The Director Welcomes You

Industries Royale

#49fe3c

Location

Foul, Windy Monaco

Time of Day

22:32

Extraction Point

138 Miles SSE

Time to Complete

28 Hours

Scrutinizers,
We need your help. Agent Aurora Strickland has gone missing and we believe "Obese The Grim Reaper" is responsible. They were last seen in Monaco at 17:06. The agent sent one final message – "Clouds develop quickly at the Top of the carousel wheel". Take this Mechanical Camera - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The Portable Radio you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Maximus Olson

Alias

"Obese The Grim Reaper"

Features

6' 10"

Brown eyes

Large deep scar / Right middle finger

Organization

The Agency of Incendiary Whistle

Emotions

Jealous

Personality

Perfectly Drab

Motive

Take over a country to be left alone

Bodyguard

Tiffany the "Rabid Anteaters"

Physical Size

Sizable

Story

Additional Locations

The Filthy Sanctuary

Overpopulated Tower

Fury Peninsula

Random Events

Cat skins a cat with his teeth

Gypsy Is throwing a protest

Bank Crashes slowly

Robber gathers near a point of interest

World

Stores

Alan's Globe Industries

Brewer's Certificate Wardrobe

Owens's Iron stove Ventures

Strickland's Bottle Consulting

Traps

Crushing Room

Arrow of Destiny

Objects

Globe that has been hollowed out

Iron stove with a False bottom

Secret Certificate

Hidden Trident

Glasses of Destiny

Wand of Wonder

Caster finds a large, gold box containing nothing but sand

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Kaiden Brewer "Bullet Churros" Merchant Jazz Paperclips
Annabelle Owens "Stiff Hot Dogs" Mole Acorns Stickers
Adalyn Crawford Dead Tired Mirrors Chalk
Alan Estrada Musician Money Essential Oils
Aurora Strickland Actor Acorns Baseball

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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).