Gothic

Forgotten Realms

Set in the world of Faerun, this homebrewed take on the legacy world is twisted. The world is constantly at war. Racism is a never-ending issue. The 12 Prime deities have all but disappeared, taking the Betrayer Gods with them, only appearing in the...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval Religious Sword & Sorcery

Nineveh

Welcome to Nineveh. Nineveh used to be a world of magic and monsters, of heroes and hope, of gods and greatness. The Schism broke the old world, leaving only the monsters. Four hundred years ago, the Entity returned, fulfil...

Biopunk Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Fantasy, Urban

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

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 tryign to return to the past and a world so altered...

Gothic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Steampunk Victorian

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

Risen War (working title)

The world of Risen takes place in modern day Earth, though its timeline has been separated from our own starting in World War II. Germany never invades the Soviet Union to the east and focuses instead on holding the western front, leading to a stalem...

Alternative History Gothic Military Modern Science Fantasy

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

Vampirism for Amoral Sociopaths

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

Gothic

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

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

Alancrian Chronicles

The Alancrian continent has come to a crossroads. Where swashbuckling adventurism and battles between good and evil were once common, celebrated, and needed, civilization, with all its virtues and vices, has tamed the continent. City states and fract...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

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

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

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

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Cos

Cos is a fantasy D&D homebrew world that has evolved into something more than just D&D to me. In the Continent of Calmireth, The Kingdom of Kings rules the west, the Legion of Athos rules the mountains, Firelight's Domain brews to the North, and...

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

Karagatan: A World Of Legends

Replacing the distant gods, the Elemental Lords now wield authority, each presiding over one of the essential elements—Air, Fire, Earth, and Water. Acknowledging the gods' remoteness, the inhabitants of Karagatan redirect their devotion towards the E...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic

Barovia

The land of sadness

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

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

Aotra

A barren, starless sky; a dense ring with forty moons; ancient twin suns: Aotra is a world in isolation, a lone planet floating in a dark sea. For ages, Aotrans found security and prosperity in the My...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Surreal Weird

Starfell

At the center of the religious world, right beneath the Tear in the Sky, Starfell is known to all as the most divine city. Though as times change, the influence of the Church and the word of their God becomes weaker, making way for an age of knowledg...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Victorian

Ivranai

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

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Steampunk 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

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

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

Hive world Dathnor 40k

The Hive-world was spared the punishment that befell its last planetary governor and his administration, but only just. Now the Astra Militarum have assumed command with its iron grip, they brought the emperors might down on this world and now...

Crime Dystopia Gothic Science Fantasy Urban

Madbury

Welcome to Madbury! A small, mid-twentieth century New England town in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire, Madbury might appear to the casual tourist as a typical college town cum artists’ colony, with its quaint village center surrou...

Gothic Horror

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

Nethdria

Here lies Nethdria, a strange world of swords and sorcery, political intrigue and cosmic struggle, conflict and community. This is the setting of multiple TTRPG campaigns set on the continent of Sol, the homeland of the elves. This continent is inhab...

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Political Religious

In the Shadow of Princes

[spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/7MBrp1Ba8Z1N8Q9r1N4MQL] [container:picture-frame]Post-Apocalyptic Adventurein a Techno-Futile World[container:purple-frame]This campaign is set in the twilight age of a fallen wo...

Gothic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural Surreal

Delas

[p]Centuries ago, the creator god Osse Inas mysteriously vanished from the World of Myria. The former countries of the world now lie separated and isolated with a horrible mist surrounded each. The people could not travel between the countries. Sinc...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Supernatural

Koleth

The year is 6019 on Koleth, an old world that's changing quickly. Here in the Free Cities of Hesperia (formerly the Hesperean Empire), the echoes of a traumatic civil war are only just dying down after 99 years. Still, humanity is thriving, having ru...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Steampunk

Darkplane

Annoloth. The Years of Woe. Millenia of Vinramar's history - shrouded in war, bloodshed, and strife have culminated to these last days. The overwhelming worship of Daemoth, or Lachmarum - Lord of the Fallow, reigns supreme and has plunged the...

Ancient Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Horror Weird

Tales of Corvinium

Greatest City-State of the Northern World, The Carbuncle on the Cold River, the most cosmopolitan port on the Greenrim Sea - Corvinium sprawls between the icy water and the dark forest, between the devastated Raunland and the enlightened dukedoms of...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Gothic Medieval Supernatural

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

Aegimius

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

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

The Realm of Etias

Etias is a land shaped by shadow and fire, where magic and power intermingle with ambition and war. It is a kingdom draped in mystery and darkness, its skies often choked with clouds as if the very heavens fear to gaze upon what lies below. Once a pr...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Gothic Medieval

Isildur

The world was split. In ages past their was one land. The land of Greimer but the gods did not want one land, they wanted multiple lands. The elders herd there complaints in their minds and corrupted one of the gods themselves. He struck the world in...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Tacoma by Night

The nights have run red for years beneath the watchful gaze of ordinary people in Tacoma. First came the conflicts between Camarilla and Anarch. Then came the Sabbat in a surprise ambush. Then came the Inquisition. And lastly, came those Anarchs who...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery Supernatural

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

Pillars of Skyscraven

1. The War in Heaven has reduced the land into gigantic pillars with an bottomless sea below them. 2. Shadows lurk behind every corner. 3. The industrial age is upon us, while ancient Snism biotechnology continues to elude us. 4. Any magic y...

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Steampunk Victorian

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

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

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

After The End

[quote] Совершить пожертвование для продолжения развития проекта:[/quote] [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7W1gCz0JFM&t=1s] After The End...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

The Universe

A vast and nearly infinite realm within creation where all living beings must fight and earn their own progress. The existence in which the Universal Defensionis Imperium reigns supreme, though barely holding onto its power in the face of a Universe...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Gothic Informational Medieval

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

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

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Esfiro

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Thea

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

HEXPUNK

Die Welt von "HEXPUNK" umfasst das alte Archipel, die Heimat der Menschheit, und den fernen Kontinent "Ostland" sowie die maßlosen Meere dazwischen. Die Menschheit wuchs lange Zeit unberührt von Magie auf, bis der technologische Fortschritt endlic...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Modern Weird

SECTOR ABLUENTIUM

In the benighted trench between galactic arms, far to the north and at the feet of the Halo Stars, lies Sector Abluentium. Eleven thousand years ago we conquered and raised a beacon in the name of the Holy Emperor of Mankind. We keep the darkness at...

Dystopia Gothic Science Fiction

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

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

Ejorus

Our heroes begin in Yelester and set out with new met friends on a ship known as the Jewel. They seek to find glorious treasure on a mysterious island. Upon finding the island they discovered a temple. Entering the temple they found themselves pawns...

Comedy Fantasy Gothic Horror Political

Theatre world

This universe is where I(Joel, a World Anvil user) will go in my daydreams to go and escape my problems. It all started as a place to go to do theatre since I grew up in theatre and was unable to recently due to the lack of people around me willing t...

Child Safe Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Religious

Gelliria

In the beginning there was nothing. Well, not quite. They were there, floating through the Astral Sea, trying to decide just exactly what They were. Were, They a concept, an unthinkable idea that was universally understood. Or m...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

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

St. Lilienholz

Scenic town located in the Austrian Alps, home to a close knit community. Beautiful views, interesting history, well mapped hiking trails and exquisite cuisine are just some of our reasons for pride.

Crime Gothic Mystery Transhumanism

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

Areion

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Nainoxia

The world of Nainoxia is a world I have created as a practice of creative writing and a setting for my own DnD games. The world is based off of the Forgotten Realms with some inspiration from Warhammer and World of Darkness. Additional inspi...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

Crypts and Wyverns

The umbral flames of the shadow phoenix scorched the sun from the sky. Only the faithborn stand between Eterna and the subjugation of the world.

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

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

Wyrmland

[quote] An island nation separated by sea, dotted with eleven great cities that once stood as shining beacons of order and enlightenment, enjoying a platinum age for more than a century. The most brilliant minds among the humans, e...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Horror

The Veil

[p]Aeon is dead, the natural cycle of life and death has been corrupted, and horrendous creatures crossover through tears in the Veil. The children of Dusk and Dawn squabble amongst themselves while the seams of this world unravel. The Kingdom of Luo...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Religious Supernatural

The Chronicles of Drakkenheim

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

L'Astre Tyran

Gothic Military Science Fantasy Space Opera

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

Vivarium

Welcome to Vivarium: a continent consisting of eleven city-states, where tensions have begun to run high as the Divine introduces a new creation.

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Weird

The Midrealm

A world divided between old and new, colonizer and colonized, prejudice and prejudiced. This is a world of exploration, colonization, and deep prejudices in old world society. However, crossing the vast ocean to the new world is another story. A h...

Biopunk Flintlock Gothic Political Steampunk

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 World of Darkness

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Science Fiction, Modern

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

Rippers - Tales from the Tea Rooms

Rippers, Tales from the Tea Rooms is a record of the adventures of a group that investigate the dark, mysterious and macabre in Victorian England and beyond. This game references the Savage Worlds game system, available...

Gothic Horror Steampunk Supernatural Victorian

The Unbecause

Welcome to the Unbecause! A lot goin on here!

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

World of Darkness

Everyone has had the sense at least once in their lives that things are not right with the world, that not everything is at it seems. We sometimes feel that sinister truths hide behind a facade of normality, veiled partially by the rational, orde...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery Political

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

Oradine

[p][/p] [p]The largest city, Calpane, has a population of 216,000 people and is the setting for the story. The second largest city, Infra, has a population of 108,000 people. There are 9 other cities of note in the kingdom, and 22 towns. The remaini...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Gothic Mystery

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

Chicago after Dark

[color:#c10300]An unofficial adaptation* of the[/color][color:#c10300]Vampire the Masquerade (5e) Chronicle setting:[/color][color:#c10300]"Chicago By Night"[/color][cente...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Urban

Azzaron

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic MagiPunk

The Dark Playground

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

Virdaren

Virdaren is a world brimming with untamed potential, a young and volatile realm teeming with countless nations, factions, religions, and cults scattered across its surface. This is a land where vast regions remain uncharted, harboring primordial forc...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

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

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Ravnica

Ravnica is a worldwide cityscape; an ecumenopolis consisting of a patchwork of grand halls, decrepit slums, and ancient ruins, with layer upon layer of stonework. Law magic and the metaphysics of hierarchy are deeply woven into the ver...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Steampunk

Eidamir

It is a world that has long since lost hope, a world of cold hearts and hollow souls. Years after the great mage war the dust had cleared and and the light mages, the masters, had prevailed. But they did not know the consequences of their deeds. The...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Weird

Kreworis

Evocative description The World Kreworis is a wonderous large planet full of magic and mysteries and is orbited by two and a half moons. It is place full of the history,...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Azis

Chaos swirled and clashed forming the canvas that became know as Azis. It also gave rise to the first artists, The Divine. They experimented and played with the paints of reality until their creations usurped them. Those gods are forgotten but faith...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

Ravenloft

Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Call of Cthulhu: Millennium (world)

Subscribe now for new episodes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pan/id1258343195 The year is 1999--the place, Earth. A prehistoric eldritch abomination wants dominion over the human species badly by the turn of the millennium--and is having di...

Alternative History Comedy Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic

The Valley of Fallen Leaves

"An enchanting and mysterious land, but also dark, mean, and cursed. A place full of dreams and nightmares, of hopes and resignation, of possibilities and insurmountable barriers. Someone has defined it as a 'fascinating and terrible'...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Statera

In every world, there is a struggle between Order and Chaos, Good and Evil. In many worlds throughout the Omniverse, that struggle is hidden, usually too weak to actively affect day-to-day life. In Statera, this is not the case. This world is pervade...

Fantasy Gothic Medieval Sword & Sorcery Young Adult (YA)

Elddevand

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Barovia

The idyllic valley nestled in the Balinok Mountains was a slice of heaven to those who knew of its existence before Strahd’s arrival. The serenity of the place was forever shattered when Strahd led a bloody crusade against the enemies of his family t...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Faeleronia

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Steampunk

La Valle delle Foglie Cadute

Una terra affascinante e misteriosa ma anche oscura, meschina e maledetta. Un luogo pieno di sogni e di incubi, di speranze e di rassegnazione, di possibilità e di barriere invalicabili. Un' "affasci...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery