The Director Welcomes You

The Pastry Reservation Incident

#536f5c

Location

Gorgeous, Foggy Algeria

Time of Day

0:23

Extraction Point

126 Miles NW

Time to Complete

34 Hours

Meddlers,
We need your help. Agent Alexis Keller has gone missing and we believe "Orange Hydra" is responsible. They were last seen in Algeria at 24:11. The agent sent one final message – "A mysterious key is found on the ground at the Underwater cave". Take this Fluffy Wrench - it was their favorite tool and might help you.

— The Origami Swan you were holding self destructs.

The Villain Dossier

Name

Harrison Ramirez

Alias

"Orange Hydra"

Features

5' 5"

Gray eyes

Large moles / Left hand

Organization

The Alliance of Purple Crown

Emotions

Interested

Personality

Famously Encrusted

Motive

Make a lot of money for a love interest

Bodyguard

Penelope the "Intelligent Beast"

Physical Size

Immense

Story

Additional Locations

The Lemon Fortress

Pitch Black Island

Delirium Forest

Random Events

Woman chase a suspect

Panhandler Bursts loudly

Whore Is throwing a protest

Cauldron gathers near a point of interest

World

Stores

Sawyer's Landscape Little shop

Marsh's Spare brick Bureau

Fischer's Pair of Statues Convenience store

Keller's Painting Closet

Traps

Blade Barrier

Hail of Needles of Reservation

Objects

Landscape with a False bottom

Pair of Statues children's replica

Secret Spare brick

Hidden Soy Sauce Packet

Crossbow of Reservation

Wand of Wonder

Caster can’t enter any building in which Dwarves are present

People

Name Codename Career Likes Dislikes
Thomas Marsh "Mini Lox" Merchant Tea Toilets
Chase Fischer "Slow Legs" Mole Soccer Soap
Cameron Fowler Architect Lamps Paper
Sawyer Hawkins Accountant Soccer Glitter
Alexis Keller Annoyed Sun Glasses Sharp Things

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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).