Hard Magic

Omne

Far past the land of fairytales, over the Worldsewn Gap and across the Ocean of Origins, lies the continent of Néos. Named by the explorers of the old land, Néos became home to a plethora of cultures and nations, each distinct in their practices and...

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

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

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

Dessend

The second world of my main character's story and also the host world of my Pathfinder adventures. Due to the existence of magic in the world, technology has largely plateaued at a Late Medieval to Renaissance level. The existence of dangerous and in...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

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

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

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

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

Aqualon

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Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Gates of Eternity

This world is a field of a battle that is older than time, that exists in its current form as form of a compromise between beings that escape human comprehension. Beings that permanently try to recreate reality itself to suit their needs, fo...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Domen Aria

Welcome to the fantasy world of Domen Aria. It takes place in the troubled times just after its inhabitants have exhaustedly repaired their makeshift societies following a worldwide, catastrophic, planet ripping and soul rending event. During that tu...

Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

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

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

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)

Solaria: The Miriandynus Galaxy

(CSS is currently being redesigned, a lot of things may look ugly until it is completed) Solaria is an alt Sci-Fi series involving dogs, avians, humans, and galactic warfare. Solaria mixes fantasy, sci-fi,...

Exploration Hard Magic Medieval Science Fiction Transhumanism

Adarus

[quote] [p]“Lur mantles,” said the stranger as he lowered himself to set the folded cloth on the ground. With a new angle Tom could see that it was actually a set of clothes, for… the twenty-foot dragon?[/p] [p]This will probably alarm...

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Military

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

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

Vatira - World of Storms

A rushing hurricane, a thundering crack, the harsh rain. Storms are frequent on Vatira, they shape the very world about them. Tearing apart the land, shaking the seas, and forcing rebuilding efforts for those who live outside of protected cities. And...

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic MagiPunk Sword & Sorcery

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

Raveran

Raveran is a continent in the northern hemisphere of a planet comparable in size to Earth. Two moons, named Naliin and Nerone, orbit. A year is approximately 336.4 days and a day is 26 hours. Iril, the raw material of magic, radiates fro...

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Modern Sword & Sorcery

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

Eälendspar

Star touched Star lights disappear through space but they fall on eälendspar. This name was given by the gods that created eälendspar because upon creation, that was the first thing they noticed. The driving theme of eälendspar is that of discove...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Sorcerers and Alchemists

Magie-Basiertes Fantasy P&P P&P trifft Video Game RPG, von beiden das beste. Teilweise wurde etwas Realismus gegen besseres Balancing oder Spielspaß eingetauscht, das Regelwerk wurde leicht von den verschiedenen Rocket Beans P&P Regelwer...

Fantasy Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Nehwon

[quote]To live in Nehwon is to feel the breath of ancient, forgotten gods on your neck. The air is thick with the scent of old blood and older secrets. Settlements rise like rotted teeth from the wilderness, isolated and wary, where superstition...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

The Brightbound World of Essiothas

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic

The Leilon Marches

[p]Nestled between the restless Sword Coast and the shadow of Neverwinter’s fading glory, the Leilon Marches are a land of salt and stone, old blood and older secrets. Once little more than a forgotten ruin on the trade road, Fort Leilon rises...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Young Adult (YA)

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

Kyrælm

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Rutgers - School of Magic

Rutgers is the state university of New Jersey. It accepts students of all shapes and sizes from around the world, and even those not from this world. Rutgers prides itself on its diversity of students and its ability to provide students with an unpar...

Alternative History Hard Magic Horror Modern Science Fantasy

Chronicles of Hysal

[p]Filled with poweful magic and dangerous foes, deadly secrets and mysterious political plots, Hysal is an extensive large, dark and fantastical realm, set in a similar time period as europe's renaisance era, and which was shaken to...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Medieval Supernatural

Ysireth

Fantasy Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Old Zenithas

A mysterious plane that serves as an anchor between a plethora of alternate realities. the bonds between realms here are weaker than normal, and alter-dimensional beasts, and even civilisation have been known to appear from rifts in the continuum. As...

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic Science Fantasy Weird

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

Legends of the Fall

The Spring of creation is over The Wintyr is yet to come These are the Legends of the Fall Midium. Do you wish to travel between the stars? A universe filled with stars and galaxies. Ruled by knowable scientific laws, yet bent by magics and poss...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Istoria

Istoria. My home. It is the kind of place that might've once been a paradise, or at least one that had great potential to be. The land is lush and splendid, brimming with plentiful resources, as if all of life's beauty was placed on hopeful dis...

Fantasy Hard Magic Political Speculative

The Angellonian Sagas

The Angellonian sagas tell the story of the Angellonian Empire from their origins to their modern day galactic conquests. It will also have the stories of the other star nations within this galaxy; but they will have a minor spotlight overall, yet th...

Ancient Fantasy Hard Magic Religious Science Fiction

Aequus

With the artistic help of [user:GalacticHealer] Introduction [quote]Born from Magic and now back to Magic, our Universe has finally claimed its birthright. Among common humans, The Nine rose during a Realm War a...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval Political Post Apocalyptic

Holdria

It is a world that was created by the first god, Tora. Life was then created by her triplets. And the way to end life was then invented by her sextuplets. There are many countries in this world, each with their own motivations. The focus of the story...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic

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

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

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

Teddy Town

How did the magical race of the Ordyrmian people vanish? Nobody knows, really. The only ones left were a product of Ned's genius: Artificial minds implanted in... teddy bears? Now with sentience, an empty province and the scraps of the great magical...

Crime Fantasy, Urban Hard Magic

Link-en

A vast and diverse Sci-Fi, Fantasy world with varying species, a magic system and plenty of secrets.

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Religious Science Fiction

Valakadyn

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Ragged Lands

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Sword & Sorcery

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

Nidus

Martial artists called Weavers follow a Pattern as they weave the tapestries of their own fates on a journey to power and enlightenment. Life energy flows through their spiritual veins, or Soulthread, allowing them to harness the natural aura of the...

Hard Magic Post Apocalyptic Wuxia-Fantasy

Otsvet

The five creators and their children populated the world. Each gave their children a different magic gift, which has shaped their interactions with each other and with the world at large. Before the creators brought intelligence with them, other thin...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery Weird

The Silver Chronicles

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic

Tonchora

Hello this is my World.

Ancient Comedy Exploration Hard Magic Slice of Life

Mardlo-Arias

A world of magic, gods, and fantasy. Mardlo-Arias is a realm of possibilities. A place where the gods take a more active role in the lives of mortals Mardlo-Arias is a place wracked with chaos. The wilds take hold of much of the lands and the mortals...

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Weird

Az Barnuá

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

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Aclara

Welcome to Aclara, a world filled with life and wonder. Those brave enough to pay the price shall triumph over their fate. [p] Many decades after the Empire of Medeea had mysteriously fallen, the kingdoms of the Meri...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Historical Political

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] It has been a thousand year...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval

Dynasty of Magic

Magic - a mystical and powerful force. It is a word used when the impossible happens, and no explanation exists. Magic is the cause; impossibility is the effect. But humans are nothing if not curious. How did we get to this point? What are the f...

Hard Magic Hard Science Political Science Fantasy

Dalen-Toril

Alternative History Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Mezclandia

[p]Once upon a time, not too long ago, Gods brought our ancestors to a new world. It was full of plants and animals, powers and spirits, wonders and secrets. People, too. They were refugees from an apocalypse, escaping a shattered world of tyrants an...

Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic MagiPunk

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

Duivaria

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Hard Magic Medieval

Phana Meltabo

Welcome to the world of Phana Meltabo, also known as Fana Meltabo, or P.Meltabo. Contained here are powerful and old gods, a hard magic system, and lots of exciting newly invented races, classes, powers, and places - all to be explored by the brave...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Surreal

The Fragmentation Experiment

The Fragmentation Experiment follows the journey of Tsuyoi and his friends, Kenzo and Asami, as they strive to stop the Fragmented and the scientist obsessed with uncovering the secret of the fabled Original Spell. Along their path, the trio travels...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Hard Magic 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

Sonnerand

[color:#44b8ff]Magic is fickle.[/color] The spark of magic. Volatile, expressive, and deadly. At one time it was unknown to the denizens of Sonnerand. The arcane arts were nonexistent, there were no mages, no monsters, no gods. [co...

Decopunk Hard Magic Political Science Fantasy Surreal

The Afterworld

This is a world that all things on Earth appear in when they die. This isn't an Afterlife in the typical sense, since you can die again from all the same things... in addition to ways that were impossible on Earth. [p][/p] Aging, reproduction and e...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Isekai Medieval

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

Wilde Blue

Something stirs beneath the Depths. Echoes of an ancient conflict, whose scars are the foundations of the modern world, still reverberate through the bones of that toxic sky. The worlds floating above have not yet noticed, but all have...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fiction

Candesca

Well, today I was feeling in the creative spirit, so I thought I'd create the foundation of a new world. No idea if it'll turn into a story or perhaps the setting for a campaign I might DM. I thought I'd experiment with some new formatting and see wh...

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic

Araneath

A world scarred by war. Mortals slaughter each other in the same fields were gods sent their pawns to die aeons past. The forces of divinity still fight aloof the realm, as many mortals seek to take their place. Darkness and light collide, almost...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Igleis

A modern world with magic in various states of acceptance globally, the Great Empires of yore now live as shadows of their former selves and the countries they controlled try to make their way. Currently, only the continent of Igleis is being develop...

Fantasy Hard Magic Historical Medieval Modern

Fragment

Fragment is a destroyed plane, inhabiting a many sentient races as well as extraordinary fauna, with dangers beyond mortal comprehension.

Fanfiction Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Hard Magic

Dreikenheim - The Realm of Dragons

In a world where the Norse Gods ruled. In a realm where the Dragons became the dominant cornerstone of the peace and order of the world. In a reality where both the magical and mortal plane co-exists alongside each other. In a world... where you'll h...

Alternative History Fairy tale Fantasy Hard Magic Steampunk

Rysidor

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

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

Arora

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Iros (Caty)

A continent where humans, elves, and orcs co-exist. Only one race can dominate the rest and leave the rest to fall. Everyone and every race have stakes in the current war, ensuring that everyone has a side. To some, the world seems so peaceful. Yet o...

Fantasy Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

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

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

Pretheya

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Political

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

Útgarðar

The land of Útgarðar in the far north of the world is a land of savage combat and glorious battle. Many small kingdoms and other factions all fight for power, wealth, cheese, anything really. In truth they just want to fight. The land is not a lan...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Historical Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Giasis

The continent of Yeros is an ancient land with a storied history. Empires have risen and fallen. Kingdoms new and old scheme and fight amoungst eachother for political power. Armies march to war, whilst craftsmen ply their trades and priests pray to...

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Magic Informational Medieval

The Land of Ellonara

[color:#e82a1f]everything below is subject to change[/color] Ancient History In the beginning, there was Dark, it consumed all, and created twisted monsters within The Nether, no life cou...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic

Elysiar

Hard Magic Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Leveus

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

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

Merging Worlds

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

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

Getherican

Welcome to Getherican! A world of magic and long forgotten history!

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

The Sphere of Vyn

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Hard Magic Science Fantasy Steampunk

Thoia

The world of elementals

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Hard Magic Medieval Supernatural

D&D 5e Campaigns

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Science Fiction

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

Terra Caelum Legacy

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

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

Theoras

Medieval setting in which two main characters will face tragic events.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Horror 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

Warshade

On Jard, vast oceans separate seven continents, each host to civilizations both young and old. The fires of war heat their forges for the coming conflict, as forces older than the very bones of the land itself come to claim their place amongst the...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Military

A Mythmaker's Guide to Virosia

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

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