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Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Weird

The Mirror Territories

"The time for men to stand on their own has come to an end."The Regence has fractured after a shocking announcement detailed plans to stand against Endol, the Hungry One. With loyalists to the enemy still holding out i...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror

Under an Iron Sky

[quote] Mortals exists at the pleasure of the dragons and no one mortal can hope to kill a dragon. - Dragon saying[/quote] The dragons are in charge and have a live-and-let-live relationship with the mortals that they allow t...

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Horror Literature RPG Religious

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

Aulyre's Eberron Gazetteer

Fantasy Horror Mystery Neo Noir Steampunk

Khaldor

Un extenso continente rodeado por una densa niebla roja. Algunos dicen que su color proviene de la sangre de los osados marineros que la intentaron atravesar. Otros simplemente la veneran como un escudo celestial que los separa de bestias horribles y...

Exploration Horror Political Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Brexeamar

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror

Lords of Lockhinge

[quote]"Welcome to Lockhinge, where everything is built on silt, stilts… And guilt!"|Unofficial City Motto[/quote] Lockhinge is the central location of our 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons home game. It's an incredibly diverse cit...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Horror Romance

Aetates Obscurae Verae

[p]The world is now in the 9th Century, and the Early Middle Ages is in full swing. Adventurers are constantly in demand. Some act as mercenaries, others follow the path of magic and bolster their respective nations. Groups scattered here and there l...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

Earssea

Somewhere in the outer fringes of the known universe, partially hidden in the Clasmyc shoals in the Astral Sea, is the isolated world of Earssea(pronounced Ersa). Overlooked by many of the powers and factions of the multiverse, Earssea is world brimm...

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

Colonial Marines: Frosted Assets - an Alien RPG Game

The players are members of the 7982nd Defense Squadron dedicated to the safety and security of this star system and support to any larger divisions that may need their assistance. The game was pl...

Horror Military Science Fantasy

Caelum Prime

Prophecy of Caelum Prime [quote]When the Shadowsong Messenger lands and speaks the words “The Night of Lightning,” the Dust Rain shal...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Supernatural

New Orleans - Under the Mask

[quote]“You can live in any city in America, but New Orleans is the only city that lives in you.” – Chris Rose[/quote] [p][/p] [p][/p] [h3|8a4cd7d7-16ca-4941-b447-e5858c340e61]New Orleans is celebrated worldwide for its food, music, architecture,...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Game of Tomes

[container:text-black] [aloud]Game of Tomes[section:fa-solid fa-trademark] [/section] is a team-based event set in a modern, urban-fantasy world. Writers choose a House to be their team and turn in word counts throughout t...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

The Centurion's Riddle

A Riddle is Given It has been roughly three-hundred years since the end of the Gap, a mysterious phenomenon that wiped the history of Golarion from existence, and befuddled the minds of mortals for several millennia. While researchers have...

Cyberpunk Horror Science Fantasy Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Undearth

'They say that, in the older times, light gave strength to a person. That since our ancestors chose to run, chose to dig, we have slowly become weaker and weaker over time. No one knows how far down humanity has gone in the last six centuries. We dig...

Dystopia Fantasy, Low Magic Horror

Druskenvald

[p]Somewhere, lost in the shrouded realms of death, lies a land of endless night where long‑forgotten horrors are revealed to those who travel through the mist.[/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Horror

The Shrouded Galaxy

[p]The Shrouded Galaxy is a sprawling patchwork of star systems bound together by ancient Jump Gates, corporate greed, and the thin veneer of fragile al...

Cyberpunk Horror Neo Noir Science Fiction Supernatural

Dheghom

Welcome to the world of Dheghom. In this homebrew campaign you are the creators of your own destiny. Although this world is an essential sandbox experience, Dheghom is a living and breathing place, filled with agendas, adventure seeds, and an ov...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Blood of the Sun

Oc ye nechca, hundreds of years after the defeat of the Spaniards, when magic flowed back into the lands stronger than before, the people of Cemanahuac are in the final year of the 676 year cycle. As religious and royal officials prepare for the New...

Alternative History Fantasy Hard Magic Horror

Die Siegel der Magie

[/col3] [aloud] Was ist DSDM? Dies ist ein Dark-Fantasy Projekt, deren Geschichte und Lore von verschiedenen Autor*innen ergänzt wird. Dafür benutzen wir den unten verlinkten Discord S...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror

Arcturus IV

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Historical Horror Medieval

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Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Dawn of Others

[p]Certainty ended long ago. Now, the world is a place of ruin and restless change. The dead move among the living, and flesh shifts in ways that memory cannot hold. Science and sorcery bleed together, their boundaries lost. In the shadows, people ga...

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Duurn

Duurn is a dark fantasy world, fresh out of an industrial revolution and a worldwide military conflict, called the Last War. The world is in the throes of societal upheaval, fueled by the devastation of the Last War, economic depression, and fear of...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Surreal

Nexus

Welcome to a world surrounded by all enshrouding fog called "The Balemist" and plagued with the undead that reside therein. As an appointed Judge of the King you are to range the realm aiding the folk when you can, dispensing the king's justice where...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

Soul Spire: NEMESIS

In the shadow of an unfeeling cosmos, where star systems teeter on the edge of annihilation, Nemesis stands as a fragile sanctuary. Here, in the waning light of hope, sentient life clings to existence amidst the slow, inexorable spread of corr...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Surreal

The Articulation

July 5th Using the prompts for World Anvil's Summer Camp to build a world. To what purpose? I guess we'll find out. At the very least we might come up with a better name than 'Summer Camp Challenge World.' Update July 10th I think I'm going wit...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Horror Subversion Weird

Creation

The Shadow War Across Creation The Tapestry of Creation was once whole and perfect at the dawn of all tales. Now the Shattered Worlds of mortals are separated from the Realms Beyond, fallen like a wounded star from the First War. Whispers of st...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Changing Stars

A world outside it's intended place in time and space. Filled with wonders and terrors and everything in between. A place where people find themselves, or choose to become who they were always meant to be. Filled with options for all kinds of...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Horror Literature RPG Science Fantasy

Arethel

Arethel is the world, filled with many people and places. A world of possibility and wonder. The adventures that take place here, often tales told around the campfire, will henceforth be recorded in this place, so that the heroes and deeds for which...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Sunset Hollow

The town of Sunset Hollow is called The Gateway to Adventure. The veil between worlds is thinnest here allowing all too easy passage to or from The Feywild and The Shadowfell.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Steampunk Supernatural

Trilogy

[p]At first, there is nothing. Slowly you become aware of your surroundings: a vast chamber, featureless and apparently endless with the only break in the monotony a single door, slightly ajar.[/p] [p]You get the impression of incompleteness, not ju...

Fairy tale Horror Science Fantasy Superheroic Weird

A'arde

[quote] A’arde is a world like many others in the infinite unknowns of the overlapping cosmos, but it is also different; a place where some rules are rewritten, and others are broken completely. It is a world where Material and Magic meet; a plac...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Barovia - Ravenloft

Under raging storm clouds, the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wind’s howling increases as he turns his gaze down toward the village of...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror

Tales from Eternal Dusk

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Sword & Sorcery

Tairos

A ruined land. The bounty that Tairos had to offer wasn't lost to disaster or destiny. It was squandered. Bought and sold, mined... depleted. Only when it was too late to reverse course did the people of Tairos fight back. All they succeeded in d...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror

Aeternum Academy

Ab uno disce omnes With knowledge and creativity, Aeternum Academy creates strong independent leaders with the confidence to make a global difference.

Horror Supernatural

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

Star Wars: Fate of the Galaxy

[p][currentdate:36bb9d41-de9e-4298-9d49-43698f7208f6][/p] [p]It is a dark time in the galaxy. The Galactic Empire rules with ruthless strength, crushing rebellion and spreading fear. But something even darker stirs beyond Imperial reach—ancie...

Cyberpunk Horror Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Icewind Dale

[quote] "If I could choose what life would be mine, it would be this life that I now have, at this time. I am at peace, and yet, the world around me swirls with turmoil... The reality of existence here in Icewind Dale is harsh indeed, an environm...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

Sanguine Society

Äußerlich gleicht sie unserer Welt. Das Büro in dem du arbeitest, die Schule in die du als Kind gegangen bist und das Altersheim in dem du deinen Großvater besuchen gehst sind alle gleich, in unserer Welt und der Welt der Dunkelheit. Aber in...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Modern

The Horrors Beyond the Crypt: Yharm, Goddess of the Damned

Long ago, a battle of godly proportions took place on the surface, which ended in the downfall of Yharm, the Goddess of Blood, Death, and the Damned. For ages, she has been regaining her power and strength to once again take over the surface world. W...

Horror

The Vale out of Time

A world within a world, trapped in time and space. Terrifying creatures and sinister agents, heroes and antiheroes who come face to face with their own cosmic doom... Welcome to the Vale out of Time.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

NYC: Behind the Veil

Welcome to New York City The city that you don't see. You think you know New York City. It's a bustling mecca of people and energy, lights and sounds, glamour and grit. A perpetually in motion metropolis with an ever cha...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

Athesia

A world of many eras, of calamity and prosperity, of war and peace... Athesia is one of near-infinite Prime Material Planes contained in its own sphere, untouchable by others except by beings not bound by mind nor body. The Calamity is far beh...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Isekai

Suicide Strahd

[quote]I went into the Strahd campaign thinking Sylvain would be this suave, cool-headed, semi-jerk and then Barovia happened and now he's the neurotic, volatile, empath he was always meant to be. —Schwa[/quote] It has been 2 days since our...

Horror

Wordler Village

A wizard has cursed the REALM. To fend off the devastation, a Wordler is called to duty each morning on a quest to hold back the curse for one more day. A Protective Word must be found by sunset each day. The consequences otherwise would be un...

Comedy Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Gotham City by Night

Gotham City! It was once referred to as "...a refuge! A stronghold! A fortress!" by judge Solomone Zebediah Wayne as he described his vision of the future of the city to architect Cyrus Pinkney. Pinkney than designed the characteristic skys...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery

World of Darkness

My version of White Wolf's world of Darkness used in our VTM campaign. The Players are the vampires of the city of venice in the Victorain eara.

Historical Horror Supernatural

Atterlandus

Atterlandus is a sprawling, lush realm teeming with fantastical creatures born from the wildest reaches of imagination and nightmarish monstrosities that haunt the darkest recesses of human fears. As vast as it is, this ancient world exudes an aura o...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Uthilith

Deep beneath shifting sands of a golden desert sleeps a wyrm of azure... An isle of crushed jewel shimmers and confounds with magical radiance... From a gigantic toadstool steps an elf of striking beauty... Fire burns at the Great Sea's heart...[/...

Fantasy Horror Political Sword & Sorcery Weird

The Contact War

[p]Humanity is the newcomer on the galactic stage. Earth is a mess, filled with Megacities, toxic waste dumps, and huge swaths of wasteland populated by violent ferals. Cybernetic enhancements? Sure! Rogue corporations, splin...

Cyberpunk Exploration Horror Military Political

Plane of Aeturnus

[p]Aeturnus—a world of ancient power and peril, where the sands of time spill endlessly from the hourglass of fate. Its lands, carved by empires and scarred by ancient wars, a place where dragons rule the skies, horrors coil in the shadows waiting...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Lios

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror MagiPunk Science Fantasy

Masks of Nyarlathotep

Horror

MKK

[p]Viele kleine Kontinente und Inseln treiben auf den Ozeanen von Matera. Die Menschen bauen ihre Städte und Zivilisationen auf den kleinen Spitzen, am Rand des Dschungels und der Wüste. Sie ahnen, was in den Tiefen wartet, aber sie haben kei...

Horror Military Modern Supernatural Weird

The Golden Age

Vampire: The Masquerade, Roman Era.

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Fantasy, Dark Horror

Thylea

Thylea is located across a great expanse of ocean, far beyond the borders of the known world. It is a land of great beauty and ancient splendor, untouched and unspoiled by civilization since the dawn of time. Thylea is sometimes called “the Lost L...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Science Fantasy

The Fields Beyond

[p]"Through the mud I trudge to protect a future I'll never see, on a planet I no longer recognise, in a galaxy that will not remember my name" - final communication Uvs Aimag, Shinekhen Tal[/p] [p][/p]

Hard Science Horror Military Science Fiction Trenchpunk

Ávra

CRAFT YOUR STORY IN THE REALM OF ÁVRA There is only darkness...Suddenly, a small light! A candle has been lit, by what hands, unknown... As the shock of the flickering flames sudden light fades from your eyes, you can now see what lays...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Thorns

The limited world you think of as "reality" is a facade. It is a wall barely holding back worlds beyond. The Thicket that forms borders between the worlds is home to their own horrors. And its Thorns infects both body and mind. [container:thorny-f...

Horror Modern Soft Magic

Little Chicago

it's 1927 and Moose Jaw Saskatchewan or Little Chicago as it is sometimes called is the sin capitol of the prairies! A simple railroad town that sprung up along the river, nothing too remarkable you'd think. But that's where you'd be mistaken this pl...

Horror

Bellyem

[container:intro]Under the Reign of the Cieux, between Shadow and Light, the inhabitants of Bellyem tread a fragile line between devotion and survival, ever at the mercy of the nightmarish echoes of the past and the promises of the divine. [/contain...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Political

Bas-Lag

The world of Bas-Lag is a vastly unexplored mass of continents which is only just beginning to stitch itself together with trade and industrial progress. The three "known" continents are Rohagi, Shoteka and the newly discovered Bered Kai Nev, both Ro...

Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Steampunk

Guide to the Wastes

An Unofficial In-Character Guide to the Setting of Dystopia Rising, assembled by Players, for Players. [aloud]To contribute to the Wasteland Guide as an Author, Click [url:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScly5KG4NQmmLBnTIbtgWBY...

Biopunk Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic

The Black Prophecies

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Barovia

This was a Curse of Strahd campaign that I had made for my friend, who is no longer able to play. In short I wont be updating this anymore. If you have questions about the work that has been done you can leave a comment, but dont expect a fast reply....

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Chicago after Dark

[p]An unofficial homebrew adaptation of the Vampire the Masquerade (5e) Chronicle setting: "Chicago By Night"[/p] [p][/p]

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Urban

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

The City of Monsters

The Story of Monsters [p] Urban fantasy shared world anthology, featuring an alternate world run by monsters! [/p]

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Speculative Supernatural

Remnant: The Odyssey of Destinies

A world Set in an Alternate version of My Little Pony, containing historical themes, Fantasy Technology, Fantasy monsters and tropes. Magi-Punk inspiration and a complicated geopolitical & Fantastical recreation of a roughly Inter-war to WW1 Magi Pun...

Adult 18+ Crime Dystopia Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark

The Lockdown Crews Masks of Nyarlathotep

Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign running on the Pulp Cthulhu rules.

Historical Horror

Théorès

This world was created by a overconfident being who used the dangerous power of the Origin to create a whole planet. The result of this enormous amount of Origin magic destroyed his essence, making the planet without its creator. The Gods, or the...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Western

The Netherworlds

The Netherworlds is a world of dreams, or nightmares, however you want to look at it. It's a place we've all been, even if we are unaware of it. This is a world where everything is whatever you want it to be, even when you don’t know what you want. I...

Comedy Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban

Curse of Strahd

Under raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, bil...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Draesna

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Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Horror Surreal Transhumanism

Coriolis - der 3te Horizont

[userstate:loggedout] Coriolis ist ein Science-Fiction-Rollenspiel, das in einem abgelegenen Sternensystem namens "Der 3te Horizont" spielt. Es ist ein von Konflikten und Krieg verwüsteter Ort, aber auch die Heimat stolzer Zivilisationen, sowohl der...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fantasy Space Opera Supernatural

Recompense: SoulBinder

Recompense: Soulbinder is an RPG project I'm working on. (Will finish this pitch later.) The following is an excerpt from the game's opening. Settings Years ago, the empire figured a way to bind the souls of the dead to objects, or...

Afrofuturism Fantasy, Dark Horror MagiPunk Oriental

Cyberpunk RED: Cradle of Innocence

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Horror Mystery

World of Whisper

Fantasy, Urban Horror Medieval Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Gemini

Welcome to Gemini, Adventurer! Gemini is a grimdark setting set in the distant future, after a group of scientists from a distant star system arrive on a strange and dangerous planet filled with magic, mystery, and evil...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Space Opera

Bygones

Crime Horror Supernatural Urban

Erlo

The world of Erlo is full of mystery and wonder. There is a new creature, villain, or hero around every corner. You’ll find scary massive beasts in the forests, winged raptors roaming the sky’s of a canyon, gross trolls shuffling across mountain peak...

Adult 18+ Comedy Fantasy, Dark Horror Superheroic

Cimmerian Shade

/*UserLogOut Start*/ [userstate:loggedout] This is a Divergant World of Darkness Campaign Site. This world starts its timeline during Dark Medieval era and continues into a diseal/steampunk influenced future. To be able to use this site...

Alternative History Horror Political Steampunk Supernatural

Alterra

“Sit child and listen! Here, busy your hands with this weaving and listen to my story.” Alterra is our world, but is not our home world. All the peoples of Alterra are descended from the refugees of the great cosmic battle that raged eon...

Horror Science Fantasy

The Brass Realms

Welcome to the Brass Realms, my personal Setting for playing a variety of TTRPG's. It is a dark fantasy / horror setting. Check out the Setting Primer and if you are interested, or brows...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Colony World of Karragos

[p]Karragos: A planet seized by internal strife.[/p] [p]The murder of a Senate Security commando and the attempted assassination of a Jedi judicial force has led to the uncovering of a conspiracy of corruption and oppression.[/p] [p]Now, an intrepid...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Political Sword & Sorcery

Aardheim

FR Aardheim est un monde brisé, un champs de bataille entre entitées célestes et démoniaque ou les mortels ne sont que des pions. Dans ce chaos régnant, des civilisations ont vu le jours, ont conquis magie et technologie, sont arrivées à...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Post Apocalyptic

Bastollo

[color:#666666]"Before the beginning, which came before the end,[/color][color:#666666]All creation was with infinite nothingness suffus’d,[/color][color:#666666]Whereupon a sleeping God did open Her eyes and...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Western

Tombstone, AZ

In the United States south West is the contested territory of Tombstone. On the border of Mexico a group of Anarch hold a vanguard against Camerilla and Sabbat attacks on the Anarch Free States. Few know of Tombstone, and few still know of the...

Crime Horror Political Supernatural

Cyberpunk: Promises Broken

Alternative History Cyberpunk Horror Mystery

Ravenloft

So, my party started in Curse of Strahd 5e, but had a metagamer so I added old lore from other editions and swapped things around some. After deciding that Strahd was actually an ok guy, they all started asking if I could extend the campaign past jus...

Gothic Horror

The Hunt

[p]In the depths of the night when the Moons hang low over the city, Hunters and Beasts prowl the streets.[/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Dread Realms (Ravenloft)

The Dread Realms is a world of despair and fright in which the monsters of everyone's nightmares are only yards away at any given time. This is the world of the archetypical Dracula, Frankenstein, Van Helsing, and so on. In this realm you do not ente...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

Onigma V

Viides Onigma on maailma, jossa kiivas kehitys on koittanut pitää kasvavat kauhut poissa, mutta on epäonnistunut siinä kerta toisensa jälkeen. Rikkaat ja sivistyneet keksivät aina uusia keinoja hyödyntää voimia, joita kohti kenenkään ei tulisi katsoa...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Science Fantasy Steampunk

Tomestone - A Deadlands Bible Fanfic Word

[p]Gothic occult horror in the American west. A strong focus on Bible mythology and the struggles of good vs evil and subjective morality told in a world doomed to darkness.[/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Horror Religious Supernatural Victorian Western

Curse of Strahd

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Religious Transhumanism