The Director Welcomes You
Operation — Limpid Log Cabin
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Ambassadors, I have sent you to be locked inside of a Overpopulated Lake to look for a suspect by the name "Chunky Gremlin". This mission is black bag. Their recent activity is concerning and we need you to assassinate the target. We don't know much about their goals but we've intercepted this cryptic message – "A vagrant asks for money at the Rainbow Mountain".
We're low budget this mission – I've packed a Delicate Plier in your kit to help.
— The CD player you were holding self destructs.
Mya Hogan
"Chunky Gremlin"
6' 5"
Gray eyes
Faint curved scar / Right arm
The company of Elegant Nail
Alienated
Likely Caustic
Disrupt the military for pure destruction
Crystal the "Common Armadillo"
Immense
The Limpid Acropolis
Underground Villa
Perspiration Villa
Beggar Is being kidnapped
Bard emerges
Whore Is being kidnapped
Bag of Flour screams at the top of their lungs
Jonathan's Satchel Outlet
Mason's Mounted Animal Specialities
Murphy's Potted Plant Discount
Conner's Pipe Outlet
Large Net
Crushing Room of Grave Consequences
Satchel with a False bottom
Potted Plant made of heavy metal
Secret Mounted Animal
Hidden Spikes
Lance of Grave Consequences
Caster appears to be made out of bricks until sunset tomorrow
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mason | "Wild Feet" | Merchant | Syrup | Sharks |
| Angelina Murphy | "Small Spleens" | Mole | Toilets | Writers |
| Lily White | Journalist | Bracelets | Oranges | |
| Jonathan Osborne | Dentist | Comic Books | Toilets | |
| Everly Conner | Human Statue | Sticky Notes | Bears |
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).