Homebrew Campaign Settings

These are various homebrew campaign settings that can be found on the web.
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D20

• Amethyst - update: A fantasy set in the real world where technology and magic exist but do not mix and openly break one another down. For d20 with a lot of new rules.
• Breminor - A well detailed fantasy world, with nice website and written stories, usable with d20.
• Dark Heritage - Swashbuckling in a grim setting infused with blasphemous cults and horrible demons. D20 + houserules.
• Dark Sun - Athas.org - Not a homebrew, but excellent free material for running a d20 Dark Sun campaign.
• Eyru - A world of fantasy inspired by the Iron Age Celtic cultures, for d20.
• Farland - An extensive and rich setting with a nice website, for d20.
• Karanblade - A Brazilian campaign setting for AD&D and d20, entirely in Portuguese/Brazilian.
• Korinth & Elindra - Two different settings for d20.
• Murchad's Legacy - An entirely OGC campaign setting in the "knights and castles" tradition using the d20 ruleset, and to which you may contribute.
• Mythosa - Realms of Darkness and Legend, for d20. Several PDF files for download.
• Palaestra - A fantasy setting with a "Byzance against Faery" theme, for d20.
• Scroll of Tian - A world of deserts, jungles and high magic, for d20.
• Tempest - The WIKI vanilla fantasy setting to which you may contribute, for d20.
• Terra-Viejo - An alternate-Earth fantasy world, for d20.
• The Hyborian Age - Conan's world (not the Mongoose Publishing version) for d20.
• The Kyngdoms - A very large and detailed fantasy world with a very in depth history and huge color map, for d20.
• The Northland - A typical fantasy setting, probably for AD&D or d20.
• The Oriental Hardpoint - An Asian/Oriental campaign setting, for d20.
• Urbis - A World of Cities, for d20. A world currently going through a magical industrial revolution, with vast city-states dominating the landscape.

Basic Dungeons & Dragons/Rules Cyclopedia

• World of Trid - This campaign setting harkens back to the fledging days of the Moldvey Basic D&D box set, and continued to the Rules Cyclopedia, published in the 1990’s.
• Inzeladun - The "Conan flavored" homebrew setting by Vincent Darlage (who later wrote for Mongoose's Conan d20), for D&D.
• Sulerin - A really extensive D&D world.

Dungeons & Dragons 1nd Edition

• Aquila - An old AD&D setting.
• Dage - An old Earth-like Dark Ages fantasy world, for AD&D.
• Karanblade - A Brazilian campaign setting for AD&D and d20, entirely in Portuguese/Brazilian.
• Realms of Adventure - An AD&D fantasy setting.
• The Northland - A typical fantasy setting, probably for AD&D or d20.

Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition

• Andurin - A fantasy world, for 3e and 2e, that takes its inspiration from many sources: Conan, Elric, Thieves' World, Elder Scrolls' Morrowind, and the Wheel of Time.

Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition

• Andurin - A fantasy world, for 3e and 2e, that takes its inspiration from many sources: Conan, Elric, Thieves' World, Elder Scrolls' Morrowind, and the Wheel of Time.

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition

• Aquerra - A low-to-moderate magic campaign setting for D&D3.5e.
• Vanished Lands - A heroic fantasy setting for D&D3.5 and related campaigns. (This one is a Yahoogroup page rather than a setting website.)
• World of Deismaar - Here is a low magic, politically-charged world that is entirely humanocentric. For D&D3.5
• World of Kulan - A campaign setting on a wiki, that includes numerous published settings such as Valus. For D&D 3.5.

Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition

• Correl - Low magic setting akin to Mystara, Greyhawk & Dragonlance; very much about uncovering the old truths of race & history; now in 4E.
• Everwyld - A Fantasy setting for D&D4e.
• Four Winds Bar The Nexus of Crises, The Origin of Storms, a 4th Ed Campaign and setting.

FUDGE

• Agyris - Very well done and original website for this Fudge setting.

Generic, Homebrew or Unspecified

• Baeg Tobar - A steampunk fantasy world, though not specifically intended for rpgs. Beautiful website, cool art, webcomics, and more.
• Conclave - Collaborative world-building with influences including Ming and Qing China, Polynesia, the Dutch East India Company and high fantasy.
• Fargoth - The Fargoth World Building Project is a collaborative effort to design a generic fantasy setting for any game system.
• Gwenthia - A shared fantasy world developed primarily for RPGs, and being delivered through wiki, ftp site, and published documents.
• Ilshara: Lands of Exile - A well done campaign setting, with PDFs for download, for Castles & Crusades.
• Jhendor - A fantasy world with no specific RPG tied to it, but that was originally used for a Runequest campaign.
• Karthum - A swords and sorcery mini-setting with its own rule set. This is a direct link to the PDF.
• LoreWeaver - A campaign world on Wiki, and published under a Creative Commons License.
• Maelstrom - This setting also provides great blasons, castles maps, etc.
• Meln - A campaign setting for any fantasy RPG system.
• Meshal - A Chinese general system with it's campaign setting Erovan.
• Santharia - Another massive fantasy world, heavily TOLKIEN inspired, with beautiful website, lots of stuff, and online RPG.
• Shadowfell - A dark world where humans have chased away most of the other races.
• Tales of the Carnelian Coast - A well detailed setting with its own game system.
• Tekumel - The first homebrew ever, that became a published setting of several books, this is the extensive world created by the Professor M.A.R. Barker.
• The Last Dominion - A dark fantasy setting that almost - but not quite - transcends the barrier into mature audiences. Great art and beautiful maps, no specific game system.
• Thyrenacia - Another fantasy world, human only (no elves, etc.), emphasizing on politics; no specific RPG.
• Vaozum - A wiki campaign setting for Castles & Crusades, with a bunch of new monsters.
• Virtual Verduria - A peculiar fantasy world, some humans from Earth stumbled upon by accident long ago.
• World of Highland - An alternate-Earth fantasy setting, with its own RPG system.
• World of Khoras - Probably the most extensive campaign setting on the web! For any fantasy RPG system.

GURPS

• The Gift PCs play mages living the modern world, coping with power, mage society and supernatural peril.
• Kalyr - A GURPS game world where humans are slaves imported to an alien planet.
• Lineage Join the Mage Houses and fight for wealth and power in the modern USA. Or join The Rebellion and declare war on Heaven and Hell themselves.
• Paradise City A cyberpunk setting with extended catalogs of weapons and cyberware.

HARP

• Aecyr Grene - A fantasy campaign setting for HARP.

Risus/EZ20

• Kumquat Tattoo -- Efffin' metal fantasy for Risus (with conversions for EZ20). This is a direct link to the PDF.

vsM Engine

• vs. Elves - A baroque fantasy setting for the vsM Engine. This ia a direct link to the PDF.