Gothic

Earth- World of Darkness

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

Alternative History Gothic Horror Supernatural Urban

Detalas

The world has been plunged into darkness from the last war. The 5th age of man has seen monsters rise from the depths. Most of the world's smaller cities have fallen, and only a few bastions of hope and light remain. Constant night, with rain and oth...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

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

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

Thea

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

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

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

Vespera

Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Supernatural Urban

The Valley of Fallen Leaves

"An enchanting and mysterious land, but also dark, mean, and cursed. A place full of dreams and nightmares, of hopes and resignation, of possibilities and insurmountable barriers. Someone has defined it as a 'fascinating and terribl...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Vampirism for Amoral Sociopaths

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

Gothic

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

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

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

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

Naphus

Naphus is a world in where magic is seen as a dangerous reminder of darker times, monsters and ravanous beasts threaten the folk of every kingdom, and ideologies battle for supremacy on the world stage. This world is harsh and difficult to prosper in...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Aegimius

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

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Four Souls in Time

A Horn in Time and Four Souls are the only two Gacha series within the same universe where every character is a violation to the Geneva Convention and there’s enough lore to put my 900+ page calculus text book in a coma. And just like my c...

Gothic Horror MagiPunk 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 der W...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Modern

Beourjen

Beourjen was built on desperation as much as ambition. In theory, it was a grand idea. Its founders were intelligent and cunning people. They destroyed a tyranny, and ended the reign of their archaic gods. They molded a new dominion on th...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Victorian

Vestiges

Dystopia Fantasy, Urban Gothic Mystery Political

Misthaven

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Curse of Jason

[p]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 leaves about him, billo...

Fantasy, Dark 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

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

Valtaria Sector

In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, there is only war... On the important worlds at least. Lost in the vast void of the Eastern Fringe lies a sea of treacherous space, cruel to navigate from the vile xenos and warp storms shrouding the ba...

Adult 18+ Fanfiction Gothic Science Fantasy

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

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 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

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

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

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

Lakeside Warhammer: Crusade

[p]Welcome to Lakeside Warhammer: Crusade where we document the terrible wars raged by the members of the Lakeside Warhammer Discord Server.[/p] Current Campaign [p]4th Tyrannic War[/p] Current System [p]Warhammer 40k 10th E...

Gothic Military Science Fantasy

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

Skazka

[quote] [p]"They say that the abyss is empty. But it is not. I have looked into its eyes and saw myself staring back."[/p] [p]| Ilistraan Darkweaver[/p] [/quote] [p]When the first men fled across the great sea and landed at @[Snuufl...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

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

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

Barovia

Gothic Horror Supernatural

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

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

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

Ivranai

Ivranai is a lush and magical world, filled with wistful landscapes and dangerous monsters.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Steampunk 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

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

Efetra

The World of Efetra is a ever changing one, embroiled in intrigue and war. Spread across 5 continents, Efetra harbours a myriad of races, factions and ethnicities. From the harsh wild continent of Etinheim in the frozen north, were dwarves and humans...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

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

Kreworis

Evocative description The World Kreworis is a wonderous large planet full of magic and mysteries and is orbited by two and a half moons. It is place full of the history,...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Ravenloft

Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

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

Infestatio Carnis

[quote] "Do you see me, Father? I sow their teeth into the soil, and open the skies to nourish their rot. The world will be blessed with agnosia, remade to see the truth of my wonders. Gnosis awaits the willing, and the rejected will lament as th...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Medieval Mystery

Elednom

This World Anvil is still new to me, I'm slowly converting my hand-written Elednom Campaign Setting to this format, and it will grow slowly. Gratitude Thanks to the Odd Veritas: "Aiden", "Skrit", and "Axel". Appre...

Fantasy Gothic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery Weird

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

Shards of Midnight

WIP 1890 Kilthorne is filled with murder, darkness, and conspiracy. Ethereal monsters lurk around every corner and nightmares come to life. The only way to survive is with wits, strength, and weapons forged for the occasion.

Crime Fantasy, Dark Gothic Supernatural Victorian

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

The Nephalim's Asylum

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Supernatural

Karagatan: A World Of Legends

Replacing the distant gods, the Elemental Lords now wield authority, each presiding over one of the essential elements—Air, Fire, Earth, and Water. Acknowledging the gods' remoteness, the inhabitants of Karagatan redirect their devotion towards the E...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic

Umda

Diese Welt entsteht Schritt für Schritt. Es gibt kein klar definiertes Ziel, jedoch eine Methodik. Aus einfachen Bausteinen und einer limitierten Anzahl von Parametern soll nach und nach auf organische Art Komplexität entstehen. Die Hoffnung...

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

Doskvol

The city of Doskvol was established over 1000 years ago as a coal mining settlement on the cold north coast of Akoros. It has withstood the breaking of the world, an attack by a titanic leviathan, massive fires, a plague, a civil war, and legions of...

Gothic Stealth Steampunk Urban Victorian

Dark Horizons

A Gothic Space Opera about mankind struggling to survive in a cruelly indifferent galaxy while facing the myriad fears seared into its DNA over millions of years of evolution. It @[draws heavily](artic...

Gothic Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

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

Calia

Led by six primordials and their chosen mortal emperor. 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 beggining to waver.

Adult 18+ Dieselpunk Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

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

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

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

The Unbecause

Welcome to the Unbecause! A lot goin on here!

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic 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

Stories of Darkness

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

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Modern Political Supernatural

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 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

Faeleronia

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Steampunk

Outremer

Established in a holocaust of bolter fire and plasma flame during the Damocles Crusade, the realm of Outremer has been abandoned by the wider Imperium but endures under the wise leadership of Melisende, the spiritual guidance of Ghibbelin, and the mi...

Fanfiction Gothic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Aeternium

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

Aurelia

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Soft Magic

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 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

Meria

“Upon a snow capped mountain slope opened a portal black as night, a broken mirror reflecting into an strange alternative dimension, The Other. For a moment there was nothing in this world, only the false gods and pretender charlatans in their unholy...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Political Victorian Western

Velrune

Welcome to Velrune! And more specifically, the Isle of Norland, an island with a dark past and an even darker future!

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval Victorian

The Vornoff Chronicle

As a personal challenge, I'm doing all of my Chronicles of Darkness campaigns in the same timeline. Articles in the world will be epistolary, putting together a comprehensive timeline of campaigns from the early days of civilization to the modern wor...

Gothic Horror Supernatural Weird

Old stuff

Falarast (as it is known in common)

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

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

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

Sleipner sector

The ultimate compendium for everything that is linked to this little area of the Imperium. For three centuries, the Sleipner Sector has been dominated by the mighty Ork warlord @[Grimskul](person:7...

Gothic Military Science Fiction

Eramon

A world once ruled by the primordial might of Giants and Dragons. A world saved by the @[Gods of the Wheel](organization:91cdcc04-a812-4307-bf...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

DigiDonkeyverse

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

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Gelliria

In the beginning there was nothing. Well, not quite. They were there, floating through the Astral Sea, trying to decide just exactly what They were. Were, They a concept, an unthinkable idea that was universally understood. Or m...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

A Quiet Ghost's Chronicle of Darkness

A fog falls over the streets of London, choking the breath from bystander's lungs and tearing their souls free to wander as ghosts before their time. In the ruins of the Roman Forum a corpulent, yellow-eyed worm of a man presides over a moonli...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

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

The Mansion

[quote]This world is a fat work in progress, please forgive the empty areas that haven't been transcribed or rewritten yet[/quote]. Your lungs are burning as you desperately flee from two dark figures dancing in and out of you...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Domain

[quote]Once, humans ruled the worlds of life and death. Now we are the masters of their Domain.|-- Red Richardson[/quote] [p]Domain is a gothic horror RPG where monsters have killed off the humans and claimed the earth as their own. For a thousand y...

Gothic Horror Speculative Supernatural

Lucidiette

[p]There exists a tiny speck in the Cosmos, barely there in its immensity. The oppressive force of such vastness nearly snuffs it out time and time again. But it lingers, like a wavering flame in a strong wind. This speck is called Croft, and it is w...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Surreal

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

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

Helimire

In the world here, magic isn't known well and has been kept a secret for many millennia. We're set in a larger city where one part is nothing but raw, beautiful magic users and the other, greater part, of non magic users. Both sides have the same cla...

Fantasy Gothic Science Fantasy Steampunk Supernatural

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

Usular

Usular is a world on the verge of re-discovering itself. To many of its inhabitants the world is rife with magic, with creatures and the unexplained often sharing the same hearth as the mundane. Power is out there for those who seek it, but the searc...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Allisod - City of Death

Welcome to Allisod Allisod, also known as the City of Death, was a forgotten city after the turmoil caused by the Necroquake. The death magic of Nagash caused much upheaval, and when it swept through Allisod, it found a f...

Gothic Horror Political Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Frontier Unwound

My mother used to tell me and my sibling's stories in my youth, about faeries and specters. Of other worlds and their mysterious inhabitants. In part to scare us into behaving, but also to appeal to children's sense of wonder. She wanted us to find s...

Fantasy Gothic Historical Western

Silmaria

Tajemný svět plný magie, nekromantů, příšer z těch nejhorších nočních můr a rasistických narážek, ale také nečekaných spojenců. přátel, za které se umírá a lásky, která hory přenáší... to vše a mnohem víc je Silmaria, prastarý svět, kde v křehké rovn...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Ardestin

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Soft Magic