VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE & ME

Where will the Pilgrimage lead us?

  • SHRINES WORLDS - Bring fully developed regions to your tables, which are easy to prep and easy to run. The first (and free) installment in this Line is SHRINES WORLDS Drevalynn, the old pilgrimage.

  • SHRINES SHARDS - Bring more Stuff and Tools for the Shrinewarden. More Domains, more Monsters, more Tipps, Ideas and Tools.

  • SHRINES BONDS - Bring expansions to rules, new Elder Domains, new Options for Mastery, new Equipment
    and more additional content focused on the Marked.

  • SHRINES SOLO - Bring Tipps and Tools for the Lone Pilgrimage. Additional Tables, Optional Rules, and unique mechanics to run a Lone Pilgrimage like the Marked you are.

SHRINES – A Dark Pilgrimage RPG is not just another tabletop roleplaying project. It is my TTRPG project.

As you may have seen across the pages of this website, or over on the SHRINES Discord, SHRINES is a project created with heart and soul. It is built for accessibility, stability and longevity.

At the time of writing, it is July 2026, which means there is still so much ahead, maybe even more than darker paths. But I am a long-term thinker.

So what is planned after INITIATION, FIRST FRAGMENT, SHRINES WORLDS Drevalynn, the Core Rulebook and the Shrinewarden’s Guidelight have been released?

A lot.

I plan to release multiple expansions and sourcebooks, all connected to one of four future main lines:

So, as you can see, I am planning years of work.

But we are not done yet.

In March 2027, alongside the release of the Core Rules and the Shrinewarden’s Guidelight, I plan to release a Third-Party Licence and a System Reference Document for SHRINES – A Dark Pilgrimage RPG.

I have high hopes that some of you creative people will love my system as much as I do and create something special for all of us to enjoy.

But one last question remains unanswered …

Who am I?

My name is Ernst Radlspäck. I am 42 years old, from Austria, and — who would have guessed it — the creator of SHRINES – A Dark Pilgrimage RPG.

I have spent around 20 years in the TTRPG hobby: as a reader, as a player, as a miniature painter, but most often as a game master.

I have experience playing:

D&D 2e, 3.5, 5e and 5.5

Pathfinder 1E

The Dark Eye, mostly in the 90s

And I have read more rulebooks than I can count.

I am also a real nerd for video games, mostly on PC, and I got my first NES when I was five years old.

I have a full-time job as the leader of a home nursing team, a field I have also been working in for more than 20 years.

That is everything for now. ;)

May the next shrine be near.