Exploration

Ayn

The world of Ayn is a fledgling project created as an attempt to foster a Living World. Many themes will be represented and cities will fluctuate and change as games are played. Expect articles to change frequently as the pieces are made and set i...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Oriental Victorian

Ner'ai: Awakenings

The Weaver sets the loom upon a new age, and the threads of fate are scattered once more amongst the pattern… But the Lords of Chao suffer no shackle, no tiller, no reins. Their shaping in the weave shall never cease, only q...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Soft Magic Sword & Sorcery

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

Yonderverse

Explore the endless planets brimming with life in the Yonderverse! Go after creatures, discover new places, and learn about the people you find along the way. Winner of Best World 2024!

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fantasy Solarpunk Speculative Evolution

Gailen

A fairly generic fantasy world, with an unfortunate penchant for elderitch horror. The world is a ball, with a varied climate, and occasionally inconsistent seasons. Magic whispers through the air rather than hums, though in a few select locations it...

Exploration Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

A Strange New World

This world takes its inspiration from classic Rifts from before the war for Tolkeen. I've taken extensive liberty to modify the source material to make this my own world, adding geography, religion, races and lore that do not exist in either the orig...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Adventures Along the Sword Coast

Some say the Sword Coast took its name from the white cliffs that rise up sharply for hundreds of miles along the coastline between the River Dessarin and Baldur's Gate. Traveling author...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Weird

Stellaris

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fantasy

Dragons Tale

Exploration Slice of Life Sword & Sorcery

NUGaming's Exiled Lands of Dark Desires

We have created a fantasy world that is set in a fictional timeline. Some aspects of our world have been inspired by our own history, as well as drawing further inspiration from the Conan storyline, the Early Middle Ages all the way up to the...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

World of Stendaaris

The current setting takes place 32 years after the incidents involving the sealing of the Wells of Eternity, the rise and fall of the Silver Shadow Clan, and the restoration of the Dwarven ruins of Rhineforrell. The evil Lich Kardun and his wife Tani...

Adult 18+ Comedy Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Aetheus

This is my pride and joy of worldbuilding and DnD - set for a campaign I may do, or campaigns. Just ideas and fun stuff to practice on WorldAnvil. Aetheus, a world that has existed since the birth of the Elemental Chaos. Once domina...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

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

Creazione

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Fallout: The ATL

Alternative History Exploration Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Folia

From the eastern mountains, the sun rises from its crater. In the west, it splashes beneath the sea. Folia is a flat world bound into the shape of a rectangle, with the worlds' ends known and charted. Magical secrets are hidden in every nook and cran...

Comedy Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic Sword & Sorcery

Tairoleth

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Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Nimona: Rise of the Monsters

[quote] TBW /* - connect to ToX*/ [/quote] Three years after the wall crumbled to the Kingdom and humans were able to see a vast va...

Exploration Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Young Adult (YA)

Curia

[p]Curia est un monde recouvert de vastes océans de sable, où des continents émergent telles des îles colossales. Leurs côtes déchiquetées et leurs falaises abruptes sont constamment balayées...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Sword & Sorcery

World of Seven Seas

The humans of this world don't remember a before, though there must have been one; most of them are too focused on the now. They are, as humans ever are, a hodgepodge of everything; from the most warlike and powerhungry to...

Exploration Fantasy Literature RPG Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Aberiam

A world created for the Shining Nights Roleplay Group.

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Exodus

While no one knows the true origin of Exodus, it lies at the center of a massive planar sphere. Composed of many continents, most unexplored, Exodus is home to many mythological wonders and fantasy races. In what is described as the heart of Exodus,...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Supernatural

Altia

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Historical

Namiria

Long ago, Namiria used to be a peaceful place. Its nine realms existed together in perfect harmony, each realm flourishing in its own way. Everything was well balanced. It was perfection created by the gods themselves. [...

Comedy Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Weird

Alephon

A world beset by tragedy, shaped by the conflicts and alliances between unkown and unknowable primordial deities and brought low and high in an ancient history of which little survives to the present.

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

Dros

Humanity has long been content on its crescent-shaped island home, rarely wandering outside the boundaries of the Old World for want of security and stability. Recently, however, with a resurgence of ancient magic power and population booming, the fi...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Qeb

50 years after the dragons attempted to rule over all, the era of peace dedicated to rebuilding war-torn world has already faded away. Empires were turned to dust, glorious cities were swallowed by the ground, and once mighty civilizations were eithe...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark MagiPunk Medieval

Outdated Aurea

The world of Aurea consists of three continents: Lynae, Sanest, Verix. There are 18 major gods of Aurea. Lynae is home to the Dunes of Avarice. The Dunes of Avarice are a cursed desert region. The desert was once a lush landscape, home to the kingdom...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

Loath

Loath is a world that has forgotten itself. A land of secret rulers and dead gods, the people of this world have no interest in leaving the confines of their civilizations. With a complacent populace, the world of Loath has many historical wonders to...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Stealth

Legends of the Dragonguard

[quote]Corruption bleeds into every corner of the world, nurtured by those who thrive in its shadows. Cults whisper of a long-forgotten power, while rumors of Ancient Dragonkin returning resonate throughout the land.Here are the stories told from...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Military Solarpunk

FREIYA

[color:#c10300]T[/color]he land you reside in is an ancient one, infused with magic, mystery, and secrets... How it was discovered and came to its current form is hotly debated in academic circles, but it is generally accepted that the...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval

Geloriel

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Kosiri

Alternative History Exploration Historical Political Speculative

Dune

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Adult 18+ Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera

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

The Four Realms of Infinitum

In the era when Gods or Mortals were yet unknown, in a time long forgotten, when the world was veiled in hues of gray, there existed four realms, each distinct yet bound together, their boundaries blurred. And from this convergence, the first three g...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic

Elae Meltaea

Somewhere, a wouldbe king makes his way home, but questions why he seeks to return. Somewhere, a girl with a tender heart struggles with the reality that she can't help everyone who needs it. Somewhere, a dragon held to a city by black contract...

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Waking Materia

[p][/p] [aloud]I do not know where to find in any literature—ancient or modern—an adequate account of that nature with which I am acquainted. Mythology comes nearest to it of any. — Henry David ThoreauThe Journal[...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic

Middle-Earth: Arda, Endor

The Fellowship of Renewal was active throughout Arnor beginning in 1356 T.A. in the Sack of Rhudaur and Siege of Amon-Sûl in 1376 T.A.. Following a brief respite of peace and adventures across Eriador the Fellowship continued their battles against th...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic

Prototokos

Welcome to Prototokos, the first realm created by cosmic beings and Gods to show a truce of powers, an ancient peace treaty. The realm was designed to see if all beings could live in harmony under these new circumstances and rule. During the creation...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Aerra

A world rebuilding from a magical apocalypse. Empires seeking their former glory and other rising from the dirt with their eyes on the future.

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Ovo

This is the world of Ovo, a planet surrounded by two suns - Oxo, the larger of the two, and yellow; and Ono, the smaller, blue sun - and a moon, named Owo. The suns dictate the seasons, and the moon, the days. Once a year there is a day of complete d...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Abios

Volstis is the third planet from the sun orbited by one moon called Luna in what is known as the void sea. It is on this small blue jewel that we learn of our heroes and though insignificant at this time, may find themselves chang...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

Abyss

The Abyss, or Underdark, is the world beneath. Ruled by demons, it is twisted and moulded by their whims and characters making even normal creatures bend out of shape. Deep beneath the Surface of the world lies the Underdark, a realm of endless la...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

Numenera North West

A billion years in the future, humanity lives in the Ninth World. There have been eight wondrous worlds before, but all have fallen and left behind only inscrutable mysteries and powerful relics. The area we focus on is the north-west part of the...

Exploration Horror Science Fantasy Weird Western

E'ath

E'ath is a forest world populated by many differnt races each living as a part of nature either by their own choice or by the choice of the arch druids and the forest itself. Scattered around the world are many different world trees, each different i...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Political

YonZora

The Multiverse, with its nine known classes of pantheons, encompasses vast realms, each with its own histories, cultures, and conflicts, and YonZora is but one planet within it. Among its continents, YonZora’s unique geography and cosmology have shap...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval

Starkeeper

The future is a strange, yet familiar place. Humanity has achieved its dream of space colonization, going interstellar with wormhole stargates. Over a century after a terrible dark age ended, civilization enjoys an age of peace united in the Commonal...

Exploration Political Science Fiction Space Opera Transhumanism

Ascent of the Old Ones

This is a homebrew setting focused around the concept of a D&D world progressing in technology, and taking to the stars. The setting is inspired from various bits of sci-fi and post Apocalypse, such as Fallout, Battlestar Galactica, Far Cry...

Dystopia Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Miria

Genesis Light of Life In the beginning, there was the Bright One. A light shone from within His heart and created the vast heavens: Celestia, Stratosphia, and Miria. Miria was a tiny marble in the immense darkness, and ar...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic

Echoes of the Cosmos

Welcome to InfoDump, the largest collection of information on the cloud. Here you can find information about the vast history of the Founder Galaxy and its inhabitants. This wiki is in-universe meaning that everything you read, your characters can re...

Exploration Fantasy Science Fiction

Oniran

Stories are a powerful thing. They surround us, influence every aspect of our lives, warn us of danger or reassure us with heroes that overcome it. Stories can be healing, but can hurt us all the same. They can bring people together...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

New Generica

Thirty years ago, a series of plagues and dire winters saw contact between the peoples of Generica dwindle and, with time, fade entirely into memory. One pocket of humanity huddled together around The Crystal Eye, an alpine lake, and rode out the ch...

Exploration MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Sword & Sorcery

New Genesis: Legacy of Imagination

[container:fierytextheading][container:fierytext][section:fire]The[/section][section:burn] brave[/section][section:burn] and the foolish[/section] [section:fire]walk not the middle road[/section][/container][/container] New G...

Exploration Isekai Science Fantasy Supernatural

Scourged Lands of Valenor

Valenor is an extraordinary world, populated by myriad of different races, with a rich and intricate history. Over the millennia, many empires and kingdoms have risen and fallen, and powerful gods, rulers, wizards, and legendary creatures have helped...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Solaris

Winner of Most Beautiful New World 2022, a wondrous reimagining of our Solar System. Solaris is retro science fiction with a queer and artistic twist. Written and illustrated by Annie Stein, with the help of Sol's best fiancée Skairunner.

Exploration Romance Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Shallow Waters

Shallow Waters is a campaign run by Lincoln with Mir, Thomas, Cooper, Lauren and Levi. The world is being built collaboratively with an emphasis on depth of story and an immersive environment for players and GM.

Exploration Fantasy Flintlock Political Sword & Sorcery

Tequila Starrise

[p]A thousand years ago, amidst the vast cosmic sea, humanity stirred from a profound slumber. The colossal colony ship U.E.F Paris, a sentinel of their forgotten origins, gently touched down on the en...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction

Kelch der Götter

"Und täglich grüsst ein Dämonenkrieg.." Nur der Kelch, die Völker Khorvaire und a bunch of nerdy-ass Koth's können das Böse abwenden..

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

Rolara

The Resurgence of Light in the Realm of Rolara The Astral Apex of Mount Origin In the heart of Rolara, where the veil between realms is gossamer-thin, stands [b...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Wuxia-Fantasy

Hallowed Legacy

There are a thousand thousand worlds, each existing in its own realm of space and time. Yet they are all connected in a complex web of cosmic energy and there are rare entities who can travel between them. The very con...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic

The Ring

In the darkness of space, there is a ringworld orbiting a moon in a distant binary star system. This ringworld is ancient, the builders unknown. On it is a fertile world, a garden unlike any seen anywhere else in the galaxy. Here, even the Flower of...

Exploration Mecha Science Fiction Weird

Patchwork

[p]Patchwork is a nexus world – a meld of races, classes, and cultures from many different locations. The world is slightly unstable and subject to change – sometimes slowly, sometimes overnight. Not only are all the beings in this world fro...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Subversion Weird

The New California Republic

The United States of America is no more. It was destroyed when the world’s nuclear warheads were launched. The ensuing apocalypse brought an end to both the Great War and the civilized world. In its place exists the Wasteland, an irradiated landscape...

Atompunk Dieselpunk Exploration Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Generic McFantasy Land

Welcome to the WorldAnvil page for Generic McFantasy Land! What started as a small college D&D game in 2016 has evolved into an ever-expanding homebrew campaign setting for almost every game me and my partner run as Dungeon Masters. This ency...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic

Heilania

[youtube:https://youtu.be/9En7FsdxhVs?t=565] [p]Willkommen Reisender, in der magischen Welt von Heilania. Eine Welt voller Mythen und Wunder. Eine Welt gefüllt mit Mystischer Energien. Umrundet von drei Monden und bewohnt von Mystische...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Historical Mystery

Alana

Alana, a fantastical world blending steam-powered technology with ancient magic. Perfect for storytellers and readers seeking new realms of adventure.

Ancient Comedy Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk

Ædeos

[quote]The Evergreen Garden we called it for generations, for the sensations and shapes, and forms bloomed generously and withered silently. But [tooltip:The tribe best versed in travelling to Ædeos.]Tæn-ĭ-Sáveni[/tooltip], ventured to this wor...

Ancient Exploration Mystery Soft Magic

Melorian

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Anareta : Chronicles of the Stream

Welcome to Tau Elpis For 15000 years, the interstellar community of the Pyxis Globula galaxy thrived, soaring on the back of powerful and esoteric @[FTL drives](technology:838a0b89-3238-...

Exploration MagiPunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Kingdom of Aegia

The Kingdom of Aegia is an ancient kingdom, several thousands of years old.

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Linebound

Welcome to the Endless Sky! What is Linebound? A new age of exporation has come as the first skyships set sail on the open skies. The maps grow larger and yet the world never gets smaller. Many fantastic things wait...

Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic

Kena'an

[container:intro][p]Light and Darkness wove Kena’an in perfect harmony, until their own hunger for dominion shattered the world they had made. Their War burned across the heavens, sundering...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Literature RPG Sword & Sorcery

Journals of Yesteryear

From the airship's rail you watch a strange creature encircling a distant floating island. As you savour the last bite of a delicious pastry, the captain's bell rings sharply, signalling your arrival in Zendu. Almost there! You marvel at th...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Caelvoran

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Requiem

Requiem, a world that once was ruled by gods, was left dormant for a millennia after the Shattering: a cataclysmic event that cleaved the continent of Tamlron in two and left the pantheon shattered. In this new age, ancient technology and magics are...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic

The Works

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

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

The United Commonwealth of the United Kingdom and Her Colonies

In the distant future of the 3rd millennium, the galaxy has become a vast and treacherous frontier. All the major powers of humanity have expanded beyond the solar system and are laying claim to countless worlds. In this era of neo-colonisat...

Exploration Military Post-modern Science Fiction Urban

Survie multi 3.5

In Minecraft, there is a huge number of multiplayers servers, but we are gonna look for one of them in particular. Survie multi 3.5 is governs by a communist dictator self-proclamed as Emperor: Kitashi. He's trying to build a great world with his f...

Ancient Exploration Medieval Urban

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

Uria

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Political Religious Western

Delvia

The continent of Delvia has seen civilization after civilization brought down by bloodshed and greed. The current stewards of this realm are no different. How long do you think they will last?

Clockpunk Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Military Political

Star of Helvetica

Star of Helvetica is a D&D 5e Westmarch world created for the purpose of creating a world that feels alive and where players can make their own stories.Making a living world and a place for people to enjoy. The world is a mix of Fantasy and Magite...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Military Political Steampunk

The Amaranthine Sector

A cluster of stars somewhere near the edge of the galaxy, beyond the Perseus Fade.

Exploration Science Fantasy Space Opera Weird

Vestara

The fog has lifted and a New World has been found. Shortly after the discovery of gunpowder, curious brave souls decided to re-purpose the large seafaring vessels of war, recently disused after centuries of conflict, for exploration. Thus, a new l...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock

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

Terravita

Long ago the world burned. Until his rampage was stopped by an alliance of the greatest heroes in known history, Dahak, the god of dragons rent the lands and boiled the seas, and made the air seethe with flame. Great nations were razed to the ground...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Supernatural Transhumanism

Ghanwyss

Wandering between the ethereal and material, Ley Lines are magical pathways that streak the surface of Ghanwyss. Though they themselves are near invisible to the naked eye, their tangible influence cannot be unseen. The blood of the universe itself f...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Sword & Sorcery

Sipenta

From the sparkling cities of the Ensollian basin with their spires and minarets that soar into the burning sun, to the vast golden fields of Kressia and Perrence glistening with morning dew and the promise of bountiful harvests, to the proud stone ke...

Exploration Fantasy Flintlock Mystery Political

The Fabulae Anthology

[p]Welcome to the Fabulae Anthology, a high fantasy setting exploring the tales of its people, the immortality of legends and the adventures that occur amongst these lands.[/p] Places to go... [p]@[Fabulae](location:ac006e61-...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Mundus meros (The world undiluted)

Mundus, once your bog-standard low-magic fantasy world has now been turned upside down by unforseen celestial events that changed the world forever. High magic now rules the land and over 60% of children are born with innate magical ability leading t...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Second Piece

Piraten! Krasse Fähigkeiten! ABENTEUER! Rainy Island ist gerettet! Jahrelang wurde die die Insel aus den Schatten von einer Hexe aus dem Sumpf der Insel kontrolliert. Kurz vor der endgültigen Auslöschung der Insel schaffte es das Chaaker Bün...

Comedy Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Termina Nexus

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Valtena

An Age of Sail high fantasy world. Religion, magic, and politics are closely intertwined. Venturing into untamed lands is rife with danger and glory. The world faces an ever growing darkness, but for the greatest of heroes comes the greatest rewards....

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Historical

Toril CFG-XXII

Comedy Exploration Fantasy

Primatis

A world created from the void, made from godly essences combined. The planes leak into the realm to create strange environments. This world has seen much turmoil as the demons of the abyss charged through the material to attack everything and ever...

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

Synthacrosia

The Tower of Souls Created By Stormbril A tower wrought of cold metal and ancient stone stretches upwards into infinity, constru...

Clockpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

The Third Imperium of Mankind.

Humaniti has gone to the stars and found them crowded with other forms of life and other sentient species, and science and technology have advanced vastly over the present day – but the essential nature of humaniti is unchanged. Life continues as it...

Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera

Blue Way

Blue Way, our first laser highway, is complete and more, to other stars, are in construction. We made it far into to the darkness, but we are still only dipping our toes in the deep cosmic ocean and who knows, what lurks in the deep.

Atompunk Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Terraloga

Welcome to Terraloga [p]Terraloga is a science fantasy world setting in a pure, fictional earth. Expect the journey of men, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the incidental chaos of nature...

Ancient Exploration Political Science Fantasy