The Director Welcomes You

Understanding, Sewer, Wall, Spy.

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Location

Foul, Arid Bosnia and Herzegovina

Time of Day

10:47

Extraction Point

30 Miles NE

Time to Complete

2 Hours

Detectives,
We need your help. Agent Dylan Lopez has gone missing and we believe "White Doppelganger" is responsible. They were last seen in Bosnia and Herzegovina at 06:16. The agent sent one final message – "A thick fog rolls in at the hive". Take this Clandestine Brush - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The CD player you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Jude Barber

Alias

"White Doppelganger"

Features

6' 10"

Green eyes

Small mole / Left hand

Organization

The Board of Adorable Wall

Emotions

Hopeless

Personality

Queasily Thorough

Motive

Take over a country because of grief and loss

Bodyguard

Al the "Repulsive Sloth"

Physical Size

Full

Story

Additional Locations

The Smelly Pond

Hidden Acropolis

Pleasure Business

Random Events

Dead Animal Finds gold in the water

Building scurries by

Husband skins a cat with his teeth

Softball Calls menacingly

World

Stores

Kennedy's Statue Threads

Garner's Musical instrument Consulting

Castro's Mounted Animal Creative

Lopez's Bureau Chic Chåteau

Traps

Poison Needle

Black Tentacles of Delirium

Objects

Statue children's replica

Mounted Animal that has been hollowed out

Secret Musical instrument

Hidden Axe

Handcuffs of Delirium

Wand of Wonder

Anyone cutting target with a blade is briefly invisible

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Juan Garner "Chunky Churros" Merchant Boxes Quartz Crystals
Adalyn Castro "Meaty Muscles" Mole Trucks Photography
Tricia Parsons Bruised Glass Limes
Kennedy Alvarado Zestful Lipstick Music
Dylan Lopez Zestful Cartography Soda

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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).