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Adventuring in Shadowdark, D&D, and other RPGs
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.
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
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
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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Mounted Combat Rules for Shadowdark
Shadowdark doesn't have many rules for combats involving mounted riders or knights charging and fighting from horseback. I worked up a table of common situations that players might encounter in open melees. Of course, it's helpful if you have already bought Erudite ZINE No. 1 "WARHORSE" as it includes movement,...
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Warhorse
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Saints of the Shadowdark
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Legate Class
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