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The Ugly Prosperity Dilemma
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Spy Deputies, As you can see you are trapped inside underneathe a Hidden Festival . We almost couldn't find you — Please explain when you get back. All we know is "Five Opossums" is responsible and they sent us this message - "The group finds a dollar on the ground at the Grey Hollow". Your mission was black ops, achieve what you can.
Hopefully you still have that Soft Umbrella hidden on you.
— The Origami Swan you were holding self destructs.
Tyler Dawson
"Five Opossums"
4' 9"
Brown eyes
Large moles / Right middle finger
The Club of Boiled Wren
Hurt
Terribly Hallowed
Take over a country because of a betrayal
Jimmy the "Hot Doppelganger"
Full-grown
The Ugly Spring
Ancient Arcade
Rage Crypt
Swarm of Bees Protests
Musical Finds gold in the water
Prostitute stop the party and asks questions
Milk Shipment Evades the law
Tricia's Staircase Factory
Wright's Loveseat Mall
Carlson's Drawers Closet
Brooks's Pan Cosmetics
Scything Blade
Box of Brown Mold of Vulnerability
Staircase that has been hollowed out
Drawers children's replica
Secret Loveseat
Hidden Diary
Scimitar of Vulnerability
During battle, target’s allies don’t recognize him
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serenity Wright | "Nice Noses" | Merchant | Cartography | Rubber Bands |
| Elliott Carlson | "Fat Ribs" | Mole | Bells | Honey |
| Sophia Lawson | Lawyer | Books | Bracelets | |
| Tricia Edwards | Vision | Glass | Soccer | |
| Madelyn Brooks | Bounty hunter | Water | Sun Glasses |
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).