The Director Welcomes You
Variety, Beggar, Stomach, Spy.
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Undercover Emissaries, We need your help. Agent Tyler McGee has gone missing and we believe "All Goblins" is responsible. They were last seen in Slovakia at 11:05. The agent sent one final message – "An object nearby starts bleeding at the Snowy garrison". Take this Invisible Socks - it was their favorite tool and might help you.
— The Tinder Date you were holding self destructs.
Alejandro James
"All Goblins"
6' 11"
Heterochromia eyes
Large moles / Right thumb
The Unit of Melted Stomach
Curious
Slowly Freezing
Take over a country to achieve their destiny
Tony the "Depressed Merfolk"
Trifling
The Sadistic Grove
Bustling Forge
Ruin Park
Bard screams at the top of their lungs
Gunshot meets disaster
Pack of Wild Dogs Is accused by the law
Spice Box Is throwing a protest
Alexander's Trinket Convenience store
Phillips's Sink Chic Chåteau
Garner's Goblet Industries
McGee's Lounge Chair Boutique
Swinging Block
Rolling Rock of Downfall
Trinket children's replica
Goblet with a False bottom
Secret Sink
Hidden Collar
Fork of Downfall
Caster’s head is permanently surrounded by dense fog
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Phillips | "Silver Legs" | Merchant | Dolphins | Tissues |
| Micah Garner | "Plump Arms" | Mole | Sharp Things | Squirrels |
| Julia Robles | Architect | Bears | Sharks | |
| Alexander Fuller | Fortune Cookie Writer | Bells | Lions | |
| Tyler McGee | Physician | Flashlights | Flashlights |
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).