Episode Archive
163 episodes of Sidekicks & Sidequests since the first episode, which aired on February 19th, 2020.
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Episode 155 - Tobias and the River Spirit's Spirits
October 15th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 29 mins
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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Episode 156 - Wrenglion the Quaggoth Fisherman
November 12th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 33 mins
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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Episode 157 - Abaddon Cain the Bear Auctioneer
December 17th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 46 mins
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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Episode 158 - Parleys at the Platter #4: Art, Creativity, and D&D
December 25th, 2025 | Season 6 | 2 hrs 34 mins
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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Episode 159 - Yohannes the Harper of the Depths
January 14th, 2026 | Season 6 | 1 hr 21 mins
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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(Bonus) Wrap-Up with B. Dave Walters
January 14th, 2026 | Season 6 | 11 mins 57 secs
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!