The Director Welcomes You

Tramp, Organization, Scales, Spy.

#b2425f

Location

Dull, Foul Panama

Time of Day

17:25

Extraction Point

1 Miles SWW

Time to Complete

22 Hours

Snoopers,
We need your help. Agent Madelyn Garza has gone missing and we believe "Italian Mummy" is responsible. They were last seen in Panama at 03:20. The agent sent one final message – "Tracks of wolves can be seen at the Snowy garrison". Take this Sharp Camera - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The Tinder Date you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Emerson McCormick

Alias

"Italian Mummy"

Features

5' 6"

Gray eyes

Large deep scar / Right middle finger

Organization

The Incorporated of Round Scales

Emotions

Concern

Personality

Greatly Sticky

Motive

Take over a government to become famous

Bodyguard

Simon the "Robust Mutants"

Physical Size

Towering

Story

Additional Locations

The Prickly Acropolis

Compact Manor

Bravery Grove

Random Events

Cauldron Is throwing a BBQ

Crazy Man Spontaneously disintegrates

Storm Glistens gently

Water Vessel scurries by

World

Stores

Margaret's Taxidermy animal Closet

Elliott's Bicycle Brothers

Stone's Pocket watch Atelier

Garza's Ceramic Crock Technologies

Traps

Moving Executioner Statue

Black Tentacles of Weakness

Objects

Taxidermy animal that is glowing

Pocket watch made of heavy metal

Secret Bicycle

Hidden Goblet

Boiled Leather of Weakness

Wand of Wonder

Everyone within 50 yards has a big snowball in his pocket

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Willow Elliott "Chunky Lemons" Merchant Eggs Butterflies
Alyssa Stone "Two Lungs" Mole Soda Coffee
Athena Gonzales Blacksmith Paper Sticks
Margaret Wolf Professional Cuddler Physics Houses
Madelyn Garza Demon Potatoes Cellphones

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The Fuck Is This?

          

          

            
            
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

          

        

      

    


    
      
      
 
        

          

            
But how?

          

          
            
            The Most Important Rule
            
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 Up
            
Give 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.

            
            Characters
            
90% 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. 

            
            Rolling
            
This 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 Master
            
Your 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. 

            
            Ending
            
No 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).