RANDOM EPIC POEM PLOTLINE GENERATOR for ____________________________
Roll the dice…then write the epic…the title is The Epic of ___________________
The first line could begin: So. This is the story of….
1
2
3
4
5
6
Rich
Poor
Very
ancient
Huge
From
abroad
Unknown
Japan
Spain
Lewisham
Poland
Australia
Iceland
3. They travel by
Trained
whales
Boat
Donkey
Bicycle
Sledge and
raft
Foot
4. When they
Go to the
chief
1. The hero’s
family is
2. The hero first
travels to
arrive, at first
they
5. One of their
supporters is
An old
advisor
6. This is because
They know
them
7. But someone is
An old
advisor
suspicious
8. This is
because…
9. We find out
more about the
hero
10. The hero was
born in
11. Their parents
Stay in an
Inn
The
Queen
An older
hero
A young
person
Their
servant
A witchdoctor
An older
hero
They have
heard of
them
A young
person
Their
servant
Are
jealous
They like
them
The
Queen
They have
heard
stories
From their
friend
From a
letter
From a
passerby
Favour
someone
else
From the
From an
newspaper admirer
Japan
Spain
Lewisham
Poland
Australia
Rich
Poor
Lost when
they were
young
Famous
Obscure
were
12. Their mother’s
A witchdoctor
Visit a
friend
Foreign
From a
surprise
source
Iceland
Secretly
gifted too
In disgrace
family were
13. Their father’s
Exiled
Famous
Immigrants
family were
14. When they were
Were
sickly
Were
talented
Were a
nobody
15. The first monster
Eating
cattle
Stealing
children
Appearing Destroying
in a dream villages
16. The first fight
A football
stadium
A
classroom
A field
a child they
reveals itself by
takes place in
17. To defeat the
Lucky
monster, the
hero is
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Well
advised
Were
adopted
On top of
a
mountain
Nearly died
Were
unpopular
Stealing
valuable
things
At sea
Eating
people
On
horseback
Protected
by a secret
charm
1
18. As a reward, the
Gold
Horses
A house
A marriage
partner
A feast
19. Before the
Farms
Gets
married
Grows
flowers
Travels
Embroiders Becomes
a tapestry
unfit
Eating
cattle
Stealing
children
Appearing Destroying
in a dream villages
A cave
An extinct
volcano
A castle
A secret
island
A new
sword
Another
new
weapon
By
cunning
A potion
A magic
pill
A friend
By brute
force
By
cheating
By
charming
By chance
Being too
greedy
Being too
hasty
a hidden
fault
A secret
weakness
The hand
of God
being
unlucky
Gold
Horses
A house
A marriage
partner
A feast
A new
weapon
the 2nd
26. Between
rd
Has many
children
Grows old
Is king
Eating
cattle
Stealing
children
Travels for
many
years
Destroying
villages
Meditates
27. The third
Loses
many
powers
Appearing
in a dream
Eating
people
A lake
The sky
A distant
kingdom
A secret
valley
Stealing
valuable
things
A cave
Praying
Exercising Meditating
Having an
odd dream
Seeking
advice
Sharpening
his sword
Superior
strength
Being
quicker
Being
older and
wiser
A God’s
help
By magic
By luck
Luck
Assistance
from a
friend
Accident
hero is given…
second fight the
hero
20. The second
monster reveals
itself by
21. The hero fights
the second
monster in
22. To tackle the
second monster
the hero takes
23. The second
monster nearly
defeats the hero
because
second
24. The
monster is
defeated due to
25. As a reward, the
hero is given…
and 3 monsters
the hero
monster reveals
itself by
28. The third
monster is
located in
29. The hero
prepares by
30. The 3rd monster
nearly defeats
the hero by
By luck
Being
younger
Stealing
valuable
things
in the air
A new
weapon
Eating
people
In the heart
of the
forest
Many
friends
The
wardrobe
31. The hero is only
Of secret
A magic
information item
They are
loved
32. The hero’s fatal
Total
surprise
monsters
deathspasm
The
monster’s
victims
Slowly
Early on in A
the fight
monstrous
sidekick
A magic
Their
item
friends
The hero’s
friend
Their old
enemy
Their
memories
In public
Secretly
Perhaps
not at all
With a
funeral
pyre
With a
With an
public
epic poem
monument
Golden
age
By shaving
their heads
With a
party
able to defeat the
monster because
wound is
delivered by…
33. The hero is
helped by
A surprise
ally
34. Their death
Instantly
35. After the death
With a
parade
occurs…
of the hero, their
society mourns
The story ends
36. by…
with a
Terrible
sadness
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In agony
New threat
of attack
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