Hard Magic

Gothenya

GOTHENYA... the world of the holy mountain, Celene, said to have fallen from the heavens 200,000 years ago, bringing the foundations of intelligent life along with it. Over the ensuing centuries, as civilizations both rise and fall, the...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Science Fantasy

Scarterra

Nine deities work to shore up the battered world of Scarterra while simultaneously undermining each other to advance their own personal agendas. Great mortals can try to rise above the strife to create a...

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval

Excellence

[quote]They move amongst us. We've build our lives and world around them.[/quote] The older gentleman stated as his arm slid across the stain, scarred table with hot, stale ale breath. [quote]" THEN, " he pointed off towards th...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Surreal

Dorne

Die Welt nimmt ihre Anleihen aus drei großen Quellen, denen Dank und Anerkennung geschuldet ist: Frank Herberts Dune-Zyklus, Georg R.R. Martins Lied von Eis und Feuer und Alexej Pehovs Chroniken. Ein wüstisches Fürstentum soll in seinem Sozialsyst...

Ancient Fairy tale Fanfiction Hard Magic Oriental

Emynea

This world was once our own but as we continued to place ourselves above nature and destroy our home, these forces came to life. Earth became a playground for the elements given body and mind: the Erlithmanil. These ten entities reshaped...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Hard Magic Romance

TAHARJIN'S FLAME

[quote]Not from around here, eh? Well, let me give it to you straight: You’re probably not going to last long. You’ve got that look on your face. That “what’s going on?” face. Always the first to be picked...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Political

Aurin

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Mm_Q5ueFY] In Swedish Många tror att magin i Aurin endast existerat i några århundranden men sanningen är att magin har existerat sen tidernas begynnelse...

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Young Adult (YA)

Qal'ath

[section:col-lg-8] Welcome to The Chronicles of Qal'ath by [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/author/FJ%20Brodie]F. J. Brodie. Here you can delve into the people, places and cultures of the Realms in my fantasy world of the...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

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

Nehwon

M'Brell, also known as Nehwon, is a diminutive planet orbiting an orange dwarf star named Sonne. This world has two moons: a prominent, visible one nam...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

The Grinnmere

The Grinnmere serves as the captivating and imaginative world of fantasy that sets the stage for numerous enchanting books. Within this wondrous realm, the pages come alive with thrilling adventures, fae (ability users), and beasts, that tran...

Fantasy Hard Magic

Iosis

A dark/high fantasy world that uses rune-based magic rather than typical spell casting. Rune casting has only been around for a few centuries and yet, it has quickly become simultaneously the most sought after skill and the most controversial. Wi...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Ultimus

Life isn't simple, there isn't one story to be told but rather millions expanding all of time and existence. Just as there are divides between magic and non-magic users, as well as those who can and can't use technology, there are gray areas with a...

Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Hard Magic Supernatural Urban

Sphaera

[articleblock:0afaad6f-9ef5-444d-b448-822a8c8424a8] [p]Sphaera is an Earthlike planet tucked in an unremarkable G-type star system somewhere in galac...

Clockpunk Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Steampunk

Acies

Acies, meaning line in the dragon tongue, is a world of eternal dusk. The planet is permanently locked in its orbit with the subsequent sides forever being bathed in light from the star Lux, and the other side forever blanketed in darkness. In betwee...

Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Hard Magic Science Fantasy

Diluvium

Two thousand years ago, a wave of energy struck Earth. It shattered the lands, scattered the people, and inundated the planet with the power of Chaos. This event would come to be known as the Deluge of Ruin. The world was brought to the brink of d...

Adult 18+ Hard Magic Science Fantasy Subversion Supernatural

Project Shonen

Project shonen is a TTrpg meant to give players the feeling of being able to play their favorite characts and make their own, the current land and foundation for this system heavily reflects that seen in the naruto series, though wit...

Adult 18+ Fanfiction Hard Magic Shōnen Supernatural

SanZera

[quote]"The world is defined by dualities. There are two suns, two moons, two continents, two peoples, two eyes in each of our skulls, two hearts in each of our chests."|An unnamed philosopher[/quote] /*[p]Just over a thousand years...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval

Ixos

The lands around the sea of Ixos are old and fertile. On its eastern side, nestled by the Notian Mountains stands the Aylean Republic, built from the ashes of the old Kingdom of Aylea. Where there once was great elven cities and sprawling dw...

Ancient Fantasy Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

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

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

Aethas

Die Geschichte von Aethas ist im Wandel. Das Menschenimperium von Kel hat nicht nur große Teile ihres Heimatkontinent @[Capae](location:a923bd87-9...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Vreathe

In the current state of Vreathe under [var:meliheal-chrispy0] the World Tree, in the late 2900's of the Iron Age, there are many nations in an uneasy state of peace. But something started to happen that destabilized it all, though many are...

Fantasy Hard Magic Science Fantasy

Cerin

Adult 18+ Fantasy Flintlock Hard Magic Medieval

Elemaran

[quote] Welcome to Elemaran. A land of iron and grass, magic and blood. This world has held peace for a good year now, since the death of Baul. We thought that was it. No more war. The mage-king is dead, and now Syndal will terrorise...

Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Medieval Political

Delos

Long ago a great war raged between deities, the planes knew no peace until a few divine sealed away the darkness and separated themselves from our world. Mortals now carry out the will of the gods, warring over the world left behind in a void of stru...

Adult 18+ Comedy Fantasy Hard Magic Transhumanism

The Works

Welcome to The Works. Here you can find my homebrew materials for tabletop RPGs.

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Angellonian Sagas

The Angellonian sagas tell the story of the Angellonian Empire from their origins to their modern day galactic conquests.

Ancient Fantasy Hard Magic Religious Science Fiction

Orcerta

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Science Fantasy

Legends of Eternity: War of the Eternals (Rough Draft)

The old world was a place of sin. The few good people that were left escaped as it crumbled. The new world was called Eternity with the hopes it would be eternal. Magic grows here. The magic of this world lives in all things, though few can tap it. B...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Renúdetla

Prior to the history of Renúdetla, for as long as reasonable time can tell a great war has been waged in the spirit world. When our world was first born and void of life, great spirits escaped to find solace in the flowing rivers and oceans, for othe...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Soft Magic

Aqualon

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Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The 5 Shudake

It's surprisingly difficult to decide what to write about when you know what will happen. Past. Present. Future. Sometimes it all feels like it doesn't matter anymore, not with what I know. But I suppose I should start at the beginning. I am Avalon A...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Science Fiction

Thravil

Thravil is a world centered around the dangers of magic, and the forces trying to control it. After a disaster caused the material plane to collide with the Elemental Plane of Water, and a great flood ensued. Nations were destroyed, people killed, an...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval

Makkah

In Makkah, warriors on horseback bind spirits to their heartbeat to share the power of gods. The stronger the spirit, the more power the warrior has, and if someone were to bind a High Spirit they could change the world. The mountain people wage w...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Young Adult (YA)

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

Ulteria

A world full of deep magic, where empires rule the land and civilizations rise and fall.

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Asios

The diverse world of Asios home to multiple biomes and full of magical wonders and atrocities. The history is tracked by the human calendar. We begin the 4E 477 the era of the orc invasion.

Gothic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Dali'en

Dali'en is a high-fantasy world with magipunk elements where magic is accessed through the crystallized blood of deities. The world is made for running D&D games in. The world has a slightly unique take on souls, divinity, and their place in the mort...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fantasy

Galdor

[p]Close to a thousand years have passed since Lady Serene and her Gravetorn Hosts were pushed back into the Nightlands and locked behind the Signing Stones of the Rose Veil. After six hundred years of brutality, the Long Night had finally come...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Science Fantasy

Thoia

The world of elementals

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Hard Magic Medieval Supernatural

Vasileo

The World In Chaos Many moons ago the world used to be perfectly in balance, the realms cooperated in their own strange ways, however that reality was thrown into turmoil with the birth of the Thirteen Demons. The Demons who turned the worl...

Crime Hard Magic MagiPunk Political Sword & Sorcery

Rumnan Disjunct

Almost two hundred years passed since the Disjunction - the great catastrophe that befell the world all over: the very skies fell upon the earth, and it shattered, unable to withstand their weight. Once connected realm now lies as a scatterin...

Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Kanoana - Die Legende der Stürme

Kanoana ist eine Welt voller Mythen und Legenden, geprägt von mächtigen magischen Stürmen, die das Leben der Bewohner beeinflussen. Es gibt eine Vielzahl fantastischer Wesen, aber nur wenige besitzen die Fähigkeit, Magie zu verwenden. Diese besondere...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic

Az Barnuá

[color:#fbb8ec]A PLACE IN BETWEEN[/color]

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Tyrle

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Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Thoughts and articles of a Thessian Sage

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Therafell

The world is full of stories. From the short tales told at the bedside of children to lull them into a dream-filled sleep to the grand epics of adventure, tragedy, and romance that delight us still through our later days. There are also the boisterou...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk

Ontus

Vitus is a vast world of rugged mountains, scorching deserts, lush forests, and temperamental seas. Inhabited by various cultures and races, from the giant Tryggavolk to the mighty Dragons and cunning Sapphrians. The continent of Forgosia is the m...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval

The Seas of Steel

The Seas of Steel. An inhospitable, global ocean, surrounding the continent of Valemar. Few can navigate the windy sea, with its forbidding currents and deadly inhabitants. But some don't have a choice. Some must navig...

Fantasy Hard Magic Hard Science Medieval

Beast Empire

Beast Empire covers the rebuilding of society after a thousand years of disease and natural disaster reduces the human race to near extinction. A world full of Hybrids, Demons, disease, military conflict, and those trying to keep the world...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Hard Magic

Gairra

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Gaia Realm

[p]Gaia is a mystical realm forged by the elemental forces of Fire, Water, Earth, Air, and Spirit, under the guidance of the celestial entities Auralians (Light) and Umbra (Dark). Its vibrant landscapes range from fiery mountains to icy tundras, spra...

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Hard Magic

The Multiverse of Majikai

This is a fractured world. Its gods are separated, as is its own existence. This is a world split into six different Verses, tied together by a shoestring and the hope of its peoples. This is a world so separated from its own origins that only...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Leveus

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

A dance of orc's and elves

The Year is 1307 After the Conquest A dance of orc's and elves is a fantasy world that's a mix of sword and sorcery and classic fantasy. In this world orcs are the children of men and elves*. A world of magic, ruled by the blade...

Fantasy Hard Magic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Ustrelon

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Restless Waters

Ashar is a realm where the unseen is as real as the tangible. Spirits whisper from the stones beneath your feet, and the stars above pulse with ancient power. In this world, magic flows like a hidden current, shaping lives, forging empires, and toppl...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Arora

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Ragged Lands

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Sword & Sorcery

Farscrye

Farscrye was created by the 5 gods, Messui, Zingi, Rowan, Lushia, and Creta. The land is split into 5 kingdoms, each ruled by one of the major races with one of the gods at their center. Thorkia is ruled by humans and their patron god is Zingi. The J...

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

Areonis

Imperial Might From the Havlic Peninsula, the Havlic Empire reigns over Arkodia. T...

Fantasy Hard Magic

Scourge of Shards

A little over seventy years ago, the smaller of the two moons, Jypra, spontaneously and explosively disintegrated. The immediate effect was a mana-shockwave, causing a momentary spike in the mana level that blew outward fr...

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Ysireth

Fantasy Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Chronicles of Hysal

Filled with dangerous and powerful magic, deadly secrets and mysterious political plots, the world of Hysal is a extensively large, dark and fantastical realm, set in a similar time period as Europe's Renaisance era. Here we will follow the a...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Medieval Supernatural

Wilde Blue

The Wilde Blue is a tricky thing to define. Literally, it is a system of small asteroids floating in a dense atmosphere, held aloft by a strange magic. On a less physical level, it is the home of many groups of people, and has been for several...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fiction

Balsorra

Balsorra ist ein Staat innerhalb des Ring-Systems, einer Ansammlung von kleineren Staaten im Herzen von Revaria. Das Land ist dominiert von einer subtropischen Landschaft, heißblütiger, gut gebräunter Menschen und Elfen sowie deren dominierendster Ei...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Helaeron

Legends live on when their Heroes fall and die. When the greatness that was their lives have been forgotten by they who follow in the Heroes wake. Their Legend is the last true word of their lives long after comrades have been laid to rest. With only...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Soft Magic

The Realm of Beardsgaard

They say marketing is just storytelling, and perhaps because of who we are as people, we went super literal with that. Beardsgaard is a beard-centric, nerdy af mom and pop barbershop in a little town down by the river called Ba...

Comedy Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Weird

Chimborazo

Chimborazo is a massive worldbuilding endeavour with a scope for truly epic fantasy. Designed mainly for rich storytelling and novelisation, the world is also the primary intended setting for my role-playing game, ChimborazoRPG, and the content here...

Fantasy Hard Magic Science Fantasy Soft Magic Sword & Sorcery

Aeklamund

[currentdate:afe4e21e-ed9c-4726-b47b-2b2f1de021a8]Das Leben in Phandelver könnte so leicht sein. Morgens genießt man ein Honigbrot aus dem nahegelegenen Niewinter-Wald und danach geht man neun Stunden in den Säureminen malochen, bevo...

Comedy Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Modern

Teralt

[aloud]"Changes are coming to the grand world of Teralt. But rest assured I, the Mystic, shall be first and foremost to review and approve any necessary modifications to our historical documentation."[/aloud]...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Ouroboros

the start of the gods and the start of the end.

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic

Imperium Archives

Welcome to the Imperium Archives! I'm Archivist Renna and I've worked for the Imperium Archives to do research on the history, geography, and culture of the world. I hope you find what you're looking for and if you have trouble either call me over...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

World of Light and Darkness

The World of Light and Darkness is fantasy. True fantasy. Mythical beasts roam the land, sea, and sky. Powerful mages and sorcerers cast spells and curses. Great kingdoms have come and gone. An age of discovery is marching forward, followi...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Bræd

In death, there was void. Then was [tooltip:Pronounced as 'They']ÐÆ[/tooltip]. ÐÆ wove a bed of red silk. The first [tooltip:Pronounced as 'Braid']Bræd[/tooltip]. The Bræd reached places unintended, Tethering a web of will, thought,...

Biopunk Hard Magic MagiPunk Religious Subversion

Brotnaland

Who made this world? The Primordials did. Who split this world? The Primordials did. Who made arcane? The elements did. Who made the @[Deity](species:b3...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Syndeomai

A flat earth with a mythology inspired by the ancient Greek pantheon. My goal as a writer is to flush out as much of the cosmology as possible. However, as a DM, I do not want to bludgeon my players to death with exposition. Now I can write as mu...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Realms of Elementia

After a Decade of War... Devastation Has Struck In the world of Elementia mighty empires clash for the dominance of the realm. Elemental tribes desperately attempt to maintain a balance of nature...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Political

Urvén

[p]Urvén is the prime material plane within my 5E setting. It is a ring of continents and sea arranged on the outside surface of the petrified body of a Great Old One. Gameplay mostly takes place on the Riven Lands - the continents and islands that r...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Post Apocalyptic

Aureole

Aureole is a planet divided by its very nature: It is tidally locked, meaning one side of the planet will forever face the sun, and the other eternally away. Sunside Aureole is not the same as its opposite. Magic pervades the very world, from the tri...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Veskrea

The world of Veskrea is home to creatures of all varieties and governed by gods that bind the world together by the power of the elements. However, world as we know it now is at risk of being consumed by the Old God and his followers. It is up to...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Lainshoa

Lainshoa is a single continent with several islands to the west and south, and a few to the east. It is known that the world is round, but exploration beyond the islands is too dangerous for ship travel. Those few who have tried it have not re...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Nomad

Nomad is a multi-world high fantasy setting, that covers multiple genres. Worlds very from Medieval fantasy, technological cityscapes, undead war-zones, and strange and outer-worldly environments. Several key concepts link these worlds together....

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Steampunk

Partha

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Steampunk

Wróblowersum

"Wstępujesz właśnie do mrocznych, zmutowanych i Zapomnianych Krain, gdzie nawet śmierć nie jest absolutna. Wszystko może wydawać się znajome, ale jeżeli przyjrzysz się bliżej okaże się, że nic nie jest takie jakie myślisz. Mrok wylewa się z zakama...

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

Kyrælm

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

The Cosmos

This is not a world so much as, well, a cosmos: a sprawling universe described in very broad strokes. Here are the rules: Start with our universe. @[Stars](species:9e468e4a-aa01-4a9a-8d72-35d41de3...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Space Opera Sword & Sorcery

Acate

Acate is a temperate, moderately-sized planet inhabited by a great variety of sentient species, most of which are quite religious. There is a single pantheon that is worshipped across the land, with several altered variations of the main deities abou...

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Dione

It is basically a modern day earth with some advanced technology, in terms of the overall feel of the world. Places will be named the same, but the layout and places in the countries/cities may be different. There are supernatural beings, such as dem...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic

Aria

Aria is a world within the galaxy of Preludon, created by the Architect or the Father of the Angels. Aria starts as a primal, natural landscape carved and shaped by the ten Elements. Introduction of new races and influences organize into modern Aria...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

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

D&D 5e Campaigns

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Science Fiction

Elysiar

Hard Magic Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Sarakt

For the past two thousand years, the ancient ritual of Lockup stood solid and steady. It entrapped the Night Continent under the impenetrable magical Dome and consumed all its magic to sustain and uphold itself. But now the change has be...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Noumentas

THE CIRCLE. Center of the Supernal Realm, gateway to the four corners, the land where the veil between the mundane and supernal is thinnest. A gathering place of the unsealed, the wanderers, and social pariahs. Each of the four corner regi...

Fantasy Hard Magic

Dimension Dulci (Balance)

In a world where everything is balanced, and a reincarnated goddess roams wild, what will happen when on “Portal” day a prophecy comes saying an evil power will through off balance and kill millions of people? Everyone becomes panicked, and they must...

Child Safe Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Eorin 5e

In the past the world was full of stories. Stories of magic and heroes. Stories of those chosen by the gods to wield their power. Stories of mythical figures who channeled the wrath and justice of the great beings above. Stories of...

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

Dieviskus

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery