The Director Welcomes You
The Smoke Joy Incident
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Informants, We need your help. Agent Maya Collins has gone missing and we believe "Wild child" is responsible. They were last seen in Chad at 03:24. The agent sent one final message – "Clouds develop quickly at the Flooded Crystal". Take this Invisible Lighter - it was their favorite tool and might help you.
— The Microsoft Zune you were holding self destructs.
Rachel Bell
"Wild child"
5' 3"
Gray eyes
Stretch Marks / Crotch
The Office of Worried Friends
Self-conscious
Valiantly Extensive
Take over a country out of survival
Crystal the "Wrapped Worm"
Diminutive
The Gorgeous Sanctuary
Polluted Lodge
Influence Maze
Gang is loose
Drunk Evades the law
Majestic Painting explodes
Vagabond overflows
Jace's Drawers Supermarket
Chambers's Mirror Productions
Quinn's Bureau Bureau
Collins's Candelabra Industries
Earthquake
Flooded Corridor of Joy
Drawers made of heavy metal
Bureau children's replica
Secret Mirror
Hidden Spear
Scimitar of Joy
Target can read handwritten text at a distance of 10d10 yards
| Name | Codename | Career | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope Chambers | "Mad Hands" | Merchant | Harmonica | Plushies |
| Jeremy Quinn | "Blue Noses" | Mole | Chalk | Scarves |
| Bella Scott | Stressed | Plushies | Easter | |
| Jace Duran | Acupuncturist | Tigers | Boxes | |
| Maya Collins | Counselor | Broccoli | Books |
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).