The Director Welcomes You
The Truck Virtue Protocol
#cb13f2
Informants, It seems "Right Abominable Snowman" has gone level 2. They have been broadcasting this message "The earth shakes briefly at the Devil's barrow". We need you to eliminate them, Gently. Their last known location was recorded at 12:01. You have a Slippery Socks as a last resort. Use carefully.
— The Tape recorder you were holding self destructs.
Jack Barton
"Right Abominable Snowman"
7' 5"
Heterochromia eyes
Large moles / Left middle finger
The Society of Tasty Flesh
Stunned
Gently Contemporary
Take over a country to become rich
James the "Fat Hobgoblin"
Little
The Obnoxious Circus
Polluted Forge
Ruin Lake
Dancer Protests
Wanderer Balances on a ledge
Tramp Calls menacingly
Skeleton Gets their hand chopped off
Nolan's Trinket Cosmetics
Robinson's Staircase Properties
Graham's Mantle Creative
Boyd's Telescope Technologies
Ghoul Touch
Burning Hands of Virtue
Trinket made of heavy metal
Mantle with a False bottom
Secret Staircase
Hidden Longsword
Spikes of Virtue
Target’s teeth glow like torches when he’s struck by magic
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Robinson | "All Hands" | Merchant | Lamps | Cats |
| Lincoln Graham | "Wild Knuckles" | Mole | Chalk | Gym Memberships |
| Eliza Franklin | Exhilarated | Death | Candy | |
| Nolan Watts | Old Timer | Whipped Cream | Baseball | |
| Hudson Boyd | Geologist | Candy | Dolphins |
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).