Political

Heimaalin

The continent of Wythe, and the world of Heimaalin at large, has been pulled back from the brink of catastrophe by the Argent Company, Wythe's most famous Compan...

Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political Western

Human Space

The Year is 2338, Humans have mastered space travel and started to colonize the stars but are far from unification. The former countries of Earth have continued to live on into the stars, and Humanity is more Fractured than ever before. Tensions betw...

Exploration Military Political Science Fiction Space Opera

Gaulren

Gaulren is a world split among several super powers. The world has been locked in conflict for several millennia with no faction truly being able to gain the upper hand in the fighting. The largest of the factions is known as the Sovern Republic, for...

Clockpunk Military Political Sword & Sorcery

Getninia

[quote] Update: Although the OGL debacle has passed, we are still more interested in using this world for other RPG systems than we are for 5e. Moving forward, effort will be given to other systems and projects within the world. – Worldbuild...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political

Bregule

Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political Supernatural Survival

Amospia

The home of many different races, nations, magic, gods, monsters, great works, and great cataclysms. Amospia is rich with a deep history of epic tales and conquests, and its many different cultures leave much to be discovered throughout the ages. Zov...

Ancient Fantasy Medieval Military Political

Syrik

The planet of Syrik, realm of gods, and home to mortals is a planet designed by each pantheon as an embassy of peace between them, it is here where they have sent their creations--the mortals--to work and live in their name. Though this peace woul...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Political Sword & Sorcery

Ekal

Welcome to Ekal, a vast world brimming with magic and intrigue. Many of the world's nations are on the verge of technological breakthroughs that will usher in an industrial revolution, but amidst this progress there are dark forces at play sowing cha...

Political Sword & Sorcery

Edar

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political

Dromaria

A pact between the dragons and the gods shapes the magic, politics, and daily life of Dromaria. Within is a detailed RPG fantasy setting including interactive maps, unique classes, races, monsters, and spells. Featuring regular updates.

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Sword & Sorcery

Dies Multiverse

In a distant existence not to far from your own rests.. Die's Multiverse Since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood was spilled in the name of everything from God,...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Historical Political

Poneren

Magic. The world is held together by magic. From the smallest part of the smallest atom to the multiverse as a whole, everything @[believes](law:1cc2...

Exploration Fantasy Political

Cyfandir

[quote]Remember that night White steps in the moonlight They walked here too Through empty playground, this ghosts' town Children again, on rusting swings getting higher Sharing a dream, on an island, it felt right[/quote] Em Cyfandir, sombra...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Medieval Political

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

Aud

We have always been people of the water. We live and die by the rivers and the seas, and we work the land with the blessing of the Church of the Deep. For thousands of years, we have thanked the Lord for the rain, and praised Him for allowing us to...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political

Asterra

Asterra(placeholder) A relatively new world, still under construction.

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

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

Aldern

Aldern is the world setting for the Farlands Campaign developed by Jason Burgess. The world and its campaigns have been developed over 35 years of gaming, beginning...

Fantasy, Dark Literature RPG Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Altaros

Your generic fantasy world in the turmoils of the War of The Gods. Will this be the last war to end the cycle that has repeated itself since the time immemorial, or is there still hope for all the living before the higher powers abandon this world an...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Medieval Political

El Imperio Dragón

El Imperio Dragón, aquel que fue el mayor de todos de los imperios conocidos. Un imperio gobernado por el Gran Quarion “El Rey Dragón”, un humano que pactó con los dragones y tenía la fuerza de estos a su disposición. En aquella época los dragones...

Medieval Military Political

Irth

MAPS! LOCATIONS! DETAILS! (but not too much detail). I like playing in a world where I know where I stand. I like worlds started from far away and then zoomed in with more and more detail. Give me lots of maps and locations, but don't fill in the spa...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Political

Nimenra

English A dual split in the known world one between Demons and Humans. Here have an millennial old w...

Fantasy Medieval Political

Eberron

The world of Eberron has a rich history built on heroic deeds, evolving magic, and the wounds of a long, devastating war. Action, adventure, good, evil, and a thousand shades of gray paint the landscape in broad strokes. Ancient mysteries await disco...

Alternative History Clockpunk Neo Noir Political Steampunk

Midgard

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Political

Karenth

For over 400 years the Order of Eight has led the Displaced across the world, after saving them from the armies that forced them from the...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Mundana

Detta är min tolkning av den värld där Eon IV utspelar sig. Detta är en värld där riken skapats, för att sedan gå under och efterlämnat ruiner, sagor, myter och förlorade kunskaper. Allt har ett förflutet och var man än tittar kan man finna spår från...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political

Queen Red Ruler

Modern Political Science Fiction Superheroic Transhumanism

Wouraiya

Welcome to Wouraiya! If you're interested in sampling stories, I'd like to suggest a few: [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/wouraiya-daskalarch/a/weaponizing-power-of-love2C-and-similar-faff-prose]Weaponizing the Power of Love, and Similar F...

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Science Medieval Military

Valley of Man

An expansive high altitude valley bordered by the ever mountainous Brine Marshes to the west, the Bad Step to the east, the Northern Range and the Floodlands in the south. This is a story of the end of human civilization as the Sang know it. The...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Political

Calidan

Calidan, an unstable mess of political affairs and ever growing tensions. A world of adventure and discovery, magic and ever growing industry, republics and hive mind societies. Truly, Calidan is the place to be an adventurer. You never know what the...

Exploration Fantasy MagiPunk Medieval 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

Grikane

The world of Grikane was decimated when a twin tailed comet shattered above the skies of Grikane, showering down shards of mineral that seemed to drain the life of those around where it landed. This event killed countless droves of people, ending who...

Fantasy Flintlock Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Praemiis

This is Praemiis! Praemiis is a placeholder (used to be canon) name for the world of my book, Invicta. It's a project I started like 10 years ago (I was a child, really) and have been reworking it ever since. It has mostly been on hi...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval Political

Panessence

A world larger and stranger than our own, where the essences of substances, flora and fauna infuse entire nations with their influences, producing many distinct landforms, creatures and peoples. From the blood-rivers of @[Mattiha](location:f48af8...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Political Sword & Sorcery Weird

Minrath

Minrath is a world of ever-changing landscapes mostly due to being comprised of island chains. Islands comprise most of its surface land, with only one “small” continent stretching across its surface called the First Island. The First Island is the c...

Exploration Fantasy Political Sword & Sorcery

Myoth

In the beginning, there were two, Alu and Ima... [p]In the beginning, the world was dark, cold and full of untapped power. The energies that permeated the nothingness infected everything, and the void revelled in its cold and unforgiving paradise....

Horror Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Lurra

Welcome to Lurra - a land divided, quite literally, between light and shadow. Once prosperous the world over, Lurra's Radiant Age crumbled long ago as a casualty of a quarrel between ancient deities. Now, in the Age of Abiding Twilight, literal and p...

Fantasy Political Post Apocalyptic Religious Sword & Sorcery

Neonhaven

A sprawling metropolis with towering skyscrapers, neon lights, and holographic advertisements. The city is divided into sectors, each controlled by a different gang or corporation. The underbelly of the city is a maze of narrow alleyways, underground...

Cyberpunk Political Science Fiction Urban

Londolon

​​Late middle ages - no firearms, but advanced metallurgic tools like magnets and gunpowder are available. Magic is not widely used in Londolon, and demi-humans like elves and magical creatures do not exist, either. The only magic-users in Londolon a...

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political Post-modern

Laelith

Confrérie de l'Aube Mot de bienvenue [book:e7cd4a0d-218f-4a08-b442-ace19ecf43cc] Provinces de Laelith

Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Political

David's world

Fantasy Medieval Political Superheroic

The Dark Future

Adult 18+ Crime Cyberpunk Dystopia Political

Lethea

[container:intro-year]1567[/container] [container:intro-p][p] The sense of unity once felt a thousand and five hundred years ago has faded. Realms both great and small vie for dominance through might and coercion...

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Political Science Fantasy

Game

Eine Welt, erschaffen für ein Rundenbasiertes Roleplay Strategiespiel. Die Welt wird während des Spiels nicht weiter aktualisiert. Also bspw. die Einwohnerzahlen der Städte sind ab Spielbeginn potentiell veraltet. Wir befinden uns in einem Kaiserr...

Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Military Political Sword & Sorcery

Elnoria

The world is in tatters. Wars, and plague have stricken all the lands. Slavers and monsters prey upon the innocent. Who will possible save the continent? Have the Gods stopped caring? The continent of Rulich is torn in two after a fight between...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Historical Political

Sanctum

A really early work-in-progress. Planned is a alibi-high-fantasy world in a medieval setting.

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Political

Tal d'orei . 1179

This world is a blending of the Ghosts of Saltmarsh, the Tal'dorei campaign setting, and custom content created by DACSB. The content here available for players to view should be what the LADs have access to as a party memory. Let me know if yo...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Undersea

The Ocean World is a vast, mysterious place with life in every conceivable place. In the sunny coasts to tropical island paradises to even the darkest depths where no light can go, life in all its glory is abundant. Here, Merfolk live, work, play and...

Alternative History Ancient Comedy Exploration Fairy tale

Cathrea

Cathrea is a high fantasy world with focus on technological advancements and the start of an industrial revolution, powered by magic.

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Bogowie

The world of many gods and civilizations. The world where societies change, affected by the divine beings altering reality and everything can be considered an Aspect of the Four Concepts - transcendednt beings that gave the origin of everything. The...

Ancient Fantasy Political

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

Aylbyia

Aylbyia is a world of mirth and magic, of high peaks and dark forest, and of betrayal and doom. Forged by the will of the unknowable Lawbringer and governed by his favoured Gods, the people of Aylbyia reach out to grasp the future. But the Lawbrin...

Fantasy Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Kornax

Welcome to Kornax, a realm where the echoes of draconic roars still resonate through the mountains, and the divine presence is as real as the ground underfoot. This land of myth and might, where towering dragons once held dominion, now witnesses gods...

Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Supernatural

Eberron

What is Eberron? It’s a world bound by a golden ring and surrounded by twelve moons. It’s the intersection of thirteen planes of existence, which shift in and out of alignment. It’s a place where magic has been harnessed as a tool—used to build citie...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Political

Draconia

Dragons have often been at the forefront of Dungeons and Dragons media. After all, they're in the name! But, while we often see them in our campaigns and one shots, they serve more as a background role than anything else. What do I mean? How often do...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Sacred Vesarca

Ten thousand blessings upon You, O Sacred Vesarca, everlasting in immaculate sanctity! By the hand of His Majesty Arcturus, Thirty-Sixth to Bear the Name, are You preserved! By the ear of the Listeners, are You made wise and prosperous! By the whi...

Mecha Military Political Science Fiction Space Opera

The Sagas

The World of Terus has always been unique in its own aspect. From the tundras of Norria to the Savannas of the Dark Continent . It was once so peaceful before the races came and used the land as they...

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

The Periphery

Mecha Political Post-modern Science Fiction Space Opera

Harmwah

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

Project Echo

A world built on the alliance of technology, science and magic. [p]Of the three original ethnic groups, the Ancients, the Djentars and the Kaentars, as well as their empires, all that remains are myths and legends, as well as artifacts scattered...

Political Science Fantasy Urban

Andara

A world of deep conflict, centuries old tensions and rulers desperate to grow their power. The ever-changing lands of Andara were once home to the powerful and wonderous Arcane, but now only the memories and ruins of the great empires and dyn...

Fantasy Medieval Political Religious

LAWhammer

This is the LAWhammer version of the Warhammer world, with maps, NPCs, adventure hooks, demographics, and so much more. It is presented to support the LAWhammer actual play livestreams, but will be chockablock full of awesome stuff for all WFRP playe...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Literature RPG Political

Synk

[p]The tales of Owlbear's Roost is one of intrigue and tragedy. The world is filled many stories of many different types, each unique. Streamed every Satruday at 10am Eastern on Twitch @OwlOdyssey. The current main story run is about Team Toast. Plea...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Political

Kobos

The ancient world of Kobos exists in a web of cracks of the multiverse. Gods do not tread on its soil, most of them are distant and nameless to the people there, and humans are far from the rulers of the world. The exception to this pertains to the p...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Sword & Sorcery

Mirios

Introduction This is the world of Mirios, a place of men and magic. The spirits of the spirit world came together to create the world, but even they squabbled with each other and this conflict spilled over into the mortal world. With demigo...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Soft Magic

Galfin

The World and Geography [spoiler] The World Map Gaul - The Mainland and Sundered Isles Adrarct - The Frozen...

Fairy tale Fantasy Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Locus

A custom setting for my Dungeons and Dragons campaigns.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Political

The Shattered Reach

The Shattered Reach is a large archipelago of islands, made up of a number of island regions and empires. Once, the Reach was a single, immense land mass, but it was struck by a meteor, a blazing bullet of arcane force drawn from the outer astral sea...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval

Aster

A realm scattered with conflict, bound by an eternal cycle between the concrete and metaphysical. Aster is found within the greater cosmos but resides at the centre. This galaxy is known as Unova and by some, is believed to be alive.[...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

The Fall of Caliban

The Sycorax system - along with the habitable world of Caliban - was forgotten long ago. Before Union. Before the great traumas. While Cradle sat in deaf repose, Caliban and its inhabitants waged a bloody civil war. As a mirror image of their hom...

Mecha Military Political Science Fantasy

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

Aeris: Millennium Dawn

Aeris is an ancient land filled with dragons, intrigue, magic, and monsters. For thousands of years the people of Aeris have fought against and beside each other in a constant string of territorial and religious wars. Crusades, plagues, mighty kings...

Fantasy Military Political Sword & Sorcery

Beyond the Barbed Wire

[p]At 4:45AM on the morning of Friday September the 1st 1939, the German army consisting of 52 divisions pulled the World into the Second World War with the invasion of Poland. Like dominoes the nations of Europe mobilize...

Historical Military Modern Political

The Awakening Dream

Stare into the shiftless black abyss of the midnight sky. What do you see? The stars and moon, distant galaxies, perhaps strange, manufactured satellites which twinkle pale red flashes to the mother world. The future thrives in this nothingn...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Aldris

The Realm of Aldris stands as a world filled to the brim with fantastical magic, wondrous locations, and legendary stories of heroes. Based on worlds similar to World of Warcraft/Lord of the Rings, stories that are set in this world follow a much mor...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

The Zone

[p]Welcome to The Zone.A sprawling digital frontier built atop the ruins of The Bloom, once a paradise where AI and humanity thrived in harmony. Now fractured and corrupted, The Zone is a war-torn, neon-lit wasteland where rogue code, forg...

Cyberpunk Political Science Fiction

Bond108

We, the Ace Collective, hereby deign to share creative endeavors in the aim of furthering the human consciousness. This is our world. Enter if you dare. Suit yourself.

Biopunk Clockpunk Comedy Cyberpunk Fantasy

Kaladas

The world of Kaladas is one of rebirth.193 years ago The Uruk hordes had pushed all of civilization to its knees and would have succeeded in their utter defeat ushering in a age of darkness, when something dreadful and wonderful happened, som...

Exploration Fantasy, Urban Political Stealth Subversion

Ta Mando ~~ The World Of Kanda

After over 1600 years the great Empire of Kanda has expanded far and wide. Many centuries have gone by with quality expansion and now the Empire exists in a great era of peace two decades long, full of consolidation and economic stability as the new...

Fantasy Historical Medieval Political Superheroic

Daovis

The world of Daovis seldom deals in absolutes. There are no races that are just evil or just good. There are many exceptions to the general forms society takes. Some drow live under the rule of Loth but others live on the surface as peace loving nigh...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Allenia

Allenia is a Homebrew Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition world created for friends. When I was young a few friends and I created a world for a role playing game. It was called Allenia. I named this as a homage to those memories and good times.

Ancient Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Mystery Political

Sarenthor

[p]Bound in an ancient oath, the people of the continent of Valarys have, for centuries, fought to protect and defend their mortal brethren from the monsters and demons that prey upon the world. @[The Sarenthor](organization:e2dae48e-80d7-4343-87ef-3...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Anvoth

Adult 18+ Fantasy Political Post Apocalyptic Sword & Sorcery

Zelunica

Adult 18+ Fantasy Medieval Military Political

Titan

Fantasy Medieval Political Soft Magic Sword & Sorcery

The World of Eularia

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Astraesto

[quote] Humanity remains ever alone in this world - this galaxy. Silence the only answer in the void. For millennia, we have made this foreign land ours, made it our home. Generations, on generations, have lived and died and lived again w...

Fantasy Military Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Illios

The Continent of Illios is no stranger to strife, be it of divine nature or more personal. The cataclysmic event knows as StarFall occurred at the end of the Gods War, the destruction it wrought broke down the borders of the established kingdoms, the...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Opposition: Mars

They say Mars is the graveyard of ambitions. Partially terraformed and populated largely by tribes of genetically modified colonists, one might wonder why the nations of Earth have any interest in a hostile planet like Mars. For a diverse group of No...

Hard Science Military Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Sadin'Shaw

A fantasy world where the God's have sworn to not directly intervene after the first world was destroyed. Their first creations the Fey ruled till Humans were introduced and eventually led to Humanity rising up with the other races to drive the Fey f...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political

Caerdwyn's Toll

/*[spoiler]SENTENCE: Calis wants to change the world, but is having trouble getting the throne of the HRE before the Well of Archaics is refilled, as her husband is making her house hated by everyone. THEME: The Truth is often hidden, mysterious...

Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political

Kethenicaea

Kethenicaea is a world of magic and adventure, a world of infinite possibility. In Kethenicaea evil monsters and dastardly villains clash with noble heroes and adventurers, struggling over the fate of kingdoms, continents, and the world. Kethenic...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

World of Greyhawk

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Essilion

The world is young and developing fast. While the world as a whole moves through cycles covering untold eons, this particular age of the world is still fresh and young. It began when the Feywild spread onto the Mundane plane, allowing the propagation...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Historical Political Sword & Sorcery

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

Celestium Universe

A scifi world showing, not necessarily the future, but a plausible future of humanity as it spreads throughout the solar system and into the stars.

Hard Science Political Science Fiction Space Opera

Milky Way

The Milky Way galaxy, 2357 CE UNE Standard Calendar. Heavily inspired by the video game Stellaris by Paradox Interactive.

Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

marrowood

marrowood is a high fantasy setting, in a similar vein to LOTR or warhammer fantasy. it is a story of gods and monsters, heroes and demons. but i have used it to look more closely at the logic of a fantasy world and how different races and magics wou...

Fantasy Medieval Political

Pseudepigrapha Hydaelyn

A Living Project Welcome to the Pseudepigrapha Hydaelyn an ongoing effort to compile and archive free access pages containing the lore and story behind the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, as the game continues to...

Fantasy, High Magic Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction Steampunk

Aushudore

It is a place shaped by a magical event, The Great Magical Awakening, that occurred about 6000 years ago. Before this time it is believed that magic was rare but now it is common place. Yet it is still mysterious, acting in ways many people, includin...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Political