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To help a dungeon master play improvised D&D.
This is to help a Dungeon Master (DM) quickly come up with ideas while you're playing and they can't think of anything in the moment.
In improvised D&D, the DM is making up the story as you go along. There's also nothing written down, no health points, or strength points, etc.
How to play improvised DnD:
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You'll want 3-6 people. One is the dungeon master, who makes up the story as you go, and decides how high people need to roll to succeed in what they want to do.
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At the beginning, everyone who isn't the dungeon master chooses their character. They can be any type of person or any creature, a fairy, a pokemon, a wizard etc.
But they start out as a very low level of that.
So if they are a bird, they can maybe only fly a few seconds and can't carry anything while flying.
If you choose to be superman, you probably just start out as a guy dressed as superman but good looking.
They must be able to travel with the party, so no ocean creature that can't go on land. Characters must be living things that can talk and move around. That means no ghosts or attack helicopters.
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Then the dungeon master makes up a story, usually with a quest/goal, and explains the area that they are in.
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Each player says what they want to do. Then rolls a 20-sided die. Before rolling, the dungeon master can say what number is needed for the person to succeed. This makes the roll more exciting. If someone rolls a 1, they fail and also probably hilariously hurt themselves in the process. If someone rolls a 20, they super succeed.
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The dungeon master will only tell players what happened, from what they see/hear/smell/feel. You can't ask the dungeon master "why does this shopkeeper sound annoyed?", or "what is the history of this temple?" Instead you can ask the made-up characters in the game about these questions, or tell the dungeon master you want to look around for clues, or ask what do I see, or say I take a sniff what do I smell?
How spells work.
A spell is a potion, a small glass vial of liquid. You can quickly drink it to cause the effect on yourself. Or you can throw it at someone, and it will break open and cause the effect on that person (because their skin still absorbs it or they inhale the vapors or whatever).
After you use a spell, it's gone, you can't keep using it. When playing in person, when someone acquires a spell, pour them a shot, and they should drink it in real life when they want to use the spell.
The dungeon master will tell you when your spell is wearing off. But remember, you can't ask the dungeon master "how long will this spell last?" because the dungeon master will only tell you what you currently see/feel/hear/smell/taste.
Generally it will only last a few minutes and slowly wear off. The dungeon master may have you roll to see how strong it is.
Full list of spells:
- 2 of them
- Afraid of water
- Afraid of own shadow
- Allergic to all animals
- Always shaking
- Anger
- Animals want to help
- Believes they are invisible
- Beer goggle vision
- Blind
- Breathes fire
- Butts glued together
- Can breathe underwater
- Can control anyone's hair
- Can control own hair
- Can glide in air
- Can jump really high
- Can magnet metal
- Can summon angry parrots
- Can teleport short distances after focusing
- Can transform into anyone they've ever touched
- Can turn invisible while singing showtunes
- Can turn to steel
- Causes another spell to do the opposite
- Can't stop dancing
- Can't stop laughing
- Can't stop shoving people
- Cares too much
- Challenges everyone to duels
- Clone powers of another person on touch
- Clone self but clone is half as smart
- Clone self but clone is half size
- Clothes are way too tight
- Crying
- Deaf
- Double size
- Duplicate another spell
- Everybody is kung fu fighting
- Extremely horny
- Fairy godmother appears to help
- Freeze liquids
- Frost breath
- Half size
- Hands glued to hips
- Has adhd
- Has terrible breath
- Has the aim of a storm trooper
- Hasn't eaten in 2 days
- Hasn't slept in 3 days
- Huge boobs
- Infared vision only
- Into a giant hamster ball
- Is drunk
- Is powered by giant battery on back
- Keeps farting
- Life size game of hungry hungry hippos
- Loud chipmunk voice
- Madly attacks the groin only
- Missing one hand
- Motion sickness
- No depth perception
- One arm is a tiny baby arm
- Overly confident
- Perfect aim
- Poops in hand and throws it
- Porcupine infestation
- Pregnant
- Really has to pee
- Really ridiculously good looking
- Sad
- Super fat
- Taking a huge dump
- Took an arrow to the knee
- Twice as fast
- Two extra arms
- Vision is delayed 3 seconds
- Wall crawler
- Wearing unremovable high heels
- With a tail that is also a whip
- Wolverine claws
- X-ray vision
Full list of items:
- Air gun
- Axe
- Baby
- Bag of salt
- Barbed wire
- Baseball bat
- Big net
- Boomerang that always returns
- Bottle of rum
- Bottle of water
- Bottle of wine
- Bow and 2 arrows
- Bucket of lava
- Bucket of water
- Bunch of hotdogs
- Candle
- Chainsaw
- Cooked turkey
- Crowbar
- Cursed monkey's hand with one wish left
- Dynamite
- Flamethrower
- Fog potion
- Freeze ray
- Full beehive
- 5 gold coins
- Grenade
- Hammer and 10 nails
- Handcuffs
- Harpoon gun
- Healing potion
- Hot cattle prod
- Hot chili pepper
- Impenetrable shield
- Jar of honey
- Jetpack
- Key
- Ladder made of bamboo
- Lance
- Large shield
- Lasso
- Lasso of truth
- Lighter
- Lightsaber
- Live handheld t-rex on a stick
- Lock and key
- Magnifying glass
- Marijuana
- Master ball
- Mouse trap
- Nail gun
- Ninja stars
- Nunchucks
- Oil gun
- Pepper spray
- Pogo stick
- Portal gun
- Rope with grappling hook
- Sack of potatoes
- Samurai sword
- Screwdriver
- Segway
- Shotgun
- Silver spoon
- Spring shoes
- Stereo boom box
- Suit of armor
- Super glue
- Super soaker
- The most beautiful hat
- The most delicious looking donut
- Tranquilizer gun
- Trident
- Vaulting pole
- Viking helmet
- Voice recorder
- Wheeled cannon
- Whip
- Watermelon
Characters:
You will encounter characters, sometimes you will fight them, or trade with them, or they will help you.
Characters can almost always talk even if they are animals.
Full list of characters:
- 10 zombies
- 101 dalmatians
- 72 virgins
- A 60 year old stripper
- A furry teddybear
- A huge dick
- A queen
- Abraham lincoln
- Abraham simpson
- Adorable talking cat
- Afro samurai
- Alien
- Alpha male
- Altar boy
- An internet cat
- Apache warrior
- Assassin
- Astronaut
- Baby jesus
- Barbarian
- Barney
- Bear
- Bear grylls
- Big bad wolf
- Billionare
- Black widow
- Bodybuilder
- Bowser
- Boy band
- Boy scout
- Bruce lee
- Buddha
- Bull
- Cactus
- Captain hook
- Captain kirk
- Carnie
- Cat
- Centaur
- Cheetah
- Child beauty pageant queen
- Chimpanzee
- Chuck norris
- CIA
- Clown
- College acapella group
- College marching band
- Conjoined twins
- Cop
- Cosplayer
- Cow
- Cowboy
- Crazy cat lady
- Creeper
- Crocodile hunter
- Cthulhu
- Cyclops
- Darth vader
- Democrat
- Demon
- Demon butler
- Demon-possessed car
- Disembodied head
- Doge
- Dolphin
- Dominatrix
- Donald trump
- Doomsday cult
- Dracula
- Drag queen
- Dragon
- Duck hunter
- Dwarf
- Dwight schrute
- E.t.
- Eagle
- Easter bunny
- Electric eel
- Elephant
- Elf
- Emperor penguin
- Everyone at burning man
- Everyone at the table
- Evil doll
- Fainting goat
- Fairy
- Father gabriel
- Feminist
- Femme fatale
- Fireman
- Football player
- Forrest gump
- Fox
- Frankenstein
- Freddy krueger
- French bulldog
- Gandhi
- Genghis khan
- Genie
- George w bush
- George washington
- Ghost
- Giant
- Giant squid
- Gingerbread man
- Giraffe
- Girl scout
- Gladiator
- Goblin king
- Goku
- Gorilla
- Grammar nazi
- Grim reaper
- Groot
- Hamburgelor
- Hannibal
- He-man
- Hermione
- Hilary clinton
- Hippie
- Hippo
- Hipster
- Hitler
- Hobo
- Hockey player
- Homer simpson
- Hot Topic staff
- Hulk
- Human centipede
- Hunchback
- Identical twins
- Indiana jones
- Iron man
- Jack bauer
- Jack frost
- Japanese anime porn tentacle monster
- Japanese school girl
- Jesus christ
- Jugglypuff
- Justin bieber
- K-pop star
- Katniss
- Kenny
- Kim jong-un
- Kindergarten class
- King arthur
- Koala
- Kool aid man
- Kraken
- Ladyboy
- Lava monster
- Leeroy jenkins
- Leonardo de vinci
- Leprechaun
- Liam neeson in taken
- Liger
- Link
- Lion
- Literal seal team six
- Literally insane clown posse
- Little pony
- Lobster
- Macgyver
- Mad scientist
- Mafia don
- Manatee
- Martha stewart
- Martian
- Master chef
- Matador
- Me
- Men in black
- Mermaid
- Meth addict
- Michael jackson
- Midget
- Mike tyson
- Miley cyrus
- Mime
- Minotaur
- Monk
- Monkey
- Morgan freeman
- Mosquito
- Mummy
- Musketeer
- Mutant
- Neo
- Nigerian prince
- Ninja
- Ninja turtle
- Nudist
- Obama
- Octopus
- Ogre
- Olympic gymnast
- Really expensive sex doll
- Opponent\'s greatest fear
- Owl
- Panda
- Peter pan
- Pikachu
- Pirate
- Player to your left
- Polar bear
- Porn star
- Predator
- Priest
- Princess
- Psychic
- Pterodactyl
- Puppy
- Puss in boots
- Pyro
- Rambo
- Raptor
- Rapunzel
- Redneck
- Reggae band
- Republican
- Rhinoceros
- Rick
- Robin hood
- Robot
- Rodent of unusual size
- Rudolph
- Saber toothed tiger
- Samurai
- Santa
- Sasquatch
- Scientologist
- Sea monster
- Secret agent
- Senior citizen bowling team
- Sex offender
- Shark
- Sharpshooter
- Sherlock holmes
- Skeleton
- Skunk
- Sloth
- Smoke monster
- Snake
- Snowman
- Soccer mom
- Spartan
- Spider
- Stephen hawking
- Street fighter
- Sumo wrestler
- Supermodel
- Swarm of killer bees
- T-rex
- Taylor swift
- Teddy bear
- Teen mom
- Terminator
- Nikola tesla
- The devil
- The doctor
- The ghost of a murder victim
- The ghost of an old man
- The illuminati
- The kardashian family
- The most interesting man in the world
- The pope
- Thor
- Three little pigs
- Tiger
- Tiger king
- Tin man
- Titan
- Transformer
- Turtle
- Two mormons on mountain bikes
- Two guys in a horse costume
- Ufc champion
- Unicorn
- V
- Vampire
- Vampire slayer
- Vegan
- Viking
- Werewolf
- Whale
- Wicked witch
- Willy wonka
- Wizard
- Wolverine
- Wooly mammoth
- Your mom
- Zombie
Full list of places:
- Aqueduct
- Basketball court
- Bay
- Beach
- Blacksmith
- Cafeteria
- Camp
- Campground
- Castle
- Casino
- Carnival
- Cave
- Cliff
- Dark forest
- Desert
- Farm
- Forest
- Fort
- Frozen lake
- Garden
- Graveyard
- Horse racetrack
- House
- Hut
- Inn
- Jungle
- Lake
- Library
- Lighthouse
- Mansion
- Market
- Meadow
- Mine
- Mountain
- Plains
- River
- Road
- Rope bridge
- Rowboat
- Ruin
- Pirate ship
- Ship
- Shop
- Soccer field
- Stables
- Stadium
- Stone bridge
- Suburbs
- Swamp
- Tavern
- Tower
- Treehouse
- Tundra
- Temple
- Valley
- Volcano
- Waterfall
- Well
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