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Sidekicks & Sidequests
by Kurt Crenwelge
The unofficial Dungeons & Dragons podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity and breathe life into your campaign NPC's with backstory and bravado. Sidekicks & 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.
Episodes
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Anton Stodgley the Gnomish Conductor
We join the table of Jess Mitchell and roll the dice to create Anton Stodgley. An elderly chap who drives a Tenser's Floating Disc Train...but he tells the missus he still works at the mine. This cabal of wizards is forcing him to tell lie after lie, and all he wants is to ask you help him…
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Wendell the Halfling Courier
We return to the table of the once Fr. Tom Bombadil now christened Fr. Chris once again! With the idea of a halfling courier on the mind, we explore the long and dedicated life of dear Wendell. But as we soon learn, Wendell is getting older and yearns to reconnect with his family before it's too...
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Danver Stargazer the Verdan of the Ivories
We join the table of Jeff Stein from The Storycrafters Podcast and mix-and-match. Danver Stargazer is a Verdan, one of the mutant goblinoids found in the Acquisitions, Inc. Setting Guide. By day he's a barback, and at night he's the lute player at The Ivories, a charming tavern of an eccentric...
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Qbert the Cryptid of the Sewers
We join the table of Mr. (Sean) Shickadance and riff an idea to life! Qbert was once a Gelatinous Cube that became True Polymorphed into...a guy, just a normal, regular guy. Now a tamer of slimes, he calls the sewers home and urban legends of him abound. But if you're brave enough to find him, he...
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Bernard the Tree Troll Knocker-Upper
We return to the table of Allison and are joined by Raenelle from The Kids Table DND and we "jaeger/kaiju" another character together! Meet your local teenage tree troll, Bernard (not to be confused with a certain duck animal companion)! Bernard, along with his trusty steed Shrek the Donkey, are...
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Nora Swift the Goliath Alchemist
We join the table of Erin Whitford, my college friend and dystopian sci-fi writer of her first novel! We roll the dice to create Nora Swift, a goliath alchemist. She is a retired adventurer running her own shop. She needs your help to locate some missing pages from a book...and she's willing to...
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Tobias the Grimlock Thatcher
We join the table of Grant Kress, the Roll for Magic Item guy! We combine our tables to create an ancient grimlock named Tobias, who is the resident thatcher and roof repairman. With his tools and magic ring, this Circle of Spores druid is able to collect spores AND fix roofs. But while repairing...
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Zigster the Goblin Hot Dog Vendor
We join the table of Andrew Kolb to create a Discworld-coded goblin hot dog vendor named Zigster! This ancient goblin is helping to keep the tradition alive with their tasty pork-products* called "Ziggy Piggies" and "The Plate" in every major metropolis or hamlet of your world! Zigster sends you…
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Sarcastique Under-Tony the Hexblood Accountant
We join the table of Charlie the Inked GM to roll the dice to create Sarcastique Under-Tony! A wood elf hexblood in the employ of the Babushka, he is an accountant of ruthless efficiency and impeccable recordkeeping. While it's true he mostly deals in blood, ink, or coin, this CPA cares for the...
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Victoria the Pterafolk Dog Matchmaker
We join the table of K a.k.a. The Canine Detective to roll the dice to create Victoria! One of the rare pterafolk, she enjoys retirement from her fieldwork as an adventurer doing [REDACTED] and now has taken up being a dog matchmaker for adventuring parties. But she only wants the best homes for...
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Yohannes the Harper of the Depths
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…
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(Bonus) Wrap-Up with B. Dave Walters
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! And with that...Season 6 has come to a close. And note: I've included the raw transcript from Zencastr for this episode as well (will work to go back...
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Parleys at the Platter #4: Art, Creativity, and D&D
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...
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Abaddon Cain the Bear Auctioneer
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...
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Wrenglion the Quaggoth Fisherman
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...
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Tobias and the River Spirit's Spirits
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...
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LIVE at FateCon 2025: NPCs ft. Mandie Greenie!
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…
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Evelina the Tortle Blacksmith
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...
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Alexander the Mercurial Paladin
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…
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O.S.S.H.A., Princess Myneera, and SpeedyRPG
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…
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Fenn the Happy Hermit
We join the table of John M. Rodriguez of Heroes Wanted to bring his character Fenn to the podcast! She is a young lupine shifter, raised in isolation, surging in barbarian rage and wild magic. She is feared and misunderstood, but she's far from the terrifying beast they make her to be! She needs...
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Irythil the Thri-Kreen Muckraker
We join the table of Mandie Greenie to roll the dice to create Irythil! They are a thri-kreen adult, working as literal muckraker in the streets of a major metropolis in your world. Invisible to most, they have learned a scandalous secret that could lead to some sensational journalism. Will you...
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Thorsten the Troglodyte Vermin Rancher
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...
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Wren the Half-Orc Grave Cleric Tween
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...
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Einon the Dragonborn Minstrel
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...
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Antoine and Mina: Fantasy Truckers
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...
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Thalara Solanis and the Almiraj Lodge
We join the table of Eating the Dungeon 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...
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Season 6 Update
What to look forward to for Season 6. Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy. Visit our website at https://sidekicksandsidequests.com Twitter Page Facebook Page Subreddit Page Instagram Page Discord Server Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to my referral link
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Parleys at the Platter #3: Game Design, Play, and D&D
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...
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Corazon's Cantrips for Kids!
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...
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Rime the Manticore Chocolatier
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.…
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Goobles "Goob" Horseradish the Cobbler of Lifting Shoes
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…
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Zaxibus and the Prickly Pete's Pouring Station
We join the table of Randall Hampton who brings his own RNG-made character: Zaxibus! He's a retired adventuring wizard now turned into tavern proprietor! Even more famous than this wizard is the horse that the bar is named after. Zaxibus is offering a lump sum of gold or a Mug Club(™) Lifetime...
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Ambrose Eusebius the Hidden Heretic
We join the table of Mat from the podcast "Role Play Chat"! Bringing a character to us and infusing him with random dice rolls, we create Ambrose Eusebius, a cleric for a god of death, sent to heal the lands from ravaging plagues, undeath, and other ills of the world. But there is a darkness that...
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Timothy the Gallant Knight
We join the table of Jade to roll the dice to create Timothy! Not to be confused with our favorite dragonborn blacksmith, but a duergar teen knight! A wetstone cutter who longs to escape the Underdark and become a knight like in the stories he found. He stumbles upon the party with this strange…
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Sven the Secret Slaad
We join the table of Dr. Emily Friedman from Auburn University to roll the dice to create Sven! Sven appears as a Kalashtar, but is a secret green slaad within academia! He lectures on very high level magics of the multiverse, but hardly has the time to indulge the simple pleasure of life, like...
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Steinway, Mabel, and the Balloon of Necromancy
We join the table of Hannah Wright from the Inn Between Podcast to create Steinway and Mabel! Steinway is a tween boy, loyal bad guy minion in the Lich King's Army. Mabel is the skeletal balloonist of an advanced balloon airship! But these two have crash landed and desperate to find a fuel source...
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Daniel the Bobyr Baker
We join the table of Dylan from the Kill Every Monster Podcast to create Daniel! Daniel is a Bobyr, one of my homebrew beaverfolk, who is a master baker in a sleepy hamlet. With no time for adventurers, he sends them on fool's errands. But what would happen if you actually find one of the Three...
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Season 5 Update
Just a quick word about what's been going on... Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy. Visit our website at https://sidekicksandsidequests.com Twitter Page Facebook Page Subreddit Page Instagram Page Discord Server Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to my...
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Druthers & Druthers the Pair o' Legals
We return to the table of Johnny Stanton IV and bring along his co-host Travis Reaves. Together, they improv-create themselves the best (para)legal team of giff brothers, Druthers & Druthers. If you have troubles, they will represent you...and then find you a lawyer in the Astral Sea! However,...
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Peep the Kenku Guard
We join the table of Hillary Shurtleff to create Peep! Peep is a young kenku in the local town guard, with plans and ambitions to climb the ranks...all the way to the top! But his grandfather keeps wandering deeper and deeper into the woods...will help the elderly man before its too late? And…
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Korotkiy the Professional Mourner
We join the table of SkylineStars to create Korotkiy, a middle-aged yeti who is a professional mourner, a specialized trade within the Actor's Guild! Having left his circus life behind him, but carrying his charlatan ways forward, Korotkiy uses magic tarot readings to fleece the deceased's loved...
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Marius Blackstone the Loyal Tracker
We join the table of Wes Murrell to bring Marius Blackstone from an animation pitch to the world of D&D! A fabled tracker, hunter, and monster slayer, Marius Blackstone is the best of the best in all the land. When he's not on a job for the crown, he can be found in the tavern in the town. But…
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Kaltarii the Maker of Dreams
We join the table of Glaiza Champion to create Kaltarii, a dreamkin somnian (which comes from MCDM Productions Arcadia!) He is regarded like Banksy, creating murals and public art that is beautiful and harkens to the dreams of people. But Kaltarii would like his real name back from the…
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Sir Larl the Blue Digger
We return to the table of Kay Laird and we roll the dice to create Sir Larl (or is it Yanni?)! A blue slaad, digging and digging, finally digs too deep. And now the prophecy Red Solstice may soon be fulfilled. Will the players be able to find the cure in time before the undead rise again? And…
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Howard the Arcane Archivist
We return to the table of Brian Rose and we roll the dice and use a framework to create Howard. He is a firbolg and a retired adventurer working in the great Arcane Library. He's happy to share knowledge and help you cut some of the more tedious tests and paperworks to gain the benefits of the...
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Aravind the Thri-Kreen Astrologer
We join the table of KP of KP11 Studios to create Aravind, the thri-kreen astrologer. A desert dweller who made his way to the stars of the Astral Sea, he has built a home, observatory, and laboratory inside of an asteroid. He has a fabled Star Chart that he is working on, and he needs the heroes...
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Kiara the Teenage Tailor of Invisibility (LIVE at FateCon 2024!)
This was a panel/live episode I did at the inaugural FateCon 2024 on Friday, March 29, 2024 at the Bob Duncan Center in Arlington, TX! I was able to present and explain what my podcast is live, and we created a delightful teenage tailor of invisibility cloaks! A medusa girl whose mom ascended to...
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Finnegan the Brave the Elemental Farrier
We join the table of Allison Kunz and Ryan Timpte, the parents behind "The Kids Table"! They opt to "kaiju" (we meant "Jaeger") an NPC together through the random tables: Finnegan the Brave! He's an earth elemental who is a child apprentice to the farrier in town. But everyone makes fun of him...
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Pyrex and the Ultimate Egg
We join the table of Mandi Quin, an artist and V-Tuber. We roll the dice to create the perfect NPC just in time for Easter: a little harengon egg collector named Pyrex! He needs your help to make his chickens comfortable: just journey to the canyon to retrieve the Sunstone. Consequences? What are...
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The unofficial Dungeons & Dragons podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity and breathe life into your campaign NPC's with backstory and bravado. Sidekicks & 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.
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Kurt Crenwelge
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