Lists of plots and plot twists
Here are some sites that offer lists of plots.
The Big List of RPG Plots
Nice summaries of a large list of plots, each with a list of Common Twists and Themes.
Hatch’s Plot Bank
Not really plots but mostly scenarios to spark your imaginations. Over 2000.
Strolen’s Citadel List of RPG Plots
Submitted by members. All nicely organized by type. The titles link to fuller descriptions. (In the dark band at the time are also links to lists of locations, characters (NPC), items, lifeforms … And over on the right is a list of Sections where Idea Seeds is.)
Here are a few from the Idea Seeds page:
Idea Seed (Plot): Dreams are Stars A society in which the belief is that the hundreds of stars that dot the sky are the dreams of the sleeping. When the sun goes down, and the people of the world rest, the dreams begin to seed the sky. Could be just a folk tale, or could be real.
Locations: This is a a city where your wealth, social standing and everything is decided by the society of prohecy who keep the rich, rich and poor, poor.
Character: A voice as supple as silk, a face hidden in the shadows of a hood, yet the words she speaks are colder than the grave and burn more furiously than any inferno.
Plots: At the base of the Cyllerean Mountains a small coven of witches has laired where once was a Temple of Good.
Systems: The Way of the Many - One spellcaster cannot achieve very much, but many minds can. Like insects, spellcasters are at their most formidable when they are united.
Item: The Tome of Life - Book with initially blank pages which records the life of the holder from the time it is picked up to the day someone else picks it up, at which point it starts again as blank pages.
Get a Plot
Some good summaries of some well known books written in general terms (for Role Playing Games).
imdb.com Search a Plot
Type in keywords and click Go. (Or, over on the left, click Alphabeticallly, by year, by country)
TV.com
Type in the title of an episode (it may display a list and you’ll need to pick which one), click the Episodes tab and it will display synopses of the episodes for each season.
