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

A Tale of Blood & Shadow

Horror

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

Ellistown Landing Forever

“All roads lead to Rome” - Alain de Lille

Biopunk Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

Game of Tomes

[aloud]Game of Tomes 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 throughout the event month. The House with the highest word count at the end of the...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

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

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

The World of Darkness

Horror Modern

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

Ashborne Campaign

[url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ashborne-campaign-raydium-224/a/the-kingdom-of-ravenhold-organization]~Kingdom of Ravenhold Lore~ [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ashborne-campaign-raydium-224...

Clockpunk Fantasy Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

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

Staridun

Staridun is a world of greed and ignorance despite the supposed interference of the gods. over the course of around 500 years the gods have tried to guide the humans but however to no avail as they seem more interested in their own petty squabbles ov...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock 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

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

The Veil

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

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Religious Supernatural

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] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 Gloaming

Exploration Fantasy Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Dark Domains of Ravenloft

Travelers who wander through the tiny domain of Crossroads may stop at this roadside inn and tavern before heading back into the mists again. Located one day from the northwestern border of Barovia and is a popular rest stop on the way to Bergovista...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Supernatural

Darkness Moon Chronicles

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Romance Supernatural

Elvaro

Fantasy Horror Steampunk Western

Shadows of Eschaton

Darkness in the State of Despair

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

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

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

Ortari

Millenia ago, the Prime Dragon Ortus created the universe and the many galaxies within. Ortari is one such galaxy—home to the Pan-Astral Federation, the Veltic Space Coilition, and the Novoraskr Empire—it is where our journey begins. The Empire is...

Horror Science Fantasy

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

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

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

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

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

The Annals Of Ordu

It is a time of majesty and decay. When great kings and heroes in their mighty golden halls grow bloated in their hubris. When the once dormant gods of the ancients awaken and take back that which rightfully belongs to them. T...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Weird

The Terrene

[p]There is the Terrene, and there is the Empyrean. They both exist within the great jewel, separate but entwined. The immortals - the Gods and Devils, Mothers and Fathers, Lords and Archons - rule the Empyrean, while the Terrene is the land of morta...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

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

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

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

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

The Shadows Uprising

Journey into the captivating realm of "Shadows Uprising," where the tapestry of real-world history is interwoven with the threads of myth and legend, revealing the hidden truths that have shaped our world. Here, the boundaries between reality and fan...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Modern Supernatural

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

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

Amalthea

[quote]A little over 20 years ago, Grand Inquisitor Abrazan Koss betrayed the Sybilite Church and summoned the eldritch Scourge. Anchora Magna, once the greatest city of the known world, is no more, in its place the twisted Scourgel...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Eathia

Welcome to Eathia. The year is 303 G.E, or Galineal Era. The world is divided into six continents. Three are now under control of the Debian empire. Within the last century Debia has annexed the continents of Feros, and Osovad. Feros, a peaceful land...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Zulateks Campaign Worlds

[color:#00369B]WELCOME![/color] [color:#000000] The campaign multiverse that has the misfortune of living in my head! I hope this site will be a resource for my players, a creative outlet for myself, and a pleasing dist...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy Horror Sword & Sorcery

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

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

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

Aulyre's Eberron Gazetteer

Fantasy Horror Mystery Neo Noir Steampunk

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Mirror: Fangfinder

[p]All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Tears for Fears - Mad World[/p] [aloud] [p][justif...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror 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

Grimhaven - Phase 1

Humanity's first sin was the defilement of God's word; the angels' was teaching them the facets of the soul. In ancient times, a faction of the ancient builders rebelled against the angelic cause and their pact to avoid extended contact with humanity...

Alternative History Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Supernatural Urban

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 2 days sinc...

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

Az-Atla Realm of the Lost Moon

For over 50,000 years, Az-Atla has existed. Never fallen and ever-growing under the care of the Devouring Mother. She has crafted civilization from the ruins of time. She has nurtured the discovery of wisdom, technology and magical wonders for her ci...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark 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

Ifiron

A Darkening World The Great Tree Ifiron is dying. The world has become a much more dangerous place ever since the Illuna, an ancient civilization, vanished and with them the knowledge. With the darkness come monsters, monsters eager to prey...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

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

Semita

Semita is the wheel upon which an infinite multiverse spins. Within the framework it's own reality it is one of many life sustaining planets, but is the source of the power that created the universe as we know it. It is a land burdened by extensive h...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Daemonic

Fantasy, Urban Horror Religious Superheroic Supernatural

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

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

Brexeamar

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror

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

Lost Luyarnha

You awaken to a nightmare. No memory of who you are, or why you're armed for war. The city in which you wake is besieged by twisted monstrocities, lit by the shine of a cursed moon. When darkness falls, the streets are overrun by hideous creatures, a...

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror Steampunk Victorian

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

Cascadia Asunder

[p]Ah, The West[/p] [p]That heavy-handed noun used with reverence and animosity for it’s caprice promise of untold discovery. Just remember it was never clearly stated said to who or what that promise was made.[/p] [p]Ye...

Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Weird Western

Aer

Three realms intertwine—Aether, the realm of light and purity; Erebos, the shadowed land of darkness and decay; and Aer, the mortal plane where humans and Fey coexist. At the heart of it all stands the Life Tree, an ancient, mystical force that susta...

Horror Science Fantasy

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

Ad Infinitum

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/embed/QDPedI4GN4s] Since time immemorial, a war has raged across the universes and realms. A cold blooded god against his noble child. Kerr against Erdarion. Ever since reality and time began, both of them have fou...

Horror Military Science Fantasy Space Opera Supernatural

Alterra

“Sit child and listen! Here, busy your hands with this weaving and listen to my story.” Alterra is our world, but is not our home world. All the peoples of Alterra are descended from the refugees of the great cosmic battle that raged eon...

Horror Science Fantasy

The World as it Were

The world as it were, as it would become is in the making. It is broken but as all broken things it may be reformed but in that what would it be? In this crucible many do not see the dark that will snuff out the light. Remember that it was at Dangelo...

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

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

Curiosity and Satisfaction

Welcome to Curiosity and Satisfaction. A curious but satisfying Call of Cthulhu game set in 1950's Massachusetts where feline and canine sleuths investigate and battle against the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. [/cen...

Alternative History Horror Mystery Supernatural Weird

Belriadde

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Horror Military

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

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

Zepharog

[aloud]Rakasha is a dark fantasy world torn by politics, war, and inter-racial dispute. Once, the land used to be peaceful. This was before the Godlings wanted to experience more than their divine intentions. Sadly, this became the event know...

Gothic Horror Supernatural

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

MAW #047

MAW 047, a Mixed Agricultural World, was only recently reintroduced into the Imperium. Originally colonized near the end of the Imperium's Dark Age of Technology, circa M25. The colony was thriving and quickly grew large enough to need a second hi...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

After the Fog

You're holding the Mist Codex, the only work upholding all the information available on the world after the fog. The previous world disappeared in 2020. Nowadays, adults live in the shelter under Detroit and children on the surface of a ruined city,...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Post Apocalyptic

The Web

Cover Image from adobe stock, Assets used in manipulation are credited [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/i/604984]Here! [container: panelA] Bear with me, dear reader. I want you to take a look aroun...

Exploration Fantasy, Urban Horror Speculative Supernatural

The Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

The Shattered Sphere

Emerging from the ashes of the great catastrophe that destroyed the world, survivors began rebuilding society in the hostile landscape left to them. Now, more than a millennia later, they have finally gained a foothold.

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

Grimmauld

Plague, Filth, Foul, Disease and Death! The World of Grimmauld has always been a hostile place to live; where everyday life is bleak, and full of despair. Survival is the best that any can hope for; with th...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

No Fun Land

"No Fun Land" is a land rife with all manners of magicks. It's home to many dangerous and intriguing creatures, but the humans are sparse and only the strong may survive.

Fairy tale Fantasy Horror Supernatural Weird

Teneberilla

Your world is not what you think. Hiding behind the veil of reality is another world, filled with horrors. Some are simpler. Vampires, werewolves, monsters. Others are horrible nightmares beyond human comprehension. the world remains stable because...

Horror Supernatural

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