The Director Welcomes You
The Large Ghost Protocol
#6b52ea
Detectives, I have sent you to fly above a Overpopulated Arcade to look for a suspect by the name "One Hyena". This mission is anti-surveillance. Their recent activity is concerning and we need you to stop the outbreak. We don't know much about their goals but we've intercepted this cryptic message – "The group finds a sword in a stone at the Fallen King".
We're low budget this mission – I've packed a Invisible Quilt in your kit to help.
— The Portable Radio you were holding self destructs.
Isla Day
"One Hyena"
6' 8"
Red eyes
Stretch Marks / Left hand
The Bureau of Limpid Prince
Brave
Seemingly Intransigent
Take over a government out of greed
Prince the "Dire Nymph"
Minute
The Large Isle
Desolate Lake
Power Carnival
Cauldron is loose
Buccaneer Is throwing a BBQ
Tramp skins a cat with his teeth
Building Is throwing a BBQ
Gael's Bicycle Threads
Rowe's Bottle Logistics
Tyler's Shoe Horn Technologies
McBride's Lipstick Arcade
Bestow Curse
Rune of Paralyzation of Annihilation
Bicycle children's replica
Shoe Horn with a False bottom
Secret Bottle
Hidden Targe
Rapier of Annihilation
Target asserts that he can cure disease and cast out demons
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Rowe | "Cheap Elbows" | Merchant | Hammers | Photography |
| Kaleb Tyler | "Casual Lemons" | Mole | Slippers | Water |
| Bailey Byrd | Secretary | Washing Machines | Photography | |
| Gael McCormick | Librarian | Broccoli | Chickens | |
| Jocelyn McBride | Scientist | Cookies | Dolphins |
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).