The Director Welcomes You

The Outback Prosperity Incident

#49242d

Location

Dry, Overcast Mozambique

Time of Day

17:39

Extraction Point

36 Miles W

Time to Complete

7 Hours

Ambassadors,
We need your help. Agent Emmett Silva has gone missing and we believe "Fast Troll" is responsible. They were last seen in Mozambique at 04:00. The agent sent one final message – "A roll of thunder at the Eye of Heaven". Take this Feminine Bandana - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The Tinder Date you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Asher Williamson

Alias

"Fast Troll"

Features

6' 3"

Heterochromia eyes

Faint curved scar / Right arm

Organization

The Council of Miniature History

Emotions

Comfortable

Personality

Vainly Ambitious

Motive

Disrupt the military for pure destruction

Bodyguard

Ralphie the "Sovereign Rhinoceroses"

Physical Size

Miniature

Story

Additional Locations

The Poor Lodge

Bustling Fortress

Well-being Arcade

Random Events

Crying Child Strikes the church bell

Box of Cigarette is robbed

Milk Shipment Strikes the church bell

Bard Skips merrily

World

Stores

Olivia's Staircase Discount

Thomas's Hose Chic Chåteau

Moody's Figurine Little shop

Silva's Globe Little shop

Traps

Insanity Mist Vapor

Incendiary Cloud of Prosperity

Objects

Staircase children's replica

Figurine with a False bottom

Secret Hose

Hidden Boiled Leather

Coin of Prosperity

Wand of Wonder

Caster turns invisible to himself but not to anyone else

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Rowan Thomas "Left Brains" Merchant Peanut Butter Trees
Brody Moody "Wild Parmigianas" Mole Attention Comic Books
Harrison Young Weakened Toilets Photography
Olivia Olson Envious Lipstick Pillows
Emmett Silva Teacher Teeth Balloons

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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).