Gothic

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

Oberon (Morthow)

Be our Guest, Be our guest This campaign is about the Isle of Morthow. Morthow, once a land that belonged to the Fae, but conquered by the greed of the humans. The Human Kingdom was once a kingdom of high regard, but the cataclysm that shook all...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic

Vampirism for Amoral Sociopaths

Useful References: Frenzy, Wassail, and Rötschreck Healing @[Humanity](article:623a6fdf-7...

Gothic

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

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

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

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

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

Thræsh's Hold

For all who enter the Hold, a world of terrifying fae impersonators and rigid defenders of the faith, be warned. Do not trust your eyes alone, for much you may find extends far beyond the visible space itself. Entire beings of strange matter and...

Fairy tale Gothic Supernatural Weird

The Kozemos

[p] The Kozemos is a world built in defiance of its own foundations Across its vast continents and bitter seas, empires rise not because the land welcomes them, but because power insists. Rivers are straightened, borders are dr...

Gothic Victorian

Thea

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Liturgy of Steel

Jordfold is a world clawing its way out of a past rife with conflict, plagues and technological and spiritual stagnation. It is but one of untold billions of worlds in the Iudere, our Universe. It was created in the fires of gods who feared death...

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

Calia

[p]Led by six primordials and their chosen mortal twin emperors. The world is built on balance, for every evil the is good. for every miracle there is a tragedy. As the world comes into a new age of technology the balance is beginning to waver.[/p] [...

Adult 18+ Dieselpunk Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

Eben

You run through the woods, stumbling over roots, rocks, and fallen branches in the darkness. You are pursued, but you know not by what. Home is far away, the perpetual industrial hum and smog-choked sky of Stoltgard that was once so famili...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Supernatural

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...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Modern

Crescent City By Night

[p]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...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

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

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/artists’ colony, with its quaint village center surroundin...

Gothic Horror

Warhammer 40,000

It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods and master of a million worlds by the might of His inexhaustible a...

Adult 18+ Gothic Science Fiction

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

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

The Old West

Well hey there. You got here at the wrong time, I'm afraid, my friend. What makes someone want to come to a hellish place like this? Especially someone so unique? Is it power, money or just the thrill of killing? It doesn't matter. There's no changin...

Flintlock Gothic Western

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

Barovia

Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. A figure stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billowing his cape in the darkness....

Gothic Horror

Alternate 1650

Alternative History Flintlock Gothic Soft Magic Supernatural

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

Aeia

Welcome to the world of Aeia. A high fantasy D&D universe with some light Gothic horror elements and a lot of homebrew.

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror

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

After The End

[quote] Совершая пожертвование вы участвуете в продолжении развития проекта и получаете доступ к закрытым статьям. Указывайте в комментарии пожертвований свой ник на WorldAnvil, Boosty или ...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

DigiDonkeyverse

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

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Halicon Salient

The Halicon Salient is located in the galactic south-east of the Imperium of Man. Part of the larger Ultima Segmentum, and encroaching upon the Charadon Sector, Halicon has been riven by war and strife for millennia. The Salient is but one of h...

Fanfiction Gothic Historical Military Science Fantasy

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

Stories of Darkness

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

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Modern Political Supernatural

The Land of Barovia

The valley of Barovia was the oldest and best known of the Domains of Dread. Originally a location in a forgotten world of the Prime Material plane, the entire valley was transported to the Shadowfell.

Gothic Horror

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

Známý svět

Svět, na kterém se odehrávají všechny moje RPG kampaně! Pokud si chceš něco přečíst, ať už pro zajímavost, v přípravě na postavu, či aby ses se mnou mohl hádat o nesmyslnosti věcí, jsi vítán!

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic

Antipodean Moon

[p]Antipodean Moon is a historic Australian colonial setting for Victorian-era fiction and role-playing campaigns. The Colony of South Australia is where most events occur. A bright southern land on the other side of the world from dank and f...

Alternative History Gothic Horror Supernatural Victorian

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

World of Darkness

Our own world, as seen through a mirror, darkly. A world where monsters lurk in the shadows and greedy corporations scheme and plot how to increase human misery. It's familiar...but twisted. In the dying wilderness, the Garou, noble warriors with...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

L'Astre Tyran

Gothic Military Science Fantasy Space Opera

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

Risen War (working title)

The world of Risen takes place in modern day Earth, though its timeline has been separated from our own starting in World War II. Germany never invades the Soviet Union to the east and focuses instead on holding the western front, leading to a stalem...

Alternative History Gothic Military Modern Science Fantasy

The Dark Playground

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

World Catalyst

This world is the descendent of many before, a constant battleground between beings of unknown power where their victory only ensures the world's end. This world is devoid of innate magical beings or magically gifted, where only the true horrors to b...

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

Faeleronia

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Steampunk

Forgotten Realms

[p]The Forgotten Realms is a vast, high-fantasy world filled with ancient magic, legendary heroes, and sprawling civilizations. Set on the planet Abeir-Toril, it features diverse regions like the shining cities of the Sword Coast, the d...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Europa bei Nacht

[quote][p]Ihr wart zu laut![/p] | Roland Färber, Protektor[/quote]

Adult 18+ Alternative History Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

One Piece

[h2|afc063c9-dca6-4107-97de-5b064a5189c7]"Where freedom sails, and truth sinks." [p]The world is ruled by oceans, split by the Red Line and centered around the deadly Grand Line — a sea where legends are born and madness reigns. Since Pi...

Ancient Comedy Crime East-Asian Fantasy

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

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

Curse of Strahd

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Religious Transhumanism

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

The World of Darkness

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Science Fiction, Modern

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

The Hunt

[p]In the depths of the night when the Moons hang low over the city, Hunters and Beasts prowl the streets.[/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

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

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

Curse of Strahd Reloaded

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Yharnam

Yharnam. Hidden amongst the furthest reaches of the treacherous eastern mountains, this city lies in seclusion. Forgotten. Cursed. Yharnam is the home of blood ministration. You need only unravel its mystery. But, where's an outsider like yours...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Victorian Weird

Coffins of Iron

Humanity endures in the long shadow of extinction. Once shackled by the Vendrasi—the Scourge; cold alien masters who bent mankind into servitude wi...

Dystopia Gothic Hard Science Mecha Military

Aegimius

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

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

D.C Waterworld (Earth 19)

In 1986-1988, the world was hit by a series of floods that increased the water level to over 1500 meters above sea level. The mass displacement of people, the casualties caused by the incident and the PTSD that some still suffer is a constant reminde...

Alternative History Gothic Political Post Apocalyptic Superheroic

Tales of Aresia

[p][/p] [quote]"From the mist-veiled Cradle Mountains in the thaw of spring to the blizzards over Isvamelle at midwinter’s peak, I have witnessed more than most would in a lifetime. For years, I chased my boundless wanderlust across the far corners o...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Steampunk Victorian

Cosim - Call of the Well

M34.902.6 ‘Cosim’ Spiral Galaxy//Listed Number 238.4334.192 Within the deep void of space lies a galaxy of anarchy. Its center, “The Well”, is rendered unstable due to the utterly massive cosmic storm known as the ‘Darktide’ - Spanning thousan...

Dystopia Gothic Science Fiction

Chasm

Chasm is a mysterious city that spans underneath the entirety of the Void desert. An air of madness surrounds this place, corrupting all that it encompasses, and the possible home and/or cause of the terrifying clockwork beasts. the only part of the...

Clockpunk Fantasy Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

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

The World of Aeloria Prime

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval Political

Esfiro

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Sword & Sorcery

La Valle delle Foglie Cadute

Una terra affascinante e misteriosa ma anche oscura, meschina e maledetta. Un luogo pieno di sogni e di incubi, di speranze e di rassegnazione, di possibilità e di barriere invalicabili. Un' "affasci...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Curse of Strahd

Under raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, bil...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

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Crime Flintlock Gothic Steampunk Victorian

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 trying to return to the past and a world so altered...

Gothic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Speculative Steampunk

War of Darkness

War of Darkness is a captivating and expansive chronicle setting supplement for the Chronicles of Darkness role-playing game. Focused on the Pacific Northwest region, it presents a rich and foreboding world where various supernatural factions find th...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

In The Obelisk's Shadow

Sentence:  *make more specific to the region of the campaign* A lord of the Hells want to turn the country of Abesheer into a new plane of Hell for themselves before the next council of devils, but is having trouble turning enough souls be...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Military Political Post Apocalyptic

Kokudo 国土 Project

The Kokudo Project is a community world building project inspired by projects such as Touhou, Len'en, & Nansei. Kokudo is set with a more world wide outlook to include creatures & themes from other cultures & fantasies....

Fantasy Gothic Medieval Oriental Sword & Sorcery

Indianapolis by Night

Adult 18+ Alternative History Gothic Horror Modern

Earth- World of Darkness

All is not as it seems..... Things really do go bump in the night

Alternative History Gothic Horror Supernatural Urban

Theraxis

the world of Theraxis is new to the multiverse. this world is ripe, new and full of potential. most lands have not been discovered by the races of the world.

Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Historical 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

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

Chicago by Night

Chicago is the gleaming city of the Camarilla in North America. Pulled from the brink of chaos by Prince Kevin Jackson in the wake of a Sabbat and Lupine incursion. Now the Sabbat are long gone and the Lupines have retreated. In the wake of Anarch up...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

Angepella

A world of monsters who live in the shadows, where beasts roam the unclaimed wilds alongside all manner of fantastical and horrifying creature while the mortal races pray for salvation or fight for it.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Gothic Medieval

Ordo Celestia

Alternative History Gothic Military Political Religious

NYC: Behind the Veil

Welcome to New York City The city that you don't see. You think you know New York City. It's a bustling mecca of people and energy, lights and sounds, glamour and grit. A perpetually in motion metropolis with an ever cha...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

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

The Last Act

Long ago, the world was a place of splendor, wealth, and happiness. However, things quickly changed when the Inimmorati arrived, and the gods were slain. Humanity, having long since become accustomed to relying on the gods for everything, quickly fel...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Religious Sword & Sorcery

World of Darkness

Everyone has had the sense at least once in their lives that things are not right with the world, that not everything is at it seems. We sometimes feel that sinister truths hide behind a facade of normality, veiled partially by the rational, orde...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery Political

Andrawyn

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

Tengorod

Cyberpunk Gothic Neo Noir Stealth Transhumanism

The Lands of Spirixon

A vast world in which most of the pantheon of gods has been captured by the ones who once believed in them. Now the people of Spirixon carve their own path and make their own rules.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Political

Jordunia

A world of organized countries and nations of evil. Jordunia was once a world of good and positive energy. Most people were generally good, or at the very least willing to help their fellow man. Nations were founded on the virtues of law and order...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Horror

Dread Realms (Ravenloft)

The Dread Realms is a world of despair and fright in which the monsters of everyone's nightmares are only yards away at any given time. This is the world of the archetypical Dracula, Frankenstein, Van Helsing, and so on. In this realm you do not ente...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

Skies of Himinil

This is a world of strange clockwork technology, airship exploration, and magic of a mystical nature. The ocean is a portal to the underworld from which the titanic Nerre rest when they do not roam the world. Witches create covens that strain the roo...

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Soft Magic

Achareon

Welcome Dear Players! This homepage will be updated with information as the campaign progresses and you uncover more information about the world of Achareon. Until...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Victorian

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

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

Chicago after Dark

[p]An unofficial homebrew adaptation of the Vampire the Masquerade (5e) Chronicle setting: "Chicago By Night"[/p] [p][/p]

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Urban

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

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

Starry Skies

Fantasy Gothic Superheroic Supernatural Surreal