The Director Welcomes You
The Miniature Brunch Event
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Eyeballs, I have sent you to the outside of a Abandoned Circus to look for a suspect by the name "Short Humanoid". This mission is black ops. Their recent activity is concerning and we need you to rescue our field agent. We don't know much about their goals but we've intercepted this cryptic message – "An out of place door appears at the Three Fingers".
We're low budget this mission – I've packed a Slippery Bread in your kit to help.
— The iPod you were holding self destructs.
Amy Butler
"Short Humanoid"
5' 9"
Amber eyes
Stretch Marks / Left arm
The Alliance of Egregious Church
Rejected
Viciously Big
Take over a government because of a betrayal
Donald the "Annoying Troll"
Shrimpy
The Miniature Festival
Abandoned Citadel
Peace Forest
Bum Gets their hand chopped off
Wedding Cake Salutes the adventurers
Gunshot Bounces oddly
Nearby Gas Tank Is being detained
Serenity's Large book Atelier
Henderson's Tapestry Group
McGuire's Medallion Chic Chåteau
Nguyen's Brass Replica Bazaar
Moving Executioner Statue
Blade Barrier of Censorship
Large book children's replica
Medallion made of heavy metal
Secret Tapestry
Hidden Throwing Dart
Shield of Censorship
Target attacks the toughest, most dangerous creature he can see
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Henderson | "The Hot Dogs" | Merchant | Football | Bells |
| Payton McGuire | "Cheap Arms" | Mole | Cellphones | Eggs |
| Lillian Lambert | Dog surfing instructor | Snowglobes | Soap | |
| Serenity Black | Drummer | Horses | Gym Memberships | |
| Ezekiel Nguyen | Chief Executive Officer | Books | Rubber Stamps |
After years of playing Dungeons & Dragons, I decided to make a variation where everything is improv. The DM knows as much as the players and you tell a story together - sitcom style. We use this site as a quest starter, think of some characters, and see how much we can make each other laugh.
It's designed to be simple, portable, and dependent on being creative & inventive. I wanted a framework to guide the plot forward but let us find the story. This page is just a guide to help the stories become too redundant - take as much as you want, ignore as much as you need. If you want to follow along with our adventures or read some examples, check out my personal story notes.
This concept and site was crafted by Andrew Maruska with linguistic help from Evan Stark
Be Silly. The goal is to laugh not to have a normal adventure. Someone wants to go to the moon? Fuck yeah they do and we're going to do it with medieval technology.
Set UpGive the players a home base, a year they want to play in, and some general ownership of the setup. It's more successful when everyone has helped create the world because when a player makes suggestions it's easier to integrate them without feeling too precious. It helps to have a figurehead that assigns the quest to authoritatively start.
Characters90% of creating a character here is a funny voice you're forced to talk in for 3 hours. I typically have people pick one trait they want to be good at and give them a slight advantage when using that - and the same for a negative trait. Don't overcomplicate it. They wanna be a skateboarder who can't feel love? perfect. +2 to cool & -2 to social acceptance.
RollingThis can be whatever you want but as a general rule I use d20's as a graded scale. Sometimes, I craft the roll to mimic the action i.e. if they are walking a tight rope then might need to roll a 10 because 20 & 1 make them fall to one side or the other. Rolling in D&D got boring so make it fun again.
Dungeon MasterYour goal is to say 'Yes and...' but realistically it's 'Yes and roll to see if you can actually do that triple backflip down the cliff to mount the attacking phoenix...' - It's okay to make them fail, just don't tell them no. This guide is to help you be 1 step ahead of the players but it can't know the vibe of the room, have some empathy and play to the crowd.
EndingNo one can tell you this. The guide is to help you get 1/3 of the adventure set up and the rest will be created by the adventuring party. Have fun with it and try to tie up some loose ends at the end (or don't and bring them back for another adventure).