Horror

Abyss

The Abyss, or Underdark, is the world beneath. Ruled by demons, it is twisted and moulded by their whims and characters making even normal creatures bend out of shape. Deep beneath the Surface of the world lies the Underdark, a realm of endless la...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror 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

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 counts their word counts towards their houses over the course of the month. This game runs three ti...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban 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

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

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

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

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

Tales From Eternal Dusk

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Sword & Sorcery

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

Qet

Qet was born from the viscera of a fallen god, their bones forming into the ground beneath your feet. Their tears becoming the oceans, rivers, and lakes. Their skin covered the land, giving rise to plant-life, and becoming home to the creatures...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Horror Soft Magic Surreal

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

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

HEAL

Un univers étendu où tout est possible: mondes parallèles, simulation informatique, univers étendu, empire et politique intergalactique, voyage dans le temps, course dans l'espace

Horror Oriental Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Inea

Inea è la regione più grande del sud-ovest del continente di Vernissia. La regione è divisa in due da tensioni politiche aperte tra i territori del sud, il Protettorato, e quelli del nord, i Vassalli. Al suo interno intrighi e segreti si spandono c...

Fantasy Horror Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Project Beyond

Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

Ashrain

There was no war. No fighting. No heroes. No great and mighty struggle for humanity. They came, and we died. All of us. No invasion. No uprising. No last stand. They just wiped us out. It only took a day. Hundreds of millions of years of evolut...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

The Golden Age

Vampire: The Masquerade, Roman Era.

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Innistrad

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval 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

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 City of Luyarnha

In Luyarnha, even the most terrifying nightmares pale compared to the horrors of the waking world. The moon reigns eternal over a terrified populace, and even the smallest creatures pose a deadly threat. None can escape the dangers that lurk around e...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Surreal

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

Earth-333

A wonderful universe filled with superheroes

Horror Science Fiction, Modern Superheroic Supernatural

Barovia

Er ist alt, Er ist das Land This world is a prison for many of which few have ever escaped. The Dread Lord, Count Strahd von Zarovich, is a vampiric lord who resides over an inescapable valley surrounded by a deadly fog. For hundre...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Supernatural

Cyfandir

[quote]Remember that night White steps in the moonlight They walked here too Through empty playground, this ghosts' town Children again, on rusting swings getting higher Sharing a dream, on an island, it felt right[/quote] Em Cyfandir, sombra...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Medieval Political

Trynnalta

The world of Trynnalta, the name of which translates strangely across all its myriad tongues as "Third Attempt", is a place of seemingly endless struggles, wars and yet also a place of eternal mystery and majesty. Of its various countries and...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

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

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

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Urth

O destino do universo será decidido em Urth, um pequeno planeta que circunda uma estrela jovem em um canto da galáxia. A Sombra do Demon Lord recai sobre muitos mundos, mas Urth recentemente atraiu sua atenção desumana. Aqui, os limites da re...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Theal

When Amilgyth created everything they also created 7 Supreme Beings that would govern creation.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Science Fantasy

The Witch of Kriemhild Manor

Before his death, Sigmund Kriemhild shocks his old money family with a last-minute change to his will: His entire estate of $20 million would go to his estranged twin sister's next descendant to come of age. This is how low-class high school graduate...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Modern

Tense River Basin

Nearly a thousand years have passed since the last great war of the Tense River Basin. Now stuff isn't so bad. The undead still rise and roam the hills. But thats just life in the Basin. As long as you listen for the screamers, you should be able to...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

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

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

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

WoD Melbourne

Horror Supernatural

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

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

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

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 Abandoned Realms

The gods are silent and the world is in decay. Thousands of years ago a great calamity happened unknown in nature and scale. The ancients were unprepared and their empires fell. Slowly the people rebuilt but with out the gods things have changed. Ma...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Post Apocalyptic

Theoras

Medieval setting in which two main characters will face tragic events.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Horror Medieval

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

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

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

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

Alien RPG

In space no one can hear you scream.

Horror Mystery Science Fiction

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

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

World of Darkness

A dark mirror on our world. A place where corruption is rife and the supernatural is a hidden truth. The world is run by secret cabals vying for supremacy. Shadow politics run rife throughout this world - mainly centred around the Kindred, Vampires....

Horror Political

Darkness Moon Chronicles

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Romance Supernatural

Ullthwaygon

[container:Intrestbox]Welcome to the last age [p]When the Towers fell long ago, there was time enough for gods and nations. But now they fall like rain.[/p][/container] [spoiler] [p]From between the stars, grea...

Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

Thámoíra

[p](Coming soon)[/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

the Unveiled World

There is a river that runs hidden through both Finistère and Cornwall and a man made a garden on it's banks. On a peak in the Carpathians there once was a @[castle by a lake](landmark:38f23985-18ee-45...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Supernatural Young Adult (YA)

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

Asphodel

[p]In a universe permeated by raw magic, essences of primordial creation reign supreme. [/p] [p]How can a single world created to house a single superior race contain multitudes of invading species, each vying for their own plot...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Post Apocalyptic

Aragoth (Homebrew)

Aragoth is a realm steeped in high fantasy, where magic flows as freely as the rivers, and knights, mythical creatures, and epic tales abound. The people of Aragoth are keenly aware that their world is but one of many, coexisting alongside countless...

Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Medieval Steampunk

Court of The Crimson King

Once long ago, the land of Lunarym was a noble, esteemed civilization of upper class aristocrats and royals living in tandem with the peasants and civilians of the sweeping valleys under it's control. Gaining it's name from the beautiful moon it's ci...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Victorian

Morgrave

A kingdom discovers a miracle substance which cures all ailments. Increasing their lifespan and removing the daily worries of death and disease propels the insular nation into a golden age of scientific, artistic, and magical wonders. This kingdom gr...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Religious Supernatural

Dunbrook

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

Novis Terram

Novis Terram - Strange Land - is just that. This D&D campaign takes many elements of the original 5E setting and changes them to be different. Not for difference's sake, but to address some of the underlying issues with Wizard of the Coast's D&D sett...

Horror Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Ravenloft

Un insieme di Domini del Terrore governati da Signori Oscuri e popolati da mostri nascosti tra l'ignara popolazione.

Gothic Horror

Garden of Hell

Lucifer may have lost the battle for the Eternal's thrown but that was never his true goal. He had planned, scemed, and weighed all the risks before putting his plan into action. So when they lost the battle as planned and were banished to Hell Lucif...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Candela Obscura

A mysterious explosion and an inexplicably ravaged corpse lead an eclectic group of Newfaire residents to join the secretive society of Candela Obscura. In exchange for resources and information, this new Circle of investigators will discover occulti...

Gothic Horror

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

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

Crux Umbra

[container:primer][p]Earth is no longer the world of the living.[/p] [p]Thirty years ago, the mages burned it in their fury.[/p] [p]Now, the vampires reign supreme in blood and ash.[/p] [p]As for humanity?[/p] [p]What little remains is hunted thr...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Supernatural

Reason's End

The majority of Mankind lives blissfully unaware of how incredibly hostile the universe is. Thanks to the Censor's Veil, they never learn about the alien and incomprehensible Powers governing Reality. About monsters, spirits, eldritch horror...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Literature RPG Religious Supernatural

The End

Generations ago, a mysterious infection spread across the world and brought the dead back from the grave, plunging the world as we knew it into an apocalypse. Humanity fought for well over a century before being wiped out. With a combination of the i...

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Supernatural

Ortalon

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Political

Nascindor

Nascindor acts as the stage for an original dark fantasy setting titled Eternal Hymn. Some subject matter is not suitable for younger readers. [container: box-contain box-white][soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/shaama...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Aurelia

The gods have abandoned us. Plague and ruin spread across this war-torn land - once prosperous - but no more. Peasants pray to aspects of power for salvation and find them unmoving. For in this world, only power begets power. As the southern armi...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

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

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

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

The Walking Dead: Rewritten

[quote]Welcome, mortal. I see you have found your way to the steps of my altar. The world you now look at is reality. The dead are amongst you, hungry for your flesh. A stranger could be your demise. Or even a once-tamed dog. Survival is key. Unbe...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Hard Magic Horror Post Apocalyptic

Circum Mortuis

Come one, come all, climb into the shadows of your worst nightmares and greatest fears. Embrace the darkness that creeps into your hearts at sundown, this is the place where inhibitions melt away, and reveal the bare bones of depravity. Forswear your...

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

After Silence

Netherdyn: The World of Fallen Divinity Netherdyn, once an eternal paradise crafted by the Divine Parents, now stands as a realm inhabited by a myriad of species and creatures, both young and ancient. Amidst...

Fantasy, Dark Horror MagiPunk Steampunk Victorian

Golarion

Golarion is the main world of the Pathfinder campaign setting on which the events of Rise of the Runelodsetake place. The planet of Golarion orbits a yellow sun in the far reaches of the multiverse among dozens of other worlds. This blue planet conta...

Fantasy Horror Sword & Sorcery

The Rosepetal

[tooltip:This setting is aimed at a mature audience of 18 years or older. You can read more about this in the Mature Content Advisory - a link to this document is found in the footer.][section:label recol-yellow][section:fas fa-shield-exclama...

Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Speculative

Novarkan

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Mystery Surreal

Mor-Damnia

A land with tumolt and war and everlasting mistery.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Horror 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 sha...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction 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

The Circle of Wildemount

The Circle of None is a personal adaption of Matthew Mercer's famous "An Explorer's Guide to Wildemount'. Cause I am playing this campagin with an alternate set of characters and fluctuating players, th...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery

Havenguard

Havenguard is a world seen through the perspective of those that live deep underground. In a changing time, the dwellers of ancient Dwarven cities or ramshackle Goblin camps need to adapt to new emerging technologies, the ongoing scarcity of resource...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic

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

Rokugan

The Emerald Empire, where Honor is stronger than steel. The Emerald Lands, or “Rokugan” in the tongue of its people, comprise a vast, majestic countryside that stretches nine hundred miles fro...

Exploration Horror Oriental Political Supernatural

Marshal Richald's Deadlands

Horror Weird Western

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

GRAVEN MOON

Dis. A continent of dead gods, a failed revolution, evil empires, and a monstrous contagion born of the blood of divinity. The darkness in this world took you, and killed you, but a cabal of monstrous rejects tragged you back. Raised as an amne...

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror

Infestatio Carnis

[quote] "Do you see me, Father? I sow their teeth into the soil, and open the skies to nourish their rot. The world will be blessed with agnosia, remade to see the truth of my wonders. Gnosis awaits the willing, and the rejected will lament as th...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Medieval Mystery