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Spy Deputies, We need your help. Agent Damian Mills has gone missing and we believe "Black Siren" is responsible. They were last seen in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at 16:08. The agent sent one final message – "A traveling merchant appears at the Grey Hollow". Take this Feminine Sun Lotion - it was their favorite tool and might help you.
— The Tinder Date you were holding self destructs.
Nova Potter
"Black Siren"
6' 4"
Red eyes
Faint curved scar / Left eye
The Crew of Obtuse Bird
Bored
Punctually Dazzling
Disrupt the military for sibling rivalry
Sam the "Irrelevant Griffin"
Vast
The Sticky Mansion
Expensive Acropolis
Happiness Lake
Hoard Is being tortured
Milk Shipment Pulls on the coat tails of one of the adventurers
Cat stop the party and asks questions
Building Spontaneously disintegrates
Evan's Chair Market
Gray's Grandfather Clock Brothers
Rodriguez's Music Box Technologies
Mills's Large book Creative
Poisoned Arrow
Water-Filled Room of Euthanasia
Chair made of heavy metal
Music Box with a False bottom
Secret Grandfather Clock
Hidden Spear
Axe of Euthanasia
Caster claims to be able to command dragons to do his bidding
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Gray | "Bullet Hearts" | Merchant | Bells | Socks |
| Layla Rodriguez | "One Lox" | Mole | Cartography | Houses |
| Christopher Marshall | Mechanic | Cats | Hamsters | |
| Evan Watson | Farmer | Technology | Trees | |
| Damian Mills | Animator | Rock n' Roll | Horses |
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).