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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

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

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

Lovenoma

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

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

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

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

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

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

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

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

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

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 Creedverse

The Creedverse is a fictional universe set in the late 19th century, specifically around the 1870s and 1880s, characterized by a blend of Wild West elements, steampunk aesthetics, and advanced technology. The setting is predominantly in the Un...

Horror Science Fiction Steampunk Western

Novarkan

Hierarchia, cultus personalitatis, corruptio, manipulatio veritatis, somnium aequalitatis. Omnia eiusdem causae consequentiae. Nihil restat nisi precari. In nomine regis, imperii, et minister sanctus. Amen.

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Mystery Surreal

Launtrel

[color:#c10300]** All articles in Launtrel can be considered rough drafts. Please excuse typos - they will be fixed. **[/color]Deep in the lands of the Feywilds sits an isolated realm hidden to most. As an incredibly large and...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Political

Numenera North West

A billion years in the future, humanity lives in the Ninth World. There have been eight wondrous worlds before, but all have fallen and left behind only inscrutable mysteries and powerful relics. The area we focus on is the north-west part of the...

Exploration Horror Science Fantasy Weird Western

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

From Our Darkest Desires

After the last God War, the world enjoyed a thousand years of relative peace and prosperity. Old barriers have been brought down and now every race and culture is more connected than ever. But this apparent progress hides dark secrets. All is not wh...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Supernatural

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

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

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

Utumn: Age of Pharanox

For the past 900 years the empire has brought stability to the savage world of Utumn. A dragon, by the name of Pharanox, leads this empire. It's citizens are Human , @[Jotunn](species:7e1b688d-b6dc...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Horror

The Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

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

Hylos

In a reality where the bright Gods eternally battle the primordial Elder Ones for domain over the universe, the mortal species of Hylos have only one goal: survival. In this, they have been as successful as possible, in ways as myriad and wondrous as...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Speculative

KoB: New Pembroke

A Kids on Bikes game set in the town of New Pembroke, PA, in the year 198X. This sleepy town was a nice safe place to raise your kids or retire. Until recently that is. Strange things have begun to happen: Bolts of lightning are seen in cloudless...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Modern Science Fiction Supernatural

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

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

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

Darkness Moon Chronicles

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Romance 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

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

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

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

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

Tipana

Horror Political Religious Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

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)

Call Of Cthulhu: Louisiana 1920

Horror in the southern swamps of 1920s Louisiana.

Historical Horror Religious Science Fiction

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

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

A dance of orc's and elves

The Year is 1307 After the Conquest A dance of orc's and elves is a fantasy world that's a mix of sword and sorcery and classic fantasy. In this world orcs are the children of men and elves*. A world of magic, ruled by the blade...

Fantasy Hard Magic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

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

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

Arethel

Arethel is the world, filled with many people and places. A world of possibility and wonder. The adventures that take place here, often tales told around the campfire, will henceforth be recorded in this place, so that the heroes and deeds for which...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval 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

Reknown-Galaxy

The Calamity changed everything. Not much is known of the history before it. The Old Spine Empire had spread from its original home world to conquer tens of thousands of planets. Their civilization flourished with unpre...

Cyberpunk Horror Neo Noir Science Fantasy Space Opera

Atocitera

At a time long ago, a destructive object fell from the stars and through Cataclysm changed the continent of Atocitera. Mountains, containing raw metal which defies gravity when in presence of magical Flow....

Horror Mystery 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

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

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

WoD Melbourne

Horror Supernatural

The Cleaved Lands

It's been fifteen years since the end of the wars and the fracturing of reality, when demons ravaged the world and the land was carved into slices of habitable land divided by hell-spawned crevasses. Waters still teem with miasmic forces and...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Neo Noir Steampunk

The Rip

The Rip is a place of unending war. Hordes of demons ravage the borders of all civilized places, burning villages and people alike, slaughtering all who stand before them. The nations of people wage war against each other, whether the people stitched...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror

In Vein Podcast

The world surrounding the chronicles taking place in the Vampire V5 podcast series "In Vein"

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Horror Modern Supernatural

Shadows of Eschaton

Darkness in the State of Despair

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

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

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 wonders and terrors, the remna...

Fantasy, Dark Horror MagiPunk Steampunk Victorian

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

Dunya A'dar

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Val’ulf’hiem

Alternative History Horror Literature RPG Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Occult London

[quote]Far and white and straight lieth the road to Knowing, and down it in the heat and dust go all wise people of the earth, but in the fields before they come to it the very wise lie down or pluck the flowers. By the side of the road to Knowing -...

Alternative History Horror Supernatural

Gormonmaze

Welcome to Gormonmaze you wretches. Carved in the mountain of Gormon along the Gahazan peaks, this monstrous underground kingdom is an intricate and monumental series of tunnels, layers, complex towns and unexplored biomes. Its massive caverns conne...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political

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

Solasum

[p][/p] [p]Welcome to the continent of Solasum, the Land of the Setting Sun. This is a world equivalent in many ways to our own Europe in the late 1300s to early 1400s. Parts of the continent are experiencing a renaissance of sorts, while others are...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Historical Horror Medieval

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

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

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

The Golden Age

Vampire: The Masquerade, Roman Era.

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Fantasy, Dark Horror

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

Beyond The Rift

[quote] "The old galaxy is dying, and a new galaxy struggles to be born; now is the time where monsters are born and heroes are forged."[/quote] The Imperium has always been host to pockets of wilderness space that were either too remote or too d...

Horror Science Fiction Space Opera Supernatural

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

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

Elvaro

Fantasy Horror Steampunk Western

The Fields Beyond

"Through the mud I trudge to protect a future I'll never see, on a planet I no longer recognise, in a galaxy that will not remember my name" - Recovered Blackbox Uvs Aimag, Shinekhen Tal

Hard Science Horror Military Science Fiction Trenchpunk

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

Baeleris

Baeleris, a realm cloaked in gothic allure, emerges from shadows with an air of mystery. Amidst mist-shrouded landscapes and ancient woods, power and desire entwine. From Duskwood's courts to the Scarlet Veil's seductive enclaves, intrigue meets...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Star Wars: Fate of the Galaxy

[p][currentdate:36bb9d41-de9e-4298-9d49-43698f7208f6][/p] [p]It is a dark time in the galaxy. The Galactic Empire rules with ruthless strength, crushing rebellion and spreading fear. But something even darker stirs beyond Imperial reach—ancie...

Cyberpunk Horror Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

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

Before the Dawn

'Before the Dawn' is a World of Darkness, Mage: the Ascension role-playing game.

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

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

Age of Starmetal

The Age of Starmetal takes place in a future version of our Earth after a mysterious meteor storm hits it, causing a strange and corruptive magic to take root. Most people have hope for the future. But the world is messy, complex and, in places, hor...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic 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

The Frontier

A Necromunda campaign setting.

Dystopia Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Western

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

Valley of Barovia

this world is designed for the players in my curse of strahd campaign

Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

Unnamed Providence

Enter the realm of Unnamed Providence and experience a world that celebrates the conventional elements of classic fantasy role-playing. With its diverse races, an array of classes, and settings that bring to mind the iconic locales of the Underdark a...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery Weird

Bygones

Crime Horror Supernatural Urban

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

Copperwall

After a war between mages and magical creatures, non-mages sought refuge from the chaos by building an underground city. The goal was to create a safe space away from the war, and after a few decades of planning and construction, the city of Copperwa...

Crime Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery 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

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

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

Thravanrania and Beyond

Centuries ago, our world was one of chaos, countless kingdoms, and strife. But it was a world that longed for peace all the same, to set down their arms and recognize all as brother and sister. During those ancient days, we found the tools to make su...

Dystopia Horror Military Political Science Fiction

The Dead Shores

The Dead Shores are lands plagued by a holy war

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Political

Tales of Desperation

The white towers of Glace are but a memory, having paid their price to the progress of industry in the currency of soot stained marble and corroded copper pipes. That they still stand is a monument to Glace’s inability to let go of the past while sim...

Horror Mystery Victorian