Gothic

Arathos

The world of Arathos is a realm shrouded in mystery and wrought with peril. From the whispering depths of its silent seas to the towering peaks of its forbidding mountains, Arathos is a land of diverse landscapes and untold secrets waiting to be unco...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery

Mondi Infranti

[p]Mondi Infranti è un'abientazione che si adatta un grande numero di Sistemi di Gioco in quanto include un vastissimo numero di mondi e realtà parallele.[/p] [p]Mondi Infranti è ambientato nel @[Megaverso](location:cb1bd...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic Post Apocalyptic

Midrial

The world of Midrial is a vast an diverse expanse of cultures and peoples. The discovered world consists of several large landmasses, each with separate societies and ways of life. In Midrial, there is still much to discover. Deities watch over the p...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

My RPG

Wahrhammer 40k Universe Roleplaying Game

Gothic Military Political Science Fiction

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Barovia

Under raging storm clouds, 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, billowin...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Vespera

Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Supernatural Urban

Etharis

From its deep and forbidding forests, where horrible beasts lurk, to the hulking and impenetrable mountains ranges where lost legacies lie, the landscape of Etharis is formidable. However, the true monsters of this land can be found i...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

The World of Othlorias

“You can feel the change in the wind, in your bones. You can feel a weight, a feeling of despair creeping over the mountains. Look east lad, do you feel it? Some darkness rises over those peaks, and not for the first time. Are we ready? Our warrio...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Meria

“Upon a snow capped mountain slope opened a portal black as night, a broken mirror reflecting into an strange alternative dimension, The Other. For a moment there was nothing in this world, only the false gods and pretender charlatans in their unholy...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Political Victorian Western

The Shattered Isles

The Shattered Isles are the broken remnants of the world following the cataclysm a thousand years ago. The cataclysm cracked the sun and cast the world into perpetual darkness. It also broke the Gates of Death, unleashing vengeful spirits and demons...

Crime Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Victorian

Aeia

Welcome to the world of Aeia. A high fantasy D&D universe with some light Gothic horror elements and a lot of homebrew.

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror

Nainoxia

[quote]Let it be known by all who are, and all who will ever be, this world, and all within it, belong to the Empire and her people, so have the Gods willed it. |--Unnamed Schollar[/quote] [p]Welcome fellow scribe, the f...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

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

excal-heim

The Moon is an Egg Chaos reigns and, as unexpected, things are pretty normal. [articleblock:2348103e-13ec-4ebc-8575-5221f21c1e04] [/col3][articleblock:0a4acc79-9237-49d4-9a84-8285079c2c95] [/col3][articleb...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Literature RPG Steampunk

Curse of Strahd Reloaded

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Etharis

[p]Etharis is a world poised on the edge of ruin.[/p] [p]Once, the gods held dominion over the fate of mortals. Their silence, whether death, abandonment, or something far worse, has left the world fractured. In their absence, nations falter, empires...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic

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

Crescent City By Night

[p]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...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Esfiro

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Sword & Sorcery

The Silver Sea

The world has been broken by an ancient Apocalypse. It now consists of shards floating in the aether. When the world was broken it was merged with the aetherial realm and is thus highly unstable. The aether is a gateway between dimensions. The shr...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic

The Old West

Well hey there. You got here at the wrong time, I'm afraid, my friend. What makes someone want to come to a hellish place like this? Especially someone so unique? Is it power, money or just the thrill of killing? It doesn't matter. There's no changin...

Flintlock Gothic Western

Calia

[p]Led by six primordials and their chosen mortal twin emperors. The world is built on balance, for every evil the is good. for every miracle there is a tragedy. As the world comes into a new age of technology the balance is beginning to waver.[/p] [...

Adult 18+ Dieselpunk Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

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

Cathedris

Three-thousand-year-old dead gods roam the planet as husks of their former selves, wandering broken loops of their past lives; they bring danger and ruin, magic and myth. Humanity ha...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Speculative Weird

Echoes of the Mist

Welcome to the "Lands of the Mist," a demiplane buried and lost within the Shadowfell; willed into existence by "Dark Powers" to punish and imprison souls so vile, they have been condemned to rule a hellscape of their own making for all of eternity....

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Nimbus Trident

The Nimbus Trident is a region of three sectors and associated territories in the Ultima Segmentum of the Imperium of Man. Mostly isolated from the galaxy, the sectors of the Nimbus Trident are caught up with internecine rivalries and conflicts.

Gothic Science Fantasy Space Opera

Mi Leyenda Eterna

[p][/p] [p]Antes de héroes, antes de reyes, antes incluso de que la memoria aprendiera a nombrar las eras, ya existían juramentos, criaturas, reliquias y poderes cuyo eco aún atraviesa la existencia. Algunas historias mueren con quienes las vivier...

Ancient Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic

Warhammer 40,000

It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods and master of a million worlds by the might of His inexhaustible a...

Adult 18+ Gothic Science Fiction

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

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

Felltal

[h3|2971765b-f98c-43ca-a5ca-41233347fbca]Willkommen im Grauen. [p]Eine Kleinstadt, an der man leicht vorbeifährt – aber niemals so leicht vergisst.[/p] [p][/p] [p]In der Welt rund um Felltal, a...

Crime Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Vampirism for Amoral Sociopaths

Useful References: Frenzy, Wassail, and Rötschreck Healing @[Humanity](article:623a6fdf-7...

Gothic

Thea

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Aloth

Aloth is a world of magic and awe, going through a phase of recovery and rediscovery after Dürthang which was an event that took place at the end of the third age 670 years ago. The event shook most of the world, but hit the continent of Tyrania the...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Barovia

Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of a long-standing castle. A pale figure stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Stealth

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

Tarana

The world of Tarana and the Crystal Spire campaign setting are built on D&D 5E with the goal of capturing the texture, flavor, themes, and experiences of Celtic mythology, while including aetherpunk/steampunk flavors and aesthetics on top of it all.

Adult 18+ Ancient Clockpunk Comedy Crime

After The End

[quote] Совершая пожертвование вы участвуете в продолжении развития проекта и получаете доступ к закрытым статьям. Указывайте в комментарии пожертвований свой ник на WorldAnvil, Boosty или ...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

Arthenos

Two large continents set apart this world. Kings and Emperors fight for the rule of the largest of the two continents. Divided into multiple provinces every province is ruled by their own King. Intruiging plots and conspiracies fill the halls of cast...

Exploration Fantasy Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

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

Harmwah

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Political

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

Beourjen

Beourjen was built on desperation as much as ambition. In theory, it was a grand idea. Its founders were intelligent and cunning people. They destroyed a tyranny, and ended the reign of their archaic gods. They molded a new dominion on th...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Victorian

Barovia

Welcome to Barovia, an ancient realm hidden within an impenetrable sea of mist. Should you ever find yourself within its borders, know that you are the possessor of a grand destiny! That, or an early grave. Once you are within the mists, there is no...

Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Kokudo 国土 Project

The Kokudo Project is a community world building project inspired by projects such as Touhou, Len'en, & Nansei. Kokudo is set with a more world wide outlook to include creatures & themes from other cultures & fantasies....

Fantasy Gothic Medieval Oriental Sword & Sorcery

Barovia

Gothic Horror Supernatural

Nethdria

[p]Nethdria is a world of gods, magic, and strife. Upon the planet of Mara, the continent of Sol has featured as the stage upon which some of its greatest stories have been told and have yet to be told. Nethdria has been threatened many times by divi...

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Political Religious

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

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

Albion at Night

[p]A bunch of God-fearing vermin staking their claims on an inhospitable world. [/p] [p][/p]

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Post Apocalyptic

Trapper

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

Gothic Horror Neo Noir Weird Western

Solspire Chronicles

[p]The World is flooded, most of the people living in it are gone. What survives is a victorian steampunk society of airships, brass automata, mystical societies, a struggle for equality in a world trying to return to the past and a world so altered...

Gothic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Speculative Steampunk

The Kozemos

[p] The Kozemos is a world built in defiance of its own foundations Across its vast continents and bitter seas, empires rise not because the land welcomes them, but because power insists. Rivers are straightened, borders are dr...

Gothic Victorian

Ardrim

[p]No one knows how the world was made, simply that it has been there for as long as the memories of even the gods can recall. Before the gods took control of the cosmos, the world was ruled by primordials and great elementals. In the tens of thousan...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Political Steampunk Victorian

Tales of Aresia

[p][/p] [quote]"From the mist-veiled Cradle Mountains in the thaw of spring to the blizzards over Isvamelle at midwinter’s peak, I have witnessed more than most would in a lifetime. For years, I chased my boundless wanderlust across the far corners o...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Steampunk Victorian

Agere

With heroes and villains spanning thousands of years, Agere is full of magic, conflict, and flourishing life. This everchanging planet is filled with adventure and history of people's long past and present.

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Steampunk

Mists of Barovia

Welcome to Barovia UNDER RAGING STORM CLOUDS, 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 lea...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Veina

Veina is a planet part of an alternate human timeline. The planet orbits a white dwarf and is tidally locked with a very close orbit. This means a few things: there is no night and day. One side of the planet is always day and the other is always nig...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political

Well of Souls: Age of Dark

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Isekai

Historitor 40,000

[aloud]It is the 42nd Millenium. Though badly mauled, the Imperium of Mankind has endured the events that transpired in the wake of Abbadon's 13th Black Crusade... but now a new threat looms. The fourth tyrannic war begins in ea...

Dystopia Gothic Science Fiction

The world of Glendendall

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Stories of Darkness

A collection of World of Darkness 5th edition campaign stories and characters.

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Modern Political Supernatural

Dragon Hammer

Welcome to the world of Dragon Hammer, a dark fantasy realm born from the chaos of a great war between powerful deities. It is a world of magic and mystery, where the delicate power between light and darkness hangs in the balance. Filled with fantast...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

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

Ordo Celestia

Alternative History Gothic Military Political Religious

Skies of Himinil

This is a world of strange clockwork technology, airship exploration, and magic of a mystical nature. The ocean is a portal to the underworld from which the titanic Nerre rest when they do not roam the world. Witches create covens that strain the roo...

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Soft Magic

Angepella

A world of monsters who live in the shadows, where beasts roam the unclaimed wilds alongside all manner of fantastical and horrifying creature while the mortal races pray for salvation or fight for it.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Gothic Medieval

Dragons of Night

The Dragons rule the night, the Fae the otherworld. The rest of us must find our place in the shadows, the secret worlds in between. We must protect our magics, our crafts, from those seeking to drive them out of the world so they alone might rule ov...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Urban Gothic Supernatural

Grymoire

[h|13f3ee05-5fdc-4fd6-8de3-60d7c908d853] [p] [/p] [h1|1d0f0f3c-3cce-462e-a00a-eab824dd7111]“The night...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic

Orestes

Orestes is a world in the throws of rebirth. The old gods and pantheons are dead and dying, lost and cursed; paving the way for a new Church to rise and grip the populace in a religious fervor that burns "Pagans" and snakes its way into the Councils...

Fantasy Gothic Medieval

Eramon

A world once ruled by the primordial might of Giants and Dragons. A world saved by the @[Gods of the Wheel](organization:91cdcc04-a812-4307-bf...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Sleipner sector

The ultimate compendium for everything that is linked to this little area of the Imperium. For three centuries, the Sleipner Sector has been dominated by the mighty Ork warlord @[Grimskul](person:7...

Gothic Military Science Fiction

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Damara

[p]Damara is an old world carrying old wounds.[/p] [p]The Great War of the Night ended a millennium ago — or so the histories say. The darkness was defeated, the Shadowed Ones were bound, and the gods withdrew to their domains. A thousand years of fr...

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

Doskvol

Blades in the Dark is a tabletop role-playing game about a crew of daring scoundrels seeking their fortunes on the haunted streets of an industrial-fantasy city. There are heists, chases, occult mysteries, dangerous bargains, bloody skirmishes, and,...

Clockpunk Gothic Neo Noir Steampunk Supernatural

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

Kingdom Earth

Welcome to the queer paranormal world of Zavian Glory. The Angelic Blood Chronicles The Angelic Blood Chronicles follows Marshall and Rowan as they come of ag...

Ancient Gothic Historical Religious Supernatural

Hestios

[p]Welcome to a world where Chaos, Darkness, Madness, Mystery and Nonsense reign supreme. What is that weird static that only you and few others suddenly hear permeating through the air. And who are those green children you saw chasing each other d...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Steampunk Surreal

Aegimius

Current Date Milleadh (MC): 61 Cyna, 703 Current Date For Storia (FSC): 2 Vromisk, 914

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Semita

Semita is the wheel upon which an infinite multiverse spins. Within the framework it's own reality it is one of many life sustaining planets, but is the source of the power that created the universe as we know it. It is a land burdened by extensive h...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

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

Eonnorn

Eonnorn is a fantasy world that is a surreal mix of a fairytale and the Victorian era.

Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Surreal Victorian

Curse of Strahd

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 like a wounded dog increases as he turns his gaze down. B...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Avalon

Sentence Lord Griswold is desperate to conquer the Kingdom of Albion by the next solar eclipse but is having difficulty doing so using Variants because Her Majesty's Order of Hunters are well-equipped, skilled and diligent. Theme Honour triumphs...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Victorian

Vaskeer

[p]Trapped within a gargantuan ring of ivory rising higher than the tallest mountain, simmering below a horrid scar blocking the sky basking everything in a harsh scarlet light, is Vaskeer. The last remnants of humanity, safe from the apocalypse outs...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Political Sword & Sorcery

Innominati

Alternative History Gothic Horror Medieval Modern

Lemuria

Lemuria is a vast expanse of sea and land teaming with all walks of intelligent beings and monsters alike. There are 5 main land masses that make up the continent as well as hundreds of small to medium islands dotted through the seas. The world has i...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Oriental

Forgotten Realms

[p]The Forgotten Realms is a vast, high-fantasy world filled with ancient magic, legendary heroes, and sprawling civilizations. Set on the planet Abeir-Toril, it features diverse regions like the shining cities of the Sword Coast, the d...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Ivranai

Ivranai is a lush and magical world, filled with wistful landscapes and dangerous monsters.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Three Points

First, A Note on Historical Accuracy Though this game is set in a historical period and takes some inspiration from real locations and events, the game itself is not expected to be 100% historically accurate. After all, it's a game about moody...

Gothic Historical Supernatural

Crown of the Forgotten Frontier

[youtube:https://youtu.be/oDN11TslEHI?si=uaSMVVijDgRZMDY9] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Adult 18+ Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy

Mirror: Fangfinder

[p]All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Tears for Fears - Mad World[/p] [aloud] [p][justif...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

Gotham 2069

Cyberpunk Gothic Science Fiction, Modern Supernatural Urban

REDCASTLE

[quote]"I wonder how the night will be On a day that I shall never see."[/quote] [p]The two-mooned planet of Acarus has seen many epochs of Man since the beginning of creation, but none as grim as the current age; the on...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

Ravania

There are dark places in the Multiverse, that have never known the warmth of a sun, nor the light of day. In these places, dark things lurk, monsters stalk the depths, forgotten secrets of horrifying implication await discovery, and madness creeps in...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Supernatural

Grimm Water

My dnd World. Testing out the platform so here goes.

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Karagatan: A World Of Legends

Player Hub [quote]You all work for Frank Steelhawk, the bold and battle-worn founder of Steelhawk International, an elite adventuring guild expanding its influence across the wi...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic

Theme Test

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Threshold

[quote]There is no defense against what is forgotten. There is no safety against the turning of time. There is no wall against the places in-between. There is defense in knowledge. There is safety in the eternal. There is a wall between the mo...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Steampunk Supernatural