Displaying items 11-20 of 173 in total of Sidekicks & Sidequests with the tag "npc".
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(Bonus) Wrap-Up with B. Dave Walters
January 14th, 2026 | Season 6 | 11 mins 57 secs
Bonus, dnd, npc, ttrpg
B. Dave Walters told me not to leave good stuff on the cutting room floor. So enjoy as he fills in the blanks for the next guest to be able to use!
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Yohannes the Harper of the Depths
January 14th, 2026 | Season 6 | 1 hr 21 mins
dnd, harper, npc, retired adventurer, schoolteacher, triton, ttrpg
We join the table of B. Dave Walters to roll the dice to create Yohannes! On the surface, this triton is a retired adventurer and schoolteacher. But underneath? She's a haunted Harper. There's a cult out there with treasure from the last mission she was on...you should make sure they don't have it anymore...
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Parleys at the Platter #4: Art, Creativity, and D&D
December 25th, 2025 | Season 6 | 2 hrs 34 mins
Creativity, art, dnd, npc, panel, ttrpg
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! For our fourth Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Lauren Walsh, Mandi Quin, Britt Anderson, Katherine, and Hank "DnDoodles" to discuss the fundamental elements that make D&D work: Art & Creativity! From the little brown books to the explosion of digital media, the world of art and creativity surrounding D&D continues to grow and expand over these last 50 years. How are we inspired? How can we continue to explore? And what are the technological challenges and ideological pitfalls must we confront like the Tomb of Horrors?
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Abaddon Cain the Bear Auctioneer
December 17th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 46 mins
animal, auctioneer, awakened, bear, dnd, npc, ttrpg
We join the table of Tyler Smith to roll the dice to create Abaddon Cain! A bearfolk...literally...an awakened bear! With a modron friend Zero-One, Abaddon Cain is an adopted son of an auction house. He is eager to study magic and go to the Astral Sea...but there's a piece of his buddy that seems to be missing. Can you help him find it?
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Wrenglion the Quaggoth Fisherman
November 12th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 33 mins
dnd, fisherman, npc, quaggoth, ttrpg
We join the table of Bryce from the Big Flying Lizard Podcast to roll the dice to create Wrenglion! A quaggoth who fled the Underdark, now makes a living as a fisherman of a subterranean lake next to a great dwarven city. While he certainly has knowledge and secrets of the Underdark, he has more pressing matters: aberrations are beginning to appear within the sewers of this dwarven city, posing a bigger threat than just to the fish.
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Tobias and the River Spirit's Spirits
October 15th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 29 mins
brewer, dnd, innkeeper, naiad, npc, ttrpg
We join the table of Tyler Kamstra of RPGBOT.net to roll the dice to create Tobias! He is an immortal naiad who lives in an inn by the river who makes moonshine! It's a comfy, spooky kind of place with a large family of halflings running the place, and spirits that come in for a drink before they pass along. Tobias ponders aloud where his missing sibling from the Feywild could be...
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LIVE at FateCon 2025: NPCs ft. Mandie Greenie!
October 1st, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 3 mins
Live, dnd, fatecon, inquisitor, manticore, npc, panel, ttrpg
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!
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Evelina the Tortle Blacksmith
September 17th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 46 mins
blacksmith, dnd, npc, tortle, ttrpg
We join the table of Hank a.k.a. "DnDoodles" to roll the dice to create Evelina! She is a middle-aged tortle blacksmith, making swords in a swamp...which are being used to help prop up her shop! She needs your help taking our a merchant who has wronged her...will you help out this rather odd smithy?
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Alexander the Mercurial Paladin
August 13th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 17 mins
dnd, eladrin, mercenary, npc, paladin, ttrpg
We join the table of Tanya DePass as they bring their character Alexander to the table! Alexander is an eladrin paladin-mercenary for hire, with a gruff exterior that hides a more endearing heart beneath. After you've gotten to know him, he finally opens up: he wants to meet someone from their past and he wants your help to find them!
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O.S.S.H.A., Princess Myneera, and SpeedyRPG
July 30th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 50 mins
captain, dnd, hexblood, human, npc, princess, speedyrpg, ttrpg
We return to the table of Jeri and KC of the Five Sided Fates! With a new Kickstarter launched for more "Futures & Friends", the Fates have brought us two characters near and dear to their hearts: O.S.S.H.A. and Princess Myneera! Both red heads (but not related), these characters have had all sorts of misadventures in their home games and within the decks of SpeedyRPG. In a first for the Random Encounter, we get to hear a demo of SpeedyRPG!