Horror

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror 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

Vampire/Fae Universe

A world where both vampires and fae exist alongside the human world. The fae are more known to the human world at large thanks to their attempts to gain equal status, while the vampires are largely unknown except to the humans who work in vampire law...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Young Adult (YA)

Toril - The Forgotten Realms

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

Fantasy Horror Sword & Sorcery

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

Montro City

Adult 18+ Horror Modern Mystery Supernatural

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

Game of Tomes

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

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

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

Ghostbusters Resurrection

It’s been over twenty five years since the world was last saved by The Ghostbusters of New York. Ghosts are a rare sight these days and people have once again grown skeptical. But now, ghost sightings are on the rise in Central Florida. In a desperat...

Comedy Horror Modern Science Fantasy Supernatural

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

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

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

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 14 days sin...

Horror

Cava Nox

A realm in surrounded in darkness. After the Anomalous Research Institute made the groundbreaking discovery of Cava Nox, they launched an expedition into the unknown territory. However months after the investigation began, the gate to the realm...

Horror Science Fiction

Darkness Moon Chronicles

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Romance 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

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

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

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 Red Masquerade

It's difficult not to feel the weight of unease as you make your way to the Red Masquerade, even for a creature of the night such as yourself. The enveloping mists press heavily against the sides of the concord coach, so much that one might believ...

Gothic Historical Horror Political Surreal

Ullthwaygon

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

Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Ellistown Landing Forever

“All roads lead to Rome” - Alain de Lille

Biopunk Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

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

Athanya

Before the Realms of Athanya aligned and the Age of Balance began, the intelligent races wandered mindless...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Oriental

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

Mytharia

Mytharia is a vast expanse of different places in a large multiverse of planes and galaxies filled with their own planets, cities, and inhabitants. Delving deep into this world will someday claim the sanity of it's writer, but that is what she wishe...

Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Supernatural

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

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

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

Ruins of Drakkenheim

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

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic

Ikwento & The Determinate Saga

A mixtape disguised as a work of fiction.

Horror Shōnen Space Opera Sword & Sorcery Western

Silans Mòn

The dimension of haunts and evil spirits where your fears are your ultimate judge, jury, and executioner. A massive mist coated city, surrounded by a thick forest, edges of the world giving way to a black abyss of unfathomable horrors. On the undersi...

Horror Supernatural

World of Darkness: Coast City

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

Historical Horror

Arvandor

Within the stillness of peace, a dark cult plots. Fed by the promise of the boundless plane, they weave dark, foreign magic and conduct vile experiments on those unfortunate to find themselves in their horrific web of plans. While most citizens are u...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Sword & Sorcery

Nexus

Welcome to a world surrounded by all enshrouding fog called "The Balemist" and plagued with the undead that reside therein. As an appointed Judge of the King you are to range the realm aiding the folk when you can, dispensing the king's justice where...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

Realms of Wrath

The world where groups of adventures work together and against each other to figure out why they keep jumping from realm to realm. Each group sent out to find the items that will bring the realms back into stability and save them from merging togethe...

Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

The Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

Eternium

Eternium is a stunningly real virtual-reality world created by the Evoke Corporation. A split focus company, they focus both on the gaming world, and secretive government contracts that lean into the scientific research and invention side.

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Literature RPG

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

MKK

[p]Viele kleine Kontinente und Inseln treiben auf den Ozeanen von Matera. Die Menschen bauen ihre Städte und Zivilisationen auf den kleinen Spitzen, am Rand des Dschungels und der Wüste. Sie ahnen, was in den Tiefen wartet, aber sie haben kei...

Horror Military Modern Supernatural Weird

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

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

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

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

Hunt: Mystery

Dystopia Horror Modern Supernatural Weird

Where the Sidewalk Ends

In an effort to stop Gehenna The Teacher has summoned you and several other Neonates to his Domain. Whether you're here out of curiosity, coercion, cowardice. or commitment you have answered The Teacher's call and followed the black and white cobbles...

Horror

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

The Horrors Beyond the Crypt: Yharm, Goddess of the Damned

Long ago, a battle of godly proportions took place on the surface, which ended in the downfall of Yharm, the Goddess of Blood, Death, and the Damned. For ages, she has been regaining her power and strength to once again take over the surface world. W...

Horror

Shadows of Eschaton

Darkness in the State of Despair

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

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

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

Supernatural´s Requiem

The outlook for life is bleak. Economy hasnt been up in any country for years. People try to stay employed as much as possible. Murder rates through the roof every year. More and more Vandalism reports each month. It seems every week someone gets sho...

Alternative History Crime Horror Modern Supernatural

Ebilar

Nearly 500 years ago, the boundaries between the earthly plane and the Seven Hells were broken by the mage Dakronias. For nearly a century, monstrous entities poured forth from the great void tear, sweeping across every kingdom on the Continent. Afte...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Religious Supernatural

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

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

Aardheim

FR Aardheim est un monde brisé, un champs de bataille entre entitées célestes et démoniaque ou les mortels ne sont que des pions. Dans ce chaos régnant, des civilisations ont vu le jours, ont conquis magie et technologie, sont arrivées à...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Post Apocalyptic

Dheghom

Dheghom is a world that has been subjected to constant change. From it's creation until today, the realm and its inhabitants have seen the rise and fall of gods, races, kingdoms, and powers struggling for control.

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Sword & Sorcery

The Haunting of Seawall Orphanage

In the sleepy town of Pretty Marsh Harbor off the isolated east coast of Maine, a group of orphans in their late teens deal with growing up, figuring out what it means to be a family, and the ghosts (both real and metaphorical) that have haunted them...

Horror Science Fiction, Modern

Ecryme

Écryme dépeint une uchronie, un univers proche de notre XIXème siècle où un liquide corrosif appelé l’écryme a recouvert le monde, balayant l’humanité et n’épargnant que quelques rares îlots de terre. L’univers d’Écryme est d’...

Crime Horror Mystery Post Apocalyptic Steampunk

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

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

Argentii

[aloud]ANNOUNCEMENT! As I have finally decided on a direction for my writing, I will be converting Argentii into a game setting. I've developed a rather clever solo-player RPG system, and will begin dedicating time to developing the first o...

Fantasy, Dark Horror MagiPunk

Dusk City by Night

Dusk City by Night is a Play by Email game where you play as one of the Awakened, vampires who live among and apart from humanity. You will be thrust into the midst of a competition to prove your worthiness to lead, while also tangling wit...

Fantasy, Urban Horror

Somewhere

Everyone ends up Somewhere someday, when they least expect it. A door they've never seen in a wall they have walked by a thousand times. Falling asleep on a long bus ride only to have the driver gruffly call out "Hey you, last stop! You Gotta get off...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fantasy Science Fiction Supernatural

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

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

Aulyre's Eberron Gazetteer

Fantasy Horror Mystery Neo Noir Steampunk

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

Metalwrath

World Info, Game Resources, Lore, and Session Records for the Metalwrath game world. The current date in-world is 52nd Autumntide, Year 5A16 (cur. 5/3/22). FUPA (Friends Upholding Positive Attitudes) is Sir Pygmy Grump, Thipp the Lost, Townes V...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Sword & Sorcery

Hidden in London

Set in London, the city remains divided after the death of Mithras in 2012. The Second Inquisition have risen in strength to burn London's Kindred to ashes as [url:https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Oper...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Science Fantasy Solar System

Adult 18+ Dystopia Horror MagiPunk Science Fantasy

Changing Stars

A world outside it's intended place in time and space. Filled with wonders and terrors and everything in between. A place where people find themselves, or choose to become who they were always meant to be. Filled with options for all kinds of...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Horror Literature RPG Science Fantasy

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Verdraxis

A dungeons & dragons 5th edition campaign setting taking place on Verdraxis, a fantasy world of myth and magic. Become an adventurer in a land filled with epic quests and bountiful treasure. Tell me hero, what's your story?

Fantasy Horror Medieval Oriental Steampunk

The World of Erevos

[quote] Welcome to a truly living world, a place filled with the marks of multiple groups playing at the same time. A dark and dangerous corner ready to be explored and conquered. A world that darkness devoured centuries ago, when powerful mages tri...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Ravenloft

The dark lands of Barovia hold mystery and danger as Count Strahd Von Zarovich terrorizes the people of the town of Barovia.

Horror

Blood Rain

Adult 18+ Alternative History Horror Political

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

Hunters of the Wastes

[quote]It’s always been kind of a joke; The wealth of the nation being nothing more then radiation and a million squabbling factions trying to seize power and resources by any means necessary. And while that may have been true for many places still i...

Adult 18+ Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Phenuxia

100 years have passed since the adventures of world's most powerful sorcerer, the human, Abby Normal, who traveled the world, healing the wounds of the many peoples of Incontinence. In the east the Drackonis are rebuilding their society from the tyra...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery Supernatural

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

Ouresboros

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

Alternative History Horror Supernatural

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

Isle of Sesaint Moa

Setting Flavor [p]Strong proud mountains look down towards the broken backs of old rocks now fashioned into rubble mounds half buring slumbering secrets , twisted forests cry the tears of an eon spanning struggle against the wind...

Horror

Albuquerque: the World

The World of Darkness 5th edition in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Created by Peter Jiang.

Horror Modern 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

The Dead States

Welcome to the Dead States. In 1866 an unknown sickness began to spread through the American south and into the west. A sickness that would come to raise those it killed from the dead, twisting them into new and monstrous forms. From t...

Alternative History Horror Western

Jotunheim

Denne fantasy verden er beboet af mennesker, elvere, dværge og mange andre væsner. Det er både et mørkt, brutalt og sensuelt univers. Verdnen er som en dekadent, mørk, forvrænget og korrupt version af sen østeropærisk historie og tidling vikingetid,...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political

The Brass Realms

Welcome to the Brass Realms, my personal Setting for playing a variety of TTRPG's. It is a dark fantasy / horror setting. Check out the Setting Primer and if you are interested, or brows...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Independent Short Stories

This is a place for me to publish independent short stories and information about worldbuilding challenges I'm doing.

Fantasy Fantasy, Romantic Horror Romance Science Fantasy

Undead Wrath

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror