Sidekicks & Sidequests

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 canines of the Feywild, which he needs your help to find a dog lost in a dark well in the depths of the Feywilds...

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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 these dogs of her. You won't like what happens if you break your canine contract and code of conduct...

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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...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!

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And with that...Season 6 has come to a close.

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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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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?

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025!

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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 a 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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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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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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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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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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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!

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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 your help to figure out what's REALLY causing the trouble in the town that she's being blamed for!

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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 help them win a famous painting at auction to learn the truth?

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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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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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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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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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We join the table of Eating the Dungeons to roll 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...

Welcome to the start of Season 6.

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What to look forward to for Season 6.

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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...

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...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!

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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!

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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...

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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 Membership for the return of a fallen comrade's necklace...from the Goblin Fortress.

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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 lies beneath the golden hair and angelic eyes. He needs your help to free a source of suffering for his town...will you help?

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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 dog with a jeweled collar and map...will you help him on his path towards knighthood?

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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 jam. Won't you help him out of a jam and acquire some jam in this hectic college town?

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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 in the nearby cave: a black pudding! Will you help these two get airborne?

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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 Orbs of Harglax?

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Just a quick word about what's been going on...

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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, their sidequest will test your legal and moral boundaries, weighing the pros and cons...

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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?

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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 ones for more coin. So what is the party to do when tasked with delivering a simple parcel?

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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 will you earn his trust to help him find a map?

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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 book...held by his father...will you help stage a library heist?

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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?

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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 library...if you but help recover his mother's recipe book...

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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 to help him complete his master telescope and ensure his view is unobstructed. What mysteries are to be revealed?

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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 godhood and looks up to her grandmother. But now...she needs some strapping adventurers to carry grandma to the market!

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