The Director Welcomes You
The Butter Death Incident
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Operatives, We need your help. Agent Julian Manning has gone missing and we believe "The Leprechaun" is responsible. They were last seen in Slovakia at 11:07. The agent sent one final message – "An out of place door appears at the Flooded Crystal". Take this Angry Bicycle - it was their favorite tool and might help you.
— The iPod you were holding self destructs.
Xavier Duncan
"The Leprechaun"
5' 5"
Heterochromia eyes
Faint curved scar / Left hand
The Council of Moldy Hospital
Annoyed
Nearly Easy
Make a lot of money for honor
Al the "Diligent Unicorn"
Cramped
The Strungout Grove
Desolate Reef
Catastrophe Suburbs
Beggar is being loudly arrested
Water Vessel drops from the sky
Deadbeat screams at the top of their lungs
Crowd Salutes the adventurers
Daisy's Chair Bureau
Turner's Staircase Specialities
Marquez's Pan Convenience store
Manning's Lounge Chair Little shop
Flooded Corridor
Dropping Ceiling of Death
Chair children's replica
Pan children's replica
Secret Staircase
Hidden Rock
Gauntlet of Death
Target’s ankles are bound by a large and heavy padlock
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Turner | "Four Toes" | Merchant | Gym Memberships | Rabbits |
| Liliana Marquez | "Wild Falafels" | Mole | Water | Sharks |
| Paisley James | Old Timer | Clocks | Acorns | |
| Daisy Peterson | Dog surfing instructor | Easter | Cooking | |
| Julian Manning | Envious | Coffee | Candles |
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).