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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.
Video: Advantages of Duet RPGs with Tim Shorts
Duet games are one-on-one games where a GM runs the game with only one player. As a kid, we often played AD&D this way circa 1980. The player might run alone facing dangers and reaping the awards all to himself, or he might play an additional character, or a sidekick,...
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10 Low-Level Spells for Shadowdark
Never one to be happy with the status quo, recently I thought about expanding the spell list for wizards and priests in my Shadowdark game. Even though our wizards or priests begin at 1st level, we might assume they have had some experience in gaining and learning new spell magic,...
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Dungeons and Dyslexia Reviews “Saints of the Shadowdark”
Popular YouTuber and TTRPG reviewer Dungeons and Dyslexia, reviewed Saints of the Shadowdark this week bringing a fresh outside perspective of my second zine designed and written for Shadowdark RPG. This popular Shadowdark supplement includes religious orders, saints, dark saints, NPCs, holy sites and relics, plus several fun tables for...
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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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Saints of the Shadowdark
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Warhorse
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Legate Class
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Monsters: Reti Snake
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