app01 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:09:46 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sidekicks & Sidequests - Episodes Tagged with “Manticore” https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/tags/manticore Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0500 The unofficial Dungeons &amp; Dragons podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity and breathe life into your campaign NPC's with backstory and bravado. Sidekicks &amp; Sidequests is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. en-us serial Building a world, one character at a time. Kurt Crenwelge The unofficial Dungeons &amp; Dragons podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity and breathe life into your campaign NPC's with backstory and bravado. Sidekicks &amp; Sidequests is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. no Dungeons, Dragons, NPC, bard, sidekicks, sidequests, resource, TTRPG Kurt Crenwelge sidekicksandsidequests@gmail.com LIVE at FateCon 2025: NPCs ft. Mandie Greenie! https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/154 c772f112-fa99-450d-963e-ea5c58b73d16 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0500 Kurt Crenwelge 154 LIVE at FateCon 2025: NPCs ft. Mandie Greenie! full 6 Kurt Crenwelge This was a panel/live episode I did at the second annual FateCon 2025 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Bob Duncan Center in Arlington, TX! I was joined by Mandie Greenie, and we shared our thoughts, opinions, ideas, and more when it came to NPCs in our games. Then we rolled some dice between us and three audience members to create Zuri a teenage manticore inquisitor to a cult of Tiamat; if you agree to rescue their almiraj, they'll help you take down the cult! 1:03:19 no <p><em>This was a panel/live episode I did at the second annual FateCon 2025 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Bob Duncan Center in Arlington, TX! I was joined by Mandie Greenie, and we shared our thoughts, opinions, ideas, and more when it came to NPCs in our games. Then we rolled some dice between us and three audience members to create Zuri a teenage manticore inquisitor to a cult of Tiamat; if you agree to rescue their almiraj, they'll help you take down the cult!</em></p> <p>And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back and retrieve and upload others as I'm able). Please note the transcripts are the UNEDITED version, not the final edit you are listening to.</p> <p>Podcast art by <a href="https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy" rel="nofollow noopener">Chauncy Riley</a>, Graphics by Chauncy.</p> <p>Visit our website at <a href="https://sidekicksandsidequests.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://sidekicksandsidequests.com</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Subreddit Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Page</a><br> <a href="https://discord.gg/yraJJ6JHEd" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord Server</a></p> <p>Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">my referral link</a><br> Special Guest: Mandie Greenie.</p> Dungeons, Dragons, NPCs, sidequests This was a panel/live episode I did at the second annual FateCon 2025 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Bob Duncan Center in Arlington, TX! I was joined by Mandie Greenie, and we shared our thoughts, opinions, ideas, and more when it came to NPCs in our games. Then we rolled some dice between us and three audience members to create Zuri a teenage manticore inquisitor to a cult of Tiamat; if you agree to rescue their almiraj, they'll help you take down the cult!

And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back and retrieve and upload others as I'm able). Please note the transcripts are the UNEDITED version, not the final edit you are listening to.

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]]> This was a panel/live episode I did at the second annual FateCon 2025 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Bob Duncan Center in Arlington, TX! I was joined by Mandie Greenie, and we shared our thoughts, opinions, ideas, and more when it came to NPCs in our games. Then we rolled some dice between us and three audience members to create Zuri a teenage manticore inquisitor to a cult of Tiamat; if you agree to rescue their almiraj, they'll help you take down the cult!

And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back and retrieve and upload others as I'm able). Please note the transcripts are the UNEDITED version, not the final edit you are listening to.

Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy.

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]]> Rime the Manticore Chocolatier https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/141 517ac695-2bf2-4311-9d51-17ac36e80713 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0600 Kurt Crenwelge 141 Rime the Manticore Chocolatier full 5 Kurt Crenwelge We join the table of Nicole the GameMasterMom to roll the dice to create Rime! Rime is an adopted manticore in a family of brass dragonborns, making some of the finest chocolates in the desert. Not only are her skills renowned, but she even has the ear of The Emperor of the Capital city nearby. Her beloved customer needs help organizing his dragon's horde...are you up for the task? 1:29:15 no <p><em>We join the table of Nicole the GameMasterMom to roll the dice to create Rime! Rime is an adopted manticore in a family of brass dragonborns, making some of the finest chocolates in the desert. Not only are her skills renowned, but she even has the ear of The Emperor of the Capital city nearby. Her beloved customer needs help organizing his dragon's horde...are you up for the task?</em></p> <p>MERRY CHRISTMAS 2024!</p> <p>And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back and retrieve and upload others as I'm able). Please note the transcripts are the UNEDITED version, not the final edit you are listening to.</p> <p>Podcast art by <a href="https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy" rel="nofollow noopener">Chauncy Riley</a>, Graphics by Chauncy.</p> <p>Visit our website at <a href="https://sidekicksandsidequests.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://sidekicksandsidequests.com</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Subreddit Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Page</a><br> <a href="https://discord.gg/yraJJ6JHEd" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord Server</a></p> <p>Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">my referral link</a><br> Special Guest: Nicole the GamerMasterMom.</p> Dungeons, Dragons, NPCs, sidequests We join the table of Nicole the GameMasterMom to roll the dice to create Rime! Rime is an adopted manticore in a family of brass dragonborns, making some of the finest chocolates in the desert. Not only are her skills renowned, but she even has the ear of The Emperor of the Capital city nearby. Her beloved customer needs help organizing his dragon's horde...are you up for the task?

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2024!

And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back and retrieve and upload others as I'm able). Please note the transcripts are the UNEDITED version, not the final edit you are listening to.

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]]> We join the table of Nicole the GameMasterMom to roll the dice to create Rime! Rime is an adopted manticore in a family of brass dragonborns, making some of the finest chocolates in the desert. Not only are her skills renowned, but she even has the ear of The Emperor of the Capital city nearby. Her beloved customer needs help organizing his dragon's horde...are you up for the task?

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2024!

And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back and retrieve and upload others as I'm able). Please note the transcripts are the UNEDITED version, not the final edit you are listening to.

Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy.

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]]> Jack Splash & Wayne, Underdark Tax Collectors https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/74 8a415413-e949-41ae-aaad-837f39e5df68 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:00:00 -0500 Kurt Crenwelge 74 Jack Splash & Wayne, Underdark Tax Collectors full 3 Kurt Crenwelge We join the table of Gary Barker and roll the dice to create Jack Splash & Wayne. We RETURN to Fantasyland in an unlikely pair of tax collectors and protection for Freetown in the Underdark: Jack Splash, an albino manticore covered in paint splashes for intimidation and his boss, Wayne, a grimlock with the gift of gab. Each NPC offers you wildly different sidequests with even weirder results, depending on failure or success... 1:11:08 no <p><em>We join the table of Gary Barker and roll the dice to create Jack Splash &amp; Wayne. We RETURN to Fantasyland in an unlikely pair of tax collectors and protection for Freetown in the Underdark: Jack Splash, an albino manticore covered in paint splashes for intimidation and his boss, Wayne, a grimlock with the gift of gab. Each NPC offers you wildly different sidequests with even weirder results, depending on failure or success...</em></p> <p>Podcast art by <a href="https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy" rel="nofollow noopener">Chauncy Riley</a>, Graphics by Chauncy.</p> <p>Visit our website at <a href="https://sidekicksandsidequests.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://sidekicksandsidequests.com</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Subreddit Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Page</a><br> <a href="https://discord.gg/yraJJ6JHEd" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord Server</a></p> <p>Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">my referral link</a> Special Guest: Gary Barker.</p> Dungeons, Dragons, NPCs, sidequests We join the table of Gary Barker and roll the dice to create Jack Splash & Wayne. We RETURN to Fantasyland in an unlikely pair of tax collectors and protection for Freetown in the Underdark: Jack Splash, an albino manticore covered in paint splashes for intimidation and his boss, Wayne, a grimlock with the gift of gab. Each NPC offers you wildly different sidequests with even weirder results, depending on failure or success...

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]]> We join the table of Gary Barker and roll the dice to create Jack Splash & Wayne. We RETURN to Fantasyland in an unlikely pair of tax collectors and protection for Freetown in the Underdark: Jack Splash, an albino manticore covered in paint splashes for intimidation and his boss, Wayne, a grimlock with the gift of gab. Each NPC offers you wildly different sidequests with even weirder results, depending on failure or success...

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]]> Zalda the Manticore Spy Boss https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/43 0cae07d1-fd2f-4003-8a7d-401ca7ab5530 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0600 Kurt Crenwelge 43 Zalda the Manticore Spy Boss full 1 Kurt Crenwelge We join the table of Elvia Garcia and roll the dice to create Zalda, the manticore spy boss. A clever yet fierce manticore is a commanding spymaster, part of a greater organization. There's a particular material bovine witness that they need expediently. 42:30 no <p><em>We join the table of Elvia Garcia and roll the dice to create Zalda, the manticore spy boss. A clever yet fierce manticore is a commanding spymaster, part of a greater organization. There's a particular material bovine witness that they need expediently.</em></p> <p>HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PODCAST!</p> <p>Podcast art by <a href="https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy" rel="nofollow noopener">Chauncy Riley</a>, Graphics by Chauncy.</p> <p>Visit our website at <a href="https://sidekicksandsidequests.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://sidekicksandsidequests.com</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Subreddit Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Page</a><br> <a href="https://discord.gg/yraJJ6JHEd" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord Server</a></p> <p>Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">my referral link</a> Special Guest: Elvia Garcia.</p> Dungeons, Dragons, NPCs, sidequests We join the table of Elvia Garcia and roll the dice to create Zalda, the manticore spy boss. A clever yet fierce manticore is a commanding spymaster, part of a greater organization. There's a particular material bovine witness that they need expediently.

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PODCAST!

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]]> We join the table of Elvia Garcia and roll the dice to create Zalda, the manticore spy boss. A clever yet fierce manticore is a commanding spymaster, part of a greater organization. There's a particular material bovine witness that they need expediently.

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PODCAST!

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