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Gothic

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

In the Shadow of Princes

[spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/7MBrp1Ba8Z1N8Q9r1N4MQL] [container:picture-frame]Post-Apocalyptic Adventurein a Techno-Futile World[container:purple-frame]This campaign is set in the twilight age of a fallen wo...

Gothic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural Surreal

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

Shadowfell

The Shadowfell, also known as the Plane of Shadow, was one of the planes of existence in various cosmological models. Its purpose and characteristics evolved as new cosmologies were formulated. Other names for this plane included Shadowland, the Demi...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

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

The World of Othlorias

“You can feel the change in the wind, in your bones. You can feel a weight, a feeling of despair creeping over the mountains. Look east lad, do you feel it? Some darkness rises over those peaks, and not for the first time. Are we ready? Our warrio...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Solspire Chronicles

[p]The World is flooded, most of the people living in it are gone. What survives is a victorian steampunk society of airships, brass automata, mystical societies, a struggle for equality in a world tryign to return to the past and a world so altered...

Gothic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Steampunk Victorian

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

Barovia

[p]Nella Barovia, la notte è una maledizione. Al calar del buio, anime malvagie scivolano dalle guglie oscure do Castel Ravenloft per compiere la volontà di un signore immortale. Questo è il reame del conte vampiro Strahd von Zarovich, le cui deprav...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

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

Barun

The humans of the continent of Felizeen thought themselves lords of creation until discovering the continent of Nekoti. Their attempts to colonize the new land were largely unsuccessful, until even their settlements turned against them in t...

Clockpunk Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic

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

Cathedris

Three-thousand-year-old dead gods roam the planet as husks of their former selves, wandering broken loops of their past lives; they bring danger and ruin, magic and myth. Humanity ha...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Speculative Weird

After The End

[quote] Совершить пожертвование для продолжения развития проекта:[/quote] [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7W1gCz0JFM&t=1s] After The End...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

Esfiro

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Sword & Sorcery

The Chronicles of Drakkenheim

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Faeleronia

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Steampunk

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Verimitha

Ah! You seem to be someone who has interests in the world beyond what creature you're going to run through with your sword. Well, even if I'm wrong on that one, perhaps a little information on the local customs may be of some help? Can't collect a bo...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic

Aegimius

Current Date Milleadh (MC): 61 Cyna, 703 Current Date For Storia (FSC): 2 Vromisk, 914

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Eidamir

It is a world that has long since lost hope, a world of cold hearts and hollow souls. Years after the great mage war the dust had cleared and and the light mages, the masters, had prevailed. But they did not know the consequences of their deeds. The...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Weird

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

Midrial

The world of Midrial is a vast an diverse expanse of cultures and peoples. The discovered world consists of several large landmasses, each with separate societies and ways of life. In Midrial, there is still much to discover. Deities watch over the p...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

Aerath

Aerath is an ancient world three times the size of earth. Many Eras have come and gone ,and with them countless civilizations have risen and a fallen. Aerath has 7 major Continents for Adventures. Although, only two Are fleshed out enough for campaig...

Gothic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Ardent

Ardent: a massive super-continent once unified under one banner, now divided into old and new. Old Ardent says the new Ardent (or simply Ardent) has strayed away from the sacred rite of their forefathers, while Ardent says that Old Ardent is stuck in...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Science Fantasy

Surviving Midnight

In The Moonlit Depths Of Mississippi Lies A Forgotten Hamlet, Where The Shadows Dance To An Eerie Symphony And The Whispers Of Ancient Secrets Permeate The Stagnant Air. Welcome To Midnight, A Town Steeped In The Tapestry Of Southern Goth...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

Vaskeer

Vaskeer is the land within the great Ivory Wall, a towering construct of pristine white marble towering over 3000 feet tall, which circles around all of Vaskeer in a perfect circle. The sky is blocked by a gargantuan river of light, the Burn, made up...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Political Sword & Sorcery

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

Trapper

An Alternate History in which Paranormal Creatures, Cryptids, and Bedtime Horrors of our world no longer fall into the land of 'fiction'. Combining Voodoo, Paganism, and Pioneer/Indigenous American Folklore [br...

Gothic Horror Neo Noir Weird Western

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Nethdria

Here lies Nethdria, a strange world of swords and sorcery, political intrigue and cosmic struggle, conflict and community. This is the setting of multiple TTRPG campaigns set on the continent of Sol, the homeland of the elves. This continent is inhab...

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Political Religious

Kósmos

[quote] "In an old world, there was once a great calamity dubbed by scholars of the modern day as "The Collision". Theory decrees the continents of Tellus were conjoined in their origin. And though many superstitions claim understanding of the mo...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Three Points

First, A Note on Historical Accuracy Though this game is set in a historical period and takes some inspiration from real locations and events, the game itself is not expected to be 100% historically accurate. After all, it's a game about moody...

Gothic Historical Supernatural

Theme Test

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Thea

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Seattle by Night

Seattle, Washington. This city has always been a place people moved to in hopes of reinventing themselves. The city, in the last couple of years, has been on quite the up-and-up. From the tech-boom to the announcement of the global conglome...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Modern Political

Vionsria

A country with many mysteries and a forgotten history. There are multiple biomes that occur here that are not like the ones on Earth since they can defy the laws of physics. Vionsria is home to the Kenri, a species of sapient creatures that have adap...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Steampunk Supernatural

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Graymarch

Graymarch is a material plane full of conflict, dark secrets, and forgotten pasts. Its lands are dotted with the echos of long-forgotten Empires and Kingdoms that once controlled great swaths of the land but now lay in ruin or house a new soc...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Aloth

Aloth is a world of magic and awe, going through a phase of recovery and rediscovery after Dürthang which was an event that took place at the end of the third age 670 years ago. The event shook most of the world, but hit the continent of Tyrania the...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Hunt

The Legends are real. Most live comfortably behind the veil. Others aren't so lucky. For some the veil is pierced, and the truth of this world is discovered. Usually that discovery is swiftly followed by a painful death.[/b...

Gothic Horror Modern Neo Noir Supernatural

Lugeste

"Cosmic Gods watch over this star-cursed land."

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Weird

Stories of Darkness

A collection of World of Darkness 5th edition campaign stories and characters.

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Modern Political Supernatural

The Unbecause

Welcome to the Unbecause! A lot goin on here!

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

The Threads of Magic

[quote]“Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold… The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment,...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic MagiPunk Weird

The Shattered Isles

The Shattered Isles are the broken remnants of the world following the cataclysm a thousand years ago. The cataclysm cracked the sun and cast the world into perpetual darkness. It also broke the Gates of Death, unleashing vengeful spirits and demons...

Crime Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Victorian

Aotra

A barren, starless sky; a dense ring with forty moons; ancient twin suns: Aotra is a world in isolation, a lone planet floating in a dark sea. For ages, Aotrans found security and prosperity in the My...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Surreal Weird

The Nephalim's Asylum

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Supernatural

The Avatar of the Ancient

The Golden Age is now! Exploration has uncovered immeasurable wealth and opportunity without an end in sight. Dora's Great Trek changed the landscape of the known world and revealed an abundance...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

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

Aeramis

[quote] [p]Only a few warriors remain. Defenders of humanity against the horrors of the dark. Their numbers dwindle with every new moon. You see, this world belongs to the darkness, and darkness will not give it up easily.[/p]|Unknown[/quote] [p]...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Twa'Lalin

Fantasy Gothic Victorian

Mulvreksh

El mundo de Mulvreksh es uno lleno de magia, intriga, conflicto, historia y drama, uno en el que nada esta decidido y todo es posible. El Setting Consiste en diferentes esferas de planos materiales los dos principales son Gaia y Evergarden....

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Gothic

Echoes of Blood

Fifty years ago the rulers of Barovia dug deep into the earth and found deep underground tombs belonging to those that came before. These tombs were filled with all kinds of dangers, and all kinds of riches. The most powerful and potent treas...

Adult 18+ Gothic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery Victorian

Vespía

When the planet came to a halt, no one was safe from the horrors that followed. Cast in an eternal night soon after the establishment of civilization, even the eldest inhabitants of Vespía struggle to recall the sun's warmth. The Gods remained unreac...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic Political

Tyranor

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Harmwah

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Political

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

ORPHAN

It started with a death. Nobody is quite sure how it happened. The few surviving accounts of the event are fragmented, third- or fourth-hand, and rife with baseless speculation. After all, what can kill a god? What injury, what i...

Fantasy Gothic Steampunk 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

Kingdom Earth

Welcome to the queer paranormal world of Zavian Glory. The Angelic Blood Chronicles The Angelic Blood Chronicles follows Marshall and Rowan as they come of ag...

Ancient Gothic Historical Religious 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

Nainoxia

The world of Nainoxia is a world I have created as a practice of creative writing and a setting for my own DnD games. The world is based off of the Forgotten Realms with some inspiration from Warhammer and World of Darkness. Additional inspi...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

Azzaron

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic MagiPunk

Historitor 40,000

[aloud]It is the 42nd Millenium. Though badly mauled, the Imperium of Mankind has endured the events that transpired in the wake of Abbadon's 13th Black Crusade... but now a new threat looms. The fourth tyrannic war begins in ea...

Dystopia Gothic Science Fiction

Alternate 1650

Alternative History Flintlock Gothic Soft Magic Supernatural

The World of Othe

The gods and mortals alike reeled from the assault of the Kithik, an alien force that used magic unfamiliar to the universe. With all but their final remnants of the invaders driven off, they must deal with the fallout of the war. Demons conjured to...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Periva

What if death wasn’t the end? What if you could live again, in a rich and exciting fantasy world, full of magic and adventure? Periva is exactly this. You need fear death no longer, for now death is merely a gateway to a new and incredible life! Peri...

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

Arathos

The world of Arathos is a realm shrouded in mystery and wrought with peril. From the whispering depths of its silent seas to the towering peaks of its forbidding mountains, Arathos is a land of diverse landscapes and untold secrets waiting to be unco...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery

Forgotten Realms

Set in the world of Faerun, this homebrewed take on the legacy world is twisted. The world is constantly at war. Racism is a never-ending issue. The 12 Prime deities have all but disappeared, taking the Betrayer Gods with them, only appearing in the...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval Religious Sword & Sorcery

Whispers of Tellurum

[p][color:#8552d7|#171a20]"You have seen beyond the blinding light of the Eclypse and seen the Whispered World, but the hidden world has looked back at you. – I am sorry, but what has been seen cannot be unseen. – You have seen through the Veil, a...

Gothic Horror Supernatural

Thalwayne's Barovia

Strahd is dead and he shall never return long as Thalwayne the III of his name rules over Barovia. Thalwayne was just and fair, and for a few year fertility returned to lands of Barovia. But Thalwayne's heart grew dark with the throne's power and...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery Steampunk

Ellariah

Welcome to Ellariah. The year is 2506 PD, or Post Desolation. After the destruction from the Age of Calamity, the world has been reforged in the remains of what came before.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Ejorus

Our heroes begin in Yelester and set out with new met friends on a ship known as the Jewel. They seek to find glorious treasure on a mysterious island. Upon finding the island they discovered a temple. Entering the temple they found themselves pawns...

Comedy Fantasy Gothic Horror Political

Albion at Night

[p]A bunch of God-fearing vermin staking their claims on an inhospitable world. [/p] [p][/p]

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Post Apocalyptic

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 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

Barovia

The idyllic valley nestled in the Balinok Mountains was a slice of heaven to those who knew of its existence before Strahd’s arrival. The serenity of the place was forever shattered when Strahd led a bloody crusade against the enemies of his family t...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Arthenos

Two large continents set apart this world. Kings and Emperors fight for the rule of the largest of the two continents. Divided into multiple provinces every province is ruled by their own King. Intruiging plots and conspiracies fill the halls of cast...

Exploration Fantasy Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

Ardrim

[p]No one knows how the world was made, simply that it has been there for as long as the memories of even the gods can recall. Before the gods took control of the cosmos, the world was ruled by primordials and great elementals. In the tens of thousan...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Political Steampunk Victorian

Misthaven

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Areion

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Starfell

At the center of the religious world, right beneath the Tear in the Sky, Starfell is known to all as the most divine city. Though as times change, the influence of the Church and the word of their God becomes weaker, making way for an age of knowledg...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Victorian

excal-heim

The Moon is an Egg Chaos reigns and, as unexpected, things are pretty normal. [articleblock:2348103e-13ec-4ebc-8575-5221f21c1e04] [/col3][articleblock:0a4acc79-9237-49d4-9a84-8285079c2c95] [/col3][articleb...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Literature RPG Steampunk

Golarion

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...

Exploration Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Ethos

In the beginning, there was The Architect who created the Celestials and tasked them with the job of creating new worlds in the hopes of completing his unknowable plan. The Celestials started doing as such, creating numerous worlds. Somewhere...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic

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

Mondi Infranti

[p]Mondi Infranti è un'abientazione che si adatta un grande numero di Sistemi di Gioco in quanto include un vastissimo numero di mondi e realtà parallele.[/p] [p]Mondi Infranti è ambientato nel @[Megaverso](location:cb1bd...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic Post Apocalyptic

Crossroads City

Crossroads City is an industrial Southern city in the United States known for its factories, being a hub of railroad transportation, a monolith of river transportation, and a flourishing hub for the arts and Southern history within the shadow of Look...

Alternative History Fairy tale Fantasy Gothic MagiPunk

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

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

The Ethodawn

[p] The Ethodawn, a Realm of interconnected worlds and cultures, spread thin among an ocean of treachery. None can confirm to have found the edges of the world, nor if one exists. Dark magics twist over the sprawl of the Greater Kingdom, deep tyr...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Steampunk Victorian

The Silent King's Realm

[p]Also referred to as his Palace, the Silent King’s Realm is by all means and purposes, a physical, arcane, and eldritch planar manifestation of The Silent King's primordial knowledge. Fueled by their aberrant magics, hidden far away from th...

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

TamerlaneRP Player Guide

[p]Our community is a welcoming space for everyone, whether in Second Life, Discord, or both. TamerlaneRP maintains a [url://www.worldanvil.com/w/tamerlanerp-player-guide-inara-reynolds/a/disclaimer2C-anti-bullying2C-and-content...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Steampunk Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Theatre world

This universe is where I(Joel, a World Anvil user) will go in my daydreams to go and escape my problems. It all started as a place to go to do theatre since I grew up in theatre and was unable to recently due to the lack of people around me willing t...

Child Safe Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Religious

Dark Age of Dreamlands

[aloud] Welcome dear Traveler Take a rest and dive into this dark and cold universe of Dreamland. Dark Age of Dreamland tells the story of mankind's endless war against its many enemies, Traitors, beasts and other nightmarish creatures. In the y...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

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

Melianor

Melianor is a land of magic and monsters. It draws majorly from Eastern European and Asian cultures. Although it is considered to be one land, there isn't one governing body. It is instead split into different kingdoms and factions. There are...

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Madbury

Welcome to Madbury! A small, mid-twentieth century New England town in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire, Madbury might appear to the casual tourist as a typical college town cum artists’ colony, with its quaint village center surrou...

Gothic Horror