The Director Welcomes You

Operation — Tasteless Monsoon

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Location

Chilly, Windless Sudan, South

Time of Day

4:29

Extraction Point

40 Miles SEE

Time to Complete

33 Hours

Shadows,
It seems "Plump Kangaroos" has gone level 9. They have been broadcasting this message "A mysterious key is found on the ground at the Golden Fire". We need you to eliminate them, Seriously. Their last known location was recorded at 21:15. You have a Invisible Clock as a last resort. Use carefully.

— The iPod you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Jonah Kim

Alias

"Plump Kangaroos"

Features

4' 3"

Blue eyes

Large moles / Right middle finger

Organization

The Committee of Better Synagogue

Emotions

Lonely

Personality

Seriously Adorable

Motive

Take over a government for revenge

Bodyguard

Tiffany the "Gentle Horse"

Physical Size

Baby

Story

Additional Locations

The Tasteless Barn Dance

Bustling Barn Dance

Perspiration Maze

Random Events

Turtle Is getting confiscated

Corncob scurries by

German Trench Club stop the party and asks questions

Dozen Eggs Gets their hand chopped off

World

Stores

Adam's Sofa Properties

Higgins's Platter Wardrobe

Pearson's Wingback chair Worldwide

Palmer's Sculpture Atelier

Traps

Poison Wall Spikes

Rolling Rock of Oblivion

Objects

Sofa with a False bottom

Wingback chair that has been hollowed out

Secret Platter

Hidden Sickle

Brass Knuckles of Oblivion

Wand of Wonder

Before each spell, caster must pluck 1d6 hairs from his head

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Jace Higgins "Cramped Noses" Merchant Trucks Octopus
Anastasia Pearson "Chunky Throats" Mole Television Water
Liliana Obrien Waiter Squirrels Lions
Adam Curry Dead Tired Eggs Bracelets
Mckenzie Palmer Frustrated Toilets Books

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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).