Displaying items 21-30 of 171 in total of Sidekicks & Sidequests with the tag "npc".
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Thorsten the Troglodyte Vermin Rancher
May 14th, 2025 | Season 6 | 2 hrs 6 mins
dnd, npc, rancher, troglodyte, ttrpg
We join the table of Britt Anderson to roll the dice to create Thorsten! He is a teenage troglodyte who is a ranch hand for the Trolldust's, just outside of Free Town. The cattle? Guinea pigs of course! Thorsten sure could use your help to follow the kid he's taken a shine to -- he's worried he's up to no good...
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Wren the Half-Orc Grave Cleric Tween
May 7th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 31 mins
cleric, dnd, half-orc, npc, ttrpg
We return to the table of Nicole the GameMasterMom to introduce a character from the upcoming "Tales of Aetheria: An Unexpected Quest", Wren! You've seen her in the artwork and promotion of this Kickstarter, but this first book won't actually feature this young adventurer. So, we decided to get a hint and a preview (and invent some new confectionary lore?) of this half-orc grave cleric in training! She needs your help to help locate a prominent spirit that has gone missing!
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Einon the Dragonborn Minstrel
April 16th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 35 mins
dnd, dragonborn, minstrel, npc, ttrpg
We join the table of Frederick from Hell's Enemy to roll the dice to create Einon! He is a buffoonish, bronze dragonborn bard who exudes both confidence and delusion. He's run into trouble and needs the party to go retrieve a painting from his old apartment...the trouble is...there's more to this painting than meets the eye!
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Antoine and Mina: Fantasy Truckers
March 19th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 40 mins
dnd, half-elf, merchants, npc, ttrpg
We return to the table of Elizabeth and Michael Horsley, another three-peat and roll the dice to create Antoine and Mina. A pair of half-elves who are striking out on their own as newlywed merchant wagon team (a.k.a. fantasy truckers). With limited choices, they accept a job to transport highly dangerous, arcane ingredients along the road. Will you and your party journey with this wagon and earn your wages of peril?
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Season 6 Update
February 19th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 min 49 secs
dnd, npc, ttrpg, update
What to look forward to for Season 6.
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Thalara Solanis and the Almiraj Lodge
February 19th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 46 mins
brewer, dnd, npc, tavern, ttrpg, vedalken
We join the table of Eating the Dungeons to use TWO sets of random tables to roll the dice to create Thalara Solanis and the Almiraj Lodge! She is a young and successful Vedalken running her own tavern and alehouse, and she keeps the atmosphere both professional cozy with all these rabbits around...or are they more than meets the eye? She needs the party to go to the Feywild to check on an old friend...
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Parleys at the Platter #3: Game Design, Play, and D&D
January 22nd, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 43 mins
dnd, game design, npc, panel, play, ttrpg
Happy New Year! My apologies for the delay on this episode. For our third Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Paul Gestwicki, Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, and Mark Thompson back onto the podcast to discuss something in the zeitgeist with the new 2024 Rules being published: the nature of game design, the idea of play, and how it all relates to D&D. So join this globe-spanning panel (USA, Canada, and the UK) as we discuss everything from the 3rd party developers and homebrew content, to OSR & 4th Edition, and our (at the time) speculations and hopes for the 2024 rules.
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Corazon's Cantrips for Kids!
January 8th, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 50 mins
dnd, meazel, npc, teacher, ttrpg
We join the table of Jessica Marcrum to roll the dice to create Corazon! This teenage meazel is teaching low-level cantrips to the younger kids in this swamp town, calling himself a professor! Taking a rebellious and redneck approach to arcana, he's looking to upgrade his library: the green hag's hut should have PLENTY of books for the taking...along with a 100 year-old sourdough starter...
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Rime the Manticore Chocolatier
December 25th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 29 mins
chocolatier, dnd, manticore, npc, ttrpg
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?
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Goobles "Goob" Horseradish the Cobbler of Lifting Shoes
December 11th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 19 mins
cobbler, dnd, npc, tabaxi, ttrpg
We join the table of Eva Terra to roll the dice to create Goobles "Goob" Horseradish! This elder tabaxi with a strange name is a cobbler of lifting shoes ("moon shoes") that keep you up off the ground! He values hospitality and for proper business to be conducted in his shop. But he needs the help of the party to find the missing pair of shoes that have gone bad and stalk the town...