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Eyeballs, We need your help. Agent Jonah White has gone missing and we believe "Five Werewolf" is responsible. They were last seen in Czech Republic at 00:19. The agent sent one final message – "An out of place door appears at the Underwater cave". Take this Angry Armchair - it was their favorite tool and might help you.
— The Microsoft Zune you were holding self destructs.
Tricia Webster
"Five Werewolf"
7' 2"
Hazel eyes
Stretch Marks / Left eye
The Society of Elegant Regret
Afraid
Calmly Mealy
Make a lot of money to escape their destiny
Emily the "White Hedgehogs"
Colossal
The Sturdy Park
Hidden Island
Obsession Manor
Toilet Strikes the church bell
Biscuit is loose
Goblet drops from the sky
Storm Is being detained
Hunter's Portrait Group
Price's Iron stove Closet
Rodriguez's Loveseat Boutique
White's Vase Boutique
Reverse Gravity
Symbol of Hypnosis of Mania
Portrait with a False bottom
Loveseat with a False bottom
Secret Iron stove
Hidden Crossbow
Bottle of Mania
Next magic item handled by target drains 1d10 hit points from him
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isla Price | "Mad Cheesecakes" | Merchant | Dolphins | Comic Books |
| Liam Rodriguez | "Italian Dumplings" | Mole | Money | Sun Glasses |
| Kai Wallace | Human Statue | Cartography | Clocks | |
| Hunter Sullivan | Cranky | Plushies | Chalk | |
| Jonah White | Technician | Music | Essential Oils |
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).