The Director Welcomes You

The Aggressive Monument Problem

#6db332

Location

Sunny, Dry Iraq

Time of Day

2:44

Extraction Point

21 Miles S

Time to Complete

11 Hours

Silent Negotiators,
We need your help. Agent Arabella Waters has gone missing and we believe "Four Python" is responsible. They were last seen in Iraq at 14:13. The agent sent one final message – "A vagrant asks for money at the Tempest". Take this Explosive Sun Lotion - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The Tablet of Stone you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Ella Hanson

Alias

"Four Python"

Features

7' 7"

Gray eyes

Large moles / Right leg

Organization

The Firm of Elegant Splint

Emotions

Embarrassed

Personality

Beautifully Nutty

Motive

Disrupt the military to inspire a rebellion

Bodyguard

Harold the "Enlightened Owl"

Physical Size

Young

Story

Additional Locations

The Aggressive Park

Ancient Palace

Pleasure Forest

Random Events

Transport Calls menacingly

Milk Shipment Integrates silently into the group

Donkey Is accused by the law

Cauldron stop the party and asks questions

World

Stores

Sherri's Flower in Vase Market

Webb's Wingback chair Warehouse

Soto's Diary Collective

Waters's Hatrack Atelier

Traps

Black Tentacles

Fire of Disaster

Objects

Flower in Vase that has been hollowed out

Diary that has been hollowed out

Secret Wingback chair

Hidden Credit Card

Sling of Disaster

Wand of Wonder

Rope is 2X as strong while the caster is using it

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Ethan Webb "Cheap Hot Dogs" Merchant Painting Essential Oils
Faith Soto "Gross Hot Dogs" Mole Scarves Clocks
Noah Campbell Bruised Robots Comic Books
Sherri Blair Technician Hammers Chalk
Arabella Waters Art Therapist Mirrors Pillows

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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).