Horror

Game of Tomes

The Game of Tomes is an event for writers in the Twitch community. It is a team-based game in which the players choose a house to represent and redeem their word counts towards their houses ov...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

Trunae

A new world, barely explored by the mortal races that now rule it, Trunae is an island world. The one most focused on will be the large island of Lok. Once populated by an older race of ancient people, they are now gone and two rival kingdoms have ta...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery Victorian

Elvaro

Fantasy Horror Steampunk Western

Everwinter

[quote] "The Everwinter is coming, the spell will be broken, the champions must appointed and the ritual protected, for if their duty is failed, we will all die, run for the hills, find the champions, bring them together and protect all that is good...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Eraneth

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Romance Sword & Sorcery

Norasila

The World of Norasila is a world racked with ruins and leftover traces of the gods domnain and the war fought after much of the world died during this hundred year war the land is sparse with villages and people struggling to survive while a corrupti...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Sword & Sorcery

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 o...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Supernatural 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

Tir a Goth

The world of Tir A Goth, its history, and its denizens. The current focus of the our game is the continent of Ombre; a locale modeled after the European medieval era.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Ancient Thedas

Ancient Thedas is the setting for the Dragon Age tabletop RPG campaign "Ancient Shadows" set in the years of the First Blight in the Tevinter Imperium. The story revolves around a group of travellers from all across the continent, each one following...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Historical Horror

Dragon Road

It was the summer solstice of 2023 - this was when the world changed. This was when the cataclysm occurred Now it is a world ruled by the dragonlords, each with their own fiefdom - jockying and vying for power with the mortals the pawns and...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic

Cenorad

Cenorad is a world of reinvention and reimagination. Gone are the days of noble elves, stout dwarfs, and average humans. The cards have been shuffled again and old tropes have been ripped apart, torn and twisted only to be stitched back toget...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Science Fantasy

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

Ortari

Millenia ago, the Prime Dragon Ortus created the universe and the many galaxies within. Ortari is one such galaxy—home to the Pan-Astral Federation, the Veltic Space Coilition, and the Novoraskr Empire—it is where our journey begins. The Empire is...

Horror Science Fantasy

koroblin

Koroblin world is an alternate version of Earth. Where things from Geography, History, Evolution and even the Laws of nature, have been changed so greatly it's now just a strange distant mirror to our own world. Koro-world is not meant to be a 1 to 1...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Post Apocalyptic Slice of Life

Ruins of Drakkenheim

My (modified) version of Dungeons of Drakkenheim. Among other changes, I have changed the city into a hex crawl. What else have I changed? You'll have to play to find out! Wondering where to start? I suggest reading about the @[Factions...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic

Ikwento & The Determinate Saga

A mixtape disguised as a work of fiction.

Horror Shōnen Space Opera Sword & Sorcery Western

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

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

Lovenoma

"Dream light dear child, for the Below awaits those who go too deep."

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror

World of Darkness: Coast City

A supernatural horror game set in the modern day, with flashback episodes taking place in the 1920s and 30s.

Historical 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

The Azure Sea

The lands encompassing The Azure Sea are a wild and dangerous place. Islands of civilisation offer some protection from the wildlands, but most of the continent remains unexplored and maps show only t...

Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Mystery Political Sword & Sorcery

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

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

Toril - The Forgotten Realms

The planet of Toril is the home to magical continents, filled with magical lands, and inhabited by magical life. Gods take notice and sometimes play active roles in the world, but rarely enter the physical plane. Only recently has science begun t...

Fantasy Horror Sword & Sorcery

Curse of Strahd-Prepare To Die Edition

About This World: Curse of Strahd: Prepare to Die Edition is a world for DM's to peruse at their own leisure. Here you will find a collection of resources I have used when running my games. Think of it as a database for the...

Horror Sword & Sorcery

Umda

Diese Welt entsteht Schritt für Schritt. Es gibt kein klar definiertes Ziel, jedoch eine Methodik. Aus einfachen Bausteinen und einer limitierten Anzahl von Parametern soll nach und nach auf organische Art Komplexität entstehen. Die Hoffnung...

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

The Secrets of Harthill

Nestled on the south coast of Wales between Cardiff and Swansea, Harthill could easily be mistaken by an outside observer for a sleepy university town where nothing more exciting than the annual town fête and the odd book launch takes place. However,...

Fantasy, Dark Historical Horror Mystery Supernatural

Ciphrus

12556 Ciphrus is a world of many faces. This planet encompasses the minds of a great many, while a great few were only ever recognized. It is built on the idea of the individual, set forth in grand motion to accomplished feats of...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark

Mundo das Trevas

[p]Crônicas do Mundo das Trevas é a nossa Terra no início dos anos 90, mas onde tudo é exagerado e sombrio. Instituições são mais dominadoras e influentes sobre a sociedade, com a Igreja tendo um papel muito importante em prover uma esperança,...

Adult 18+ Horror Supernatural Urban

Vampires of Bigby Fork

The world is bigger than most people imagine...and some legends are real. Vampires. Werewolves. And the hunters that pursue them, aided by their witch allies. Underneath the veil of normalcy, a war has been waged quietly between these fo...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Horror Supernatural

Cimmerian Shade

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Alternative History Horror Political Steampunk Supernatural

pèryl

The multiverse was created by Annen, Goddess of Time, to answer the question: "What does it mean 'to exist?'" PÈRYL was the first world created to attem...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post-modern Sword & Sorcery

Vertilok, Primordial Continent

In a time when the world was still young, and rocky landscapes ran cracked with lava and brimstone, the Divine waged wars of incalculable scale. The mortal races who scurried under their horrific bootheel struggled to survive, in hopes they may one d...

Ancient Horror Political Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Surviving Midnight

In The Moonlit Depths Of Mississippi Lies A Forgotten Hamlet, Where The Shadows Dance To An Eerie Symphony And The Whispers Of Ancient Secrets Permeate The Stagnant Air. Welcome To Midnight, A Town Steeped In The Tapestry Of Southern Goth...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

Theme Test

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Thalia

The world that bleeds.

Adult 18+ Fantasy Horror Mystery Steampunk

Curiosity and Satisfaction

Welcome to Curiosity and Satisfaction. A curious but satisfying Call of Cthulhu game set in 1950's Massachusetts where feline and canine sleuths investigate and battle against the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. [/cen...

Alternative History Horror Mystery Supernatural Weird

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

Ellistown Landing Forever

“All roads lead to Rome” - Alain de Lille

Biopunk Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

Nascindor

Nascindor acts as the stage for an original dark fantasy setting titled Eternal Hymn. Some subject matter is not suitable for younger readers. Before there was anything else, there was the @[Progenitor](person:...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

VULKRI

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Neo Noir Sword & Sorcery

Caelum Prime

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

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Supernatural

The Solari Expanse

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror

Hunt: Mystery

Dystopia Horror Modern Supernatural Weird

Valley of Barovia

this world is designed for the players in my curse of strahd campaign

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Ullthwaygon

[spoiler]A world apart from any other in many ways, Ullthwaygon is not a single place, but the same lands played over and over again under vastly different circumstances in parallel to each other. In some rules of fantasy may apply, with spe...

Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Ravare

[container: homepage-intro] Throughout these Realms, mortal Sophonts seek to survive against the brutal realities dictated by the cruel Divines, wildly promoted by the volatile Elementals, or simp...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Supernatural Weird

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

Ouresboros

[quote] I looked to the sky and found my self seeing nothing but a bright white light. The gods had passed judgement upon the Uran invaders, but my men were also to suffer. Their skin turning red and giving way to boils as if burned[/quote] Missive...

Alternative History Horror Supernatural

Anderium

The World of Anderium is dark and poor for most folk. This is not a land of many heroes and chilvarous deeds; Though of course they happen, it is more common to hear of a village being burned down by invading armies, or deserters robbing and raping i...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Fantasy, Urban Horror

Era of Bhaal

After the events in Murder in Baldur's Gate, there the dead god Bhaal returned to the land of the living, accumulating more power than ever before. Absorbing murder, his domain of old, and death, stolen from his dead compatriot Myrkul, the Dead God h...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Religious Sword & Sorcery Weird

A Tale of Blood & Shadow

Horror

Jaworowy Kult

Połączyła Was wspólna misja, a później - wspólna tajemnica. Od tego czasu szukacie wiedzy - i czasami ją znajdujecie. Nie zawsze wychodzi to Wam na zdrowie.

Fantasy, Urban Horror Supernatural

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

Crescent City By Night

Crescent City in the World of Darkness is a coastal metropolis built on the foundation of wealth, influence, and supernatural machinations. Unlike the sleepy real-world Crescent City, this darkened reflection is a sprawling urban labyrinth shaped by...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Old stuff

Falarast (as it is known in common)

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

World Catalyst

This world is the descendent of many before, a constant battleground between beings of unknown power where their victory only ensures the world's end. This world is devoid of innate magical beings or magically gifted, where only the true horrors to b...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic 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

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Beyond The Rift

[quote] "The old galaxy is dying, and a new galaxy struggles to be born; now is the time where monsters are born and heroes are forged."[/quote] The Imperium has always been host to pockets of wilderness space that were either too remote or too d...

Horror Science Fiction Space Opera Supernatural

Araea

[aloud][/aloud] [quote]Mankind are not masters of this world, but children fumbling in the dark.[/quote] Araea is a weird-fantasy setting in a world where humanity has been forced to survive deep underground since time immemorial....

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Horror Weird

Book of the Damned

[quote]"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals. Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you...

Adult 18+ Horror Modern Supernatural

Lorrimor’s Legacy

From the whispering shadows of haunted Ustalav an ancient evil rises to grip the world in a new age of horror! Amid the mists of this land of dark superstition and dread secrets stand both those who would defy the return of evil and those who woul...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

The True Dark Ages

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 long...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

Elros

The world was called Elros and it had 2 continents called Titan and Tethys the latter that has giant crater in the center cutting the size of it by half. The records of the events that caused that has been lost to history but all ships that once gone...

Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

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

The Severed Lands

From the windswept north of the Icewind Dale to the wild island continent of Erna Lunathros, the Manifest Lands is the name given to the world as it is. Marked by strife and magic both great and terrible, various cultures make their ways across the w...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Age Of The Imperium

IT IS A TIME OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY The Imperium spreads across all the known world, under the benevolent and long reach of the Undying Emperor. A century ago, the Emperor led humankind to victory in the Last War over t...

Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

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 der W...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Modern

Allyria

This continent has just begun its spiral descent to chaos and ruin. Strange creatures and horrors spring up at alarming rates from every corner and unexpected place in this world. Terrifying mists roll across the land bringing monsters and destructio...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

The Creedverse

The Creedverse is a fictional universe set in the late 19th century, specifically around the 1870s and 1880s, characterized by a blend of Wild West elements, steampunk aesthetics, and advanced technology. The setting is predominantly in the Un...

Horror Science Fiction Steampunk Western

Science Fantasy Solar System

Adult 18+ Dystopia Horror MagiPunk Science Fantasy

Undead Wrath

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror

The Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

Cairne

A broken world with a broken soul, where magic is a myth and the Gods have disappeared. An age has passed since the Empire of Bechtlaruun brought down the Stygian blight upon the now lost races of the Seanachaisian Isles. Using the combined magic of...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

The Terrene

[p]There is the Terrene, and there is the Empyrean. They both exist within the great jewel, separate but entwined. The immortals - the Gods and Devils, Mothers and Fathers, Lords and Archons - rule the Empyrean, while the Terrene is the land of morta...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Cosmic Horror

[quote] “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents… some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful pos...

Horror

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

Ifiron

A Darkening World The Great Tree Ifiron is dying. The world has become a much more dangerous place ever since the Illuna, an ancient civilization, vanished and with them the knowledge. With the darkness come monsters, monsters eager to prey...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Terra Caelum Legacy

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Varisian Triumvirate Insurrection

This adventure tells the stories of a small peacekeeper guild the Bleeding Harts in the city of Magnimar. The Guild is not led by any person or people; instead it is more a collective of individuals kept in line and order by their peers under the com...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

The World as it Were

The world as it were, as it would become is in the making. It is broken but as all broken things it may be reformed but in that what would it be? In this crucible many do not see the dark that will snuff out the light. Remember that it was at Dangelo...

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

Hexerei, the Three Witches of Würzburg - Malleus Maleficarum

A war fated to endure for decades is smothering the Holy Roman Empire. The Coven rises! Blood drenches the cromlechs, and litanies call for the Devil’s boon. They are answered! Three Witches rise, three Witches to be vanquishe...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror

TEST WORLD

to test features and try to break Dimitris's work (Sorry pal, it's for your own good :D ) ----- Please create a note with the description of the bug and how it happened if you can. Something like: I had an article crash with error 500....

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Atompunk Biopunk

The Web

Cover Image from adobe stock, Assets used in manipulation are credited [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/i/604984]Here! [container: panelA] Bear with me, dear reader. I want you to take a look aroun...

Exploration Fantasy, Urban Horror Speculative Supernatural

Cold World

The dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki did what it was intended to do: the war with Japan was over, and unconditional surrender followed. The United States of America had proved their technological superiority over the Axis po...

Alternative History Fantasy, Urban Horror Science Fiction, Modern Supernatural

The Everwuld

The Everwuld is an ancient realm, born of chaos and magic, forged by gods and kings. Technology and magic lived in harmony and under the careful guidance of the gods, all life flourished and technology thrived. Then it all ended. No-one knows w...

Clockpunk Dieselpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Trapper

An Alternate History in which Paranormal Creatures, Cryptids, and Bedtime Horrors of our world no longer fall into the land of 'fiction'. Combining Voodoo, Paganism, and Pioneer/Indigenous American Folklore [br...

Gothic Horror Neo Noir Weird Western

Points of Radiance

_________________________________________________________________________________ A Short Introduction This introductory series features three short articles that will allow you to explore the different parts of this sunle...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Inner Sanctum Chronicle

[p]The Byzantine Empire stands as a beacon of civilization at the crossroads of East and West, the great walls guard the wealth and power of this magnificent metropolis - Constantinople. Yet, behind the thick curtains, other fo...

Gothic Horror

Ashton Creek

[p]Ashton Creek is a small, sleepy, first sector town in the north of Oregon, USA. It lies in a forested valley, and is home to around 6'800 unsuspecting inhabitants. It is fairly unknown the world at large, other than appearing in the news in 2003 w...

Comedy Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

Wolf Mania

[quote] Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted in moonlight. He stares down a sheer cliff at the village beyond. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him in the darkness. Far below, yet not beyond his gaze, a party of adv...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic

The Known World

Set in the times after the Old World was overrun by the forces of Chaos and tossed into a dark age, society and the characters are trying to survive and rebuild.

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Horror Medieval

The Shadows Uprising

Journey into the captivating realm of "Shadows Uprising," where the tapestry of real-world history is interwoven with the threads of myth and legend, revealing the hidden truths that have shaped our world. Here, the boundaries between reality and fan...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Modern Supernatural

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