Horror

Druskenvald

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

Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Ávra

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

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

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

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

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

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

Lovenoma

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

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror

Under an Iron Sky

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

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Horror Literature RPG Religious

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

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

Erden

Welcome, weary travellers, to Erden: a dark fantasy setting for a number of DnD campaigns. The skalds and soothsayers teach us that it was the hubris of elves that cursed us. For our continent is a grim and ancient place, haunted by the machinations...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror

Tipana

Horror Political Religious Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

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

Black Earth

Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

Aetates Obscurae Verae

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

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

The Rosepetal

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Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Speculative

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

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

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

Naphus

Naphus is a world in where magic is seen as a dangerous reminder of darker times, monsters and ravanous beasts threaten the folk of every kingdom, and ideologies battle for supremacy on the world stage. This world is harsh and difficult to prosper in...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Inside the Bag

What if the space in a Bag of Holding was linked to a whole dimension? What happens In-Between those extradimensional spaces? What if this dimension was dominated by an ever hungering, ever growing, all consuming demigod? When the Bagman comes in...

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

A'arde

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

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Icewind Dale

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

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

The Savage Woods

Creatures from another world stalk the misty woods. They spread like a plague, driving civilization into hiding on protected islands. Among the islands, in the vast network of inter-connected lakes and rivers, the remnants of the north lands rebuilt...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Isekai Medieval

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

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

VTM Chronicle: 1.0

Custom city for a game of Vampire the Masquerade v5. Set in the present day (2023).

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Supernatural Urban

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] @[Click Here to Learn More about Site Navigation](article:6...

Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

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

Afterlight

[p]Monsters and Magic are real! They exist in the shadows of our world, all the legends of boogeymen are true.[/p] [p][/p] [p]Step into Afterlight, a realm where neon pulses against the darkness, and secrets dance in the shadows. In the year 20XX,...

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery 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

Areka

8,000 years ago, we blinked into existence. An as of yet undetermined amount of adult humanoids "woke up" simultaneously, with no memory of what came before. They had language, and an understanding of the world, much as any fully functioning adult wo...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Post Apocalyptic Sword & Sorcery

The Duskland

Life is cheap here, as cheap as the knives that are enthusiastically stabbed into the backs of the unwary. This land is corrupted, and around every corner of every road is a new horror to face and test you.

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Religious

Spectrals Megaverse: Reborn

Adventure is Waiting [p]Worlds full of action, adventure, and discovery await you inside. The Megaverse is home to interconnected stories, characters, and new worlds to explore. [/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Supernatural

Uthilith

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

Fantasy Horror Political Sword & Sorcery Weird

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

Children of Tantalus

Cyberpunk Dystopia Horror Science Fiction

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

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

Ellistown Landing Forever

“All roads lead to Rome” - Alain de Lille

Biopunk Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

Wandrei

[p][/p]Wandrei: a world of magic, technology, faith, and science. Where the gods used to walk among the mortals of this world, now only the echoes remain, and their mortal followers beseech them daily for guidance and moral redemption. Where...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

FLEISCH

there sits the city of iun bleeding, breathing.

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Horror

Colonial Marines: Frosted Assets - an Alien RPG Game

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

Horror Military Science Fantasy

Curse of Strahd

22 - Первая Луна - 1337 Авантюристы из далеких земель - Дэгрун Грайдоттир и Касуми - оказываются в Баровии, загадочном и таинственном царстве, окруженном смертоносным туманом, где правит таинственная персона - Страд...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

The World of Darkness

Horror Modern

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

The Lockdown Crews Masks of Nyarlathotep

Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign running on the Pulp Cthulhu rules.

Historical Horror

Adyll

[manuscript:4972d9cd-9cc3-4442-9d26-032e82e5d369] The plateau of Adyll was born out of the sea, pushed up through tectonic pressures over a million years ago. To the east, beyond the cliffs where the capital city is located, lies a formidable dese...

Ancient Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

Duskmire

BIG WORK IN PROGRESS spooky town built around swampland

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Supernatural

Game of Tomes

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

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

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

Remnant: The Odyssey of Destinies

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

Adult 18+ Crime Dystopia Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark

Edowens Prophet

Nothing yet

Fantasy Horror Soft Magic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Darkness Moon Chronicles

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Romance Supernatural

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

The Chronicles of Drakkenheim

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Suicide Strahd

[quote]I went into the Strahd campaign thinking Sylvain would be this suave, cool-headed, semi-jerk and then Barovia happened and now he's the neurotic, volatile, empath he was always meant to be. —Schwa[/quote] It has been 0 days sinc...

Horror

The Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

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

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

A Tale of Blood & Shadow

Horror

The Dark Caribbean

Early explorers thought the New World was paradise: they found nothing but deserted islands and bountiful treasures. It wasn't until thousands had left their crowded, blighted homelands and settled in...

Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror

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

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

DigiDonkeyverse

The chronicles of a persistent D&D Universe. Currently running a Ravenloft Strahd campaign, now in its second year.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Golarion (Varisia)

The planet Golarion orbits a yellow sun in the far reaches of the Material Plane. Third of eleven in orbit, this blue planet contains vast oceans and lush green lands, the perfect environment for countless cultures to thrive. Indeed, Golarion is the...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery Political

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

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

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

Edda

This is Edda. A pangean landmass surrounded on all sides by wide, chaotic oceans and butted against on all sides by chaotic zones where the laws of reality are made nill. In this world, and the 10 countries that make it up, there are two undeni...

Child Safe Horror MagiPunk Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Survive

Here you will not find tales of perilous adventurers, the eternal war between good and evil, or bustling capital cities. Here you will find the cruel reality of man versus the wilderness. Feel the hunger pangs as starvation b...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Low Magic 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

Edina

Welcome to the Adventures of Edina, World Anvil page. This is setting for the Homebrew Campaign for the [url:https://tablefables.podbean.com/]Table Fables Podcast D&D/Pathfinder game. In this story, the world of Edina is still recovering after...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk

Ecos do Passado

Alternative History Horror Modern

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

Eraneth

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Romance Sword & Sorcery

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

Varnis The Rotting World

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

Toril

Welcome To Toril Adventurers! Merchants! Tourists! Pirates and Privateers! Welcome one and all to the wonderful, sprawling world of Toril! From the stony cliffs of the Sword Coast, to the dense jungles of Chu...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Supernatural Weird Western

Expedition Demeter

special thanks to Oneriwien for his awesome work on the theme! [quote] Do you know him? Old Whisper?  He dwells within all of us. You feel it, I know you do. That emptiness inside you, that's him... I wonder: Have you heard the...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

New Orleans - Under the Mask

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

Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Bas-Lag

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

Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Steampunk

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

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

The Shrouded Galaxy

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

Cyberpunk Horror Neo Noir Science Fiction Supernatural

In The Red and White Mansion

A series of interlinked stories that all culminate in the events that occur in a certain red and white coloured mansion on a hillside. In The Red and White Mansion There's something not right about that mansion on the hill. I...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Urban Weird

Cheoje

Adult 18+ Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

VISCERIUM

VISCERIUM is a tale of eternal struggle, a grim verse under constant threat of abominable incursions. [container:intro]In the shadow-veiled realm of the Degel System, humani...

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

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

Ellustes

[p]There exists a planet called Ellustes. [/p] [p]In the great vastness of space it resembles a pale blue dot. Its forests are lush and deserts arid. Its mountains stand tall, clad in frost and rime. The oceans are vaste and alluring, having been th...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Mriyar

Mriyar is a high fantasy world, inspired by classic dnd lore and Slavic pagan mythology. A huge part of the Mriyar's cosmology, cultures, traditions and monsters are based on Slavic believes and legends, however scarce they might...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror

Terminal Abyss

The Terminal Abyss universe is a dark and expansive realm, where the light of human civilization flickers amidst the vast darkness of space. The catalyst for humanity's leap into the stars was the arrival of the @[Observers](species:c4472c39-c8cc-43b...

Cyberpunk Horror Science Fiction Space Opera Transhumanism