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Welcome to EruditeDM.com, your go-to source for RPG resources, tools, and inspiration tailored for game masters and tabletop roleplaying fans. Whether you’re running intense Shadowdark RPG adventures, exploring Dungeons & Dragons, diving into other OSR (“old-school renaissance”) systems, or crafting your own homebrew world, Erudite DM offers random tables, maps, lore-rich content, and creative tools to support your journey. Explore encounter ideas, worldbuilding advice, new character classes, monsters, NPCs, solo RPG, and GM tips designed to help you run smarter, faster, and more immersive games.

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What’s in the Grave?
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What’s in the Grave?

The knight pants steadily, loudly on one knee. Sweat pours down his face and beard. He and the northman take turns digging up the grave until they tap on the wooden lid. After a few quick glances, the knight and the northener leap back into the hole, hastily clearing the...
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Review: Saints of the Shadowdark, ZINE #2
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Review: Saints of the Shadowdark, ZINE #2

Watch my walk-through review of EruditeZINE No. 2 "SAINTS OF THE SHADOWDARK". It includes the one-shot Shadowdark adventure, SAINTS BENEATH US for character levels 3-5. The new zine is only $8 here on this website. Click now to Shop and review what's included or buy it on DTRPG. Open the...
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Played The Black Sword Hack
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Played The Black Sword Hack

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to try many other ttrpgs as often as I would like. Conventions are a great way to sample other RPG systems and settings. And there are always Discord channels or Start Playing to try different flavors and mechanics. I found myself talking with a...
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Rethinking The Last Candle for Shadowdark with Chubby Funster
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Rethinking The Last Candle for Shadowdark with Chubby Funster

Welcome back, friends!  Prolific TTRPG publisher and writer Greg Christopher, aka "Chubby Funster," joined me last week on a YouTube live stream to discuss his French medieval-themed setting for Shadowdark - 'The Last Candle'. Originally, a setting for his own ttrpg system, Ambition & Avarice, Chubby retooled The Last Candle...
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