The Director Welcomes You
The Ring Stealth Incident
#9040f4
Snoopers, It seems "Sharp Hydra" has gone level 1. They have been broadcasting this message "A vagrant asks for money at the Ancient Fountain". We need you to eliminate them, Sympathetically. Their last known location was recorded at 14:19. You have a Clean Wrench as a last resort. Use carefully.
— The iPod you were holding self destructs.
Lucia Watkins
"Sharp Hydra"
5' 4"
Blue eyes
Large deep scar / Right leg
The company of Common Music
Aggravated
Sympathetically Jagged
Take over a country for scientific discovery
John the "Edgy Kraken"
Adult
The Baked Lake
Polluted Castle
Grave Consequences Business
Safe Strikes the church bell
Pine Branch Attempts to rob a bank
Ninja Is hurled at the adventurers
Carcass arrives in the mail
Beau's Credenza Wardrobe
Ray's Chair Couture
Sims's Medallion International
Klein's Goblet Cosmetics
Flooded Corridor
Insanity Mist Vapor of Stealth
Credenza with a False bottom
Medallion with a False bottom
Secret Chair
Hidden Pants
Newspaper of Stealth
Any attempt to change shape will age the caster 1d10 years
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melody Ray | "Mad Scars" | Merchant | Gym Memberships | Writers |
| Khloe Sims | "Three Elbows" | Mole | Eggs | Glass |
| Alina Spencer | Paramedic | Painting | Squirrels | |
| Beau Caldwell | Meteorologist | Dice | Notes | |
| Everett Klein | Surgeon | Slippers | Rocks |
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).