The Director Welcomes You
Convenience store Royale
#6eb496
Operatives, We need your help. Agent Bennett Olson has gone missing and we believe "The Unicorn" is responsible. They were last seen in Lesotho at 17:08. The agent sent one final message – "An object nearby starts bleeding at the Screaming Waterfall". Take this Slippery Apron - it was their favorite tool and might help you.
— The CD player you were holding self destructs.
Christopher Kennedy
"The Unicorn"
5' 10"
Green eyes
A second belly button / Right eye
The Bureau of Spoiled Quilt
Scornful
Merrily Hissing
Take over a government to lead a mutiny
Darnell the "Skinny Horse"
Great
The Salty Jungle
Ancient Park
Ruin Palace
Cookie is heard screaming
Wedding Cake is loose
German Trench Club Ignites violently
Bard Is throwing a protest
Elijah's Music Box Convenience store
Russell's Fireplace Creative
Banks's Watch Technologies
Olson's Sofa Solutions
Flooded Corridor
Poison Wall Spikes of Amnesia
Music Box that has been hollowed out
Watch that is glowing
Secret Fireplace
Hidden Shield
Morning Star of Amnesia
If target teleports, he arrives holding two buckets of paint
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Russell | "Quiet Parmigianas" | Merchant | Trucks | Contracts |
| Layla Banks | "No Kidneys" | Mole | Lions | Snowglobes |
| London Wallace | The Body | Video Games | Money | |
| Elijah Simpson | Dog surfing instructor | Cookies | Doves | |
| Bennett Olson | Psychiatrist | Notes | Sponges |
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).