34 AM //
First time at Write Club. Be gentle: http://carahowe.weebly.com/
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:56 PM //
*falls over laughing* Why does this remind me of me so much?! Totally wonderfully entertaining. 😀
Cara Howe
January 14, 2015 at 9:42 AM //
Thank you! I’m still giggling…
Cara Howe
January 14, 2015 at 10:45 AM //
Word-Nerds, what say you about a change in perspective for this one?
Jim Franklin
January 13, 2015 at 11:15 AM //
My character is an “apathetic Halfling Ranger from a nomad circus who unwittingly misuses words all the bloody time”. If you’re familiar with RPG video games then this may be familiar to you.
Hope you like it.
https://keyboardpizza.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/flash-fiction-rpg-inquest/
Sylvidoptera
January 13, 2015 at 5:59 PM //
OMG if only that were an option in some MMOs! 😀 Too funny!
Melody
January 13, 2015 at 3:09 PM //
Oh goodness. I’ve never done one of these flash fiction things in my life… but I couldn’t resist. 😀 My character is “amicable Half-orc Barbarian from the local tavern who wants to be famous, no matter what”.
http://sylvidoptera.tumblr.com/post/108006456763/flash-fiction
M.J. Diedrich
January 14, 2015 at 10:46 AM //
For the sombre tiefling druid from an unchartable isle afraid that the party will kill them if they try to leave, “Answering the Call”
“The raven cocked her head and stared at the sleeping woman who’d summoned her…”
M.J. Diedrich
January 14, 2015 at 10:47 AM //
…and the link:
http://mjdiedrich.com/2015/01/14/answering-the-call/
jwrapa
January 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM //
Just finished mine: https://phrasework.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fuck-is-my-dd-character/
Sylvidoptera
January 15, 2015 at 11:51 AM //
😮 Niiiiice.
jwrapa
January 15, 2015 at 2:57 PM //
Thank you!
joeharris462
January 14, 2015 at 5:49 PM //
As someone who is trying to branch out to new genres I’m equally delighted and pissed off by my character. A freindly gnome fighter from a maximum security prison whos just trying to get by.
I honestly don’t know how this is going to work but I’m excited to try it out
joeharris462
January 15, 2015 at 5:38 PM //
https://wordpress.com/read/post/id/63032504/16/
I ended up attempting humor with it and I think that may have either made it worse or better. I am still proud to say that I finally done one of these challenges.
JJ Toner
January 14, 2015 at 5:59 PM //
My ‘umble effort http://www.jjtoner.net/short-stories/an-elf-dwarfs-tale/
Helen Espinosa
January 14, 2015 at 6:19 PM //
My character is “Spiteful elf bard from a cavern without echoes who has anger problems”. Never done fantasy before, so hopefully I didn’t do too horribly. 🙂 https://helenespinosa.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/the-queen/
Matthew X. Gomez
January 14, 2015 at 9:21 PM //
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/no-ordinary-education-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
IMPATIENT DWARF WARLOCK FROM A STRING OF TERRIBLE PLACES TO LIVE WHO HAS HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH EVERYONE’S CRAP
codenamenox
January 15, 2015 at 5:48 PM //
Jorum is a delightfully cantankerous badass. I’d love to read more tales of his travels. =]
J.P. Schmidt
January 15, 2015 at 4:13 AM //
A brave Human Wizard from the Tower of Bones who has always wanted to open his own tavern.
codenamenox
January 15, 2015 at 5:55 AM //
Hello, hello! *waves, hands out cookies, trips over over self, drops cookies everywhere, picks self up nonchalantly* Good to see y’all.
My prompt was “A suspicious gnome wizard from a village without a tavern who always keeps their promises.” Haven’t written fantasy for a very long time, so this was fun!
And the story:
https://thecoffeeclef.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/field-on-the-marsh-for-the-who-the-fck-is-my-dd-character-flash-fiction-challenge/
Sylvidoptera
January 15, 2015 at 11:55 AM //
Wow. Just wow. That was so good! Totally didn’t see the end coming. 😀
codenamenox
January 15, 2015 at 2:59 PM //
Thanks a lot! I’m glad the twist worked for you. =]
Kat Enright
January 15, 2015 at 7:53 AM //
Well, I finally did it! First flash fiction achieved!
http://katenwriter.tumblr.com/post/108162549094/flash-fiction-who-the-fuck-is-my-dnd-character
Sylvidoptera
January 15, 2015 at 11:46 AM //
That was awesome! 🙂 I now want to know more of her adventures! 😀
Toni J
January 15, 2015 at 3:20 PM //
Ooh! I’d definitely read more of Tevega’s adventures.
http://www.JJToner.net/
January 16, 2015 at 12:20 PM //
Good one, Kat, but what’s the “Pathfinder Setting”? Sounds like something from heavy fantasy. JJ
Kat Enright
January 18, 2015 at 11:49 AM //
It’s one of the campaign settings from tabletop RPGs. It’s very similar to Dungeons and Dragons – in fact it’s basically a spinning of DnD 3.5 – but it’s by a different company and it has a rather fleshed out system of gods, races, countries, stories, etc. Thanks for reading!
Kat Enright
January 18, 2015 at 11:58 AM //
Awww, thanks for the kind words everyone!
As for the Pathfinder Setting, it refers the to the tabletop RPG. Pathfinder is a spin off of Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, and it has it’s own setting with gods and races and countries. It’s basically where I got Gorum from.
Christine Lashinski
January 15, 2015 at 2:15 PM //
Long time reader, first time participating.
My character is a “disruptive Half-elf Wizard from the slave fighting pits who distrusts all authority.
https://clashinski.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge-who-is-my-dd-character/?preview=true&preview_id=40
Alice E Keyes
January 15, 2015 at 4:20 PM //
Meticulous tie fling Ranger from the now dry swamp who suffers from nosebleeds
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/p/meticulous-tie-fling-ranger-from-now.html
codenamenox
January 15, 2015 at 5:05 PM //
Ack, I need to know what happens to her next! This looks like this could be the beginning of a novel.
CJ
January 15, 2015 at 8:49 PM //
Whelp, after a year of lurking like a cat when you close the bathroom door, I’m finally taking off my water-wings, holding my nose and jumping into the pool of fiction shorter than 30,000 words.
My prompt: snobby half-elf sorceress from a bustling city who deserted from the army.
http://imagination.cjreader.com
JJ Toner
January 16, 2015 at 12:31 PM //
Interesting, evocative. Would like to read more. JJ
Kayla Allen
January 15, 2015 at 11:21 PM //
Woo! First flash fiction!
ABSENT MINDED HALF-ELF FIGHTER FROM THE SMALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD WHO HAS A REGULAR SLEEPWALKING ISSUE
http://thekaylaallen.weebly.com/blog/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fuck-is-my-dd-character
Rebecca Douglass
January 16, 2015 at 1:12 AM //
Mine goes live in a couple of hours. What a fun random stuff generator! I got an outspoken dragonborn wizard from the gutter who was brought up to be a librarian. I may not have gotten the “outspoken” part worked in so well, though she’s no shrinking violet!
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/01/friday-flash-fiction-wizard-librarian.html
Jemima Pett
January 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM //
You never got a librarian character without some work on it? Cannot be Random!!
Jarrod Farquhar-Nicol
January 16, 2015 at 3:28 AM //
It’s my first time at Write Club, so I had to write. And I loved it! I’ve followed Chuck’s ravings for a while, but this year I’m finally getting into the flash fiction challenges.
Here’s my story inspired by an old D&D campaign I played in and “Check this shit out, I’m going to be a fucking selfish tiefling monk from the Iceberg Sea who has had it up to here with everyone’s crap.”
https://medium.com/@lettherebewrite/a-little-bit-of-peace-f07dee381a25
Anthony Karcz
January 16, 2015 at 6:11 AM //
This is my first Flash Fiction challenge! I couldn’t pass up the character I got: EMOTIONAL DRAGONBORN FROM THE TOWER OF BONES WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IN HYGIENE.
Had thought I’d go humorous with it, but it ended up going in a different direction. Enjoy!
http://www.thetailthehead.com/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-born-again.html
Luke Spry
January 16, 2015 at 6:55 AM //
Here is mine:
https://lukespry.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/the-giants-below/
Luke Spry
January 16, 2015 at 6:56 AM //
Forgot to mention the prompt:
YOU THINK YOUR CHARACTER IS COOL? MY CHARACTER IS A FUCKING
SASSY DWARF BARD FROM A WEALTHY VINEYARD WHO FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SPEAK TO GIRLS
Jemima Pett
January 16, 2015 at 7:50 AM //
Ooops, nearly forgot to post this! Chuck takes three weeks off and I forget thr routine 🙂 Although, really, I’ve been too wrapped up in writing my new book. 😉
I give you What’s Your Poison – the tale of a courageous Half-orc Monk from the grave diggers union who was raised by ghosts…
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-friday-whats-your-poison/
crow365
January 16, 2015 at 8:36 AM //
I got “a human fighter from an unchartable island who believes that they’re a demi-god and is searching for their father”, so I give you “In a Tavern”: http://nickegelhoff.com/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fck-is-my-dd-character/
smkay70
January 16, 2015 at 10:50 AM //
I rolled an Inconsiderate Dwarf Rogue from the city post office who was raised to be a librarian.
http://sabrakay.com/flash-fiction-friday-dwarf-rogue-librarian-whaaat/
PalePomegranate
January 16, 2015 at 11:39 AM //
I got “Irritable Half-elf paladin from the Pirate Infested Isles of Woe who once survived a Boiling Cauldron.” That was a lot of fun. And now I want to write more of it – just to see where it goes.
PalePomegranate
January 16, 2015 at 10:16 PM //
Wow, actually helps when you post a link.
PalePomegranate
January 16, 2015 at 10:17 PM //
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/my-neuroglia
momdude
January 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM //
Dashing in just under the wire, here’s “Beach Kill,” the story of an Ambitious Human Rogue From The Iceberg Sea Who Loots Every Kill But Leaves Enough To Pay For Their Burial. It was fun to write, good to back for the 2015 Flash Fiction experience.
http://pauljwillett.com/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-beach-kill/
poorerdick
January 16, 2015 at 11:57 AM //
Pulling in just under the deadline…
YOU THINK YOUR CHARACTER IS COOL? MY CHARACTER IS A FUCKING
COMPOSED TIEFLING WARLOCK FROM A BUSTLING CITY WHO WAS KIDNAPPED BY CULTISTS
https://poordicks.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/flash-fiction-challenge-who-the-fuck-is-my-dd-character/
(This was my first Flash Fiction submission, and was loads of fun.)
B Tonksington-Smythe (@captainraz)
January 20, 2015 at 5:15 AM //
Didn’t manage to write the thing within the allotted time, but I did manage to finish the thing.
Prompt: CONDESCENDING DWARF CLERIC FROM AN UNDERGROUND CITY WHO BELIEVES TREES CAN SPEAK TO THEM AND THEM ALONE
http://captainrazdoctortonks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-the.html
Christine Lashinski
January 20, 2015 at 6:48 PM //
Bazrad Ka-Duri is fantastic!
Dani
March 13, 2015 at 7:24 PM //
Oh, thanks for the link! While not useful in a flash fiction sense (for me anywho) the random generator provided a most interesting background idea for a secondary character in the story I’m writing that’s (loosely, oh so very loosely) based on an old D&D character. The idea was: dragonborn mage that is petrified for two hundred years. That’s gonna have some serious psychological consequences.