The Director Welcomes You

Operation — Handsome Leg

#b05e45

Location

Bright, Gorgeous Georgia

Time of Day

13:7

Extraction Point

83 Miles NNE

Time to Complete

7 Hours

Informants,
We need your help. Agent Rose Sullivan has gone missing and we believe "Cheap Kraken" is responsible. They were last seen in Georgia at 13:00. The agent sent one final message – "A vagrant asks for food at the Turtle Rock". Take this Soft Vise - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The Burner Phone you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Samuel Owen

Alias

"Cheap Kraken"

Features

7' 11"

Brown eyes

Faint curved scar / Right hand

Organization

The Committee of Salmon Leg

Emotions

Lonely

Personality

Sedately Gigantic

Motive

Disrupt the military for sibling rivalry

Bodyguard

John the "Dubious Elephant"

Physical Size

Towering

Story

Additional Locations

The Handsome Palace

Pitch Black Maze

Sanitation Forge

Random Events

Majestic Painting skins a cat with his teeth

Vagrant stop the party and asks questions

Wanderer emerges

Baker Pulls on the coat tails of one of the adventurers

World

Stores

Karter's Toolset Properties

Fowler's Sink Convenience store

Bauer's Cutting board Arcade

Sullivan's Letter Opener Emporium

Traps

Falling Block

Flooded Corridor of Ice

Objects

Toolset that has been hollowed out

Cutting board made of heavy metal

Secret Sink

Hidden Book

Rapier of Ice

Wand of Wonder

After each spell, caster suffers disorienting vertigo

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Isaiah Fowler "No Lemons" Merchant Fire Pillows
Amy Bauer "Green Forearms" Mole Deodorant Sun Glasses
Isabelle Miranda Actor Shirts Ice Cubes
Karter Warner Optimistic Squirrels Books
Rose Sullivan Elevator Mechanic Dolphins Flowers

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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).