Games like Sootwyn Barrow

It's the archaeological find of the century, a massive temple complex in the middle of the rainforest, seemingly untouched for hundreds of years. Adventurers, scholars, and entrepreneurs are flocking to these newly discovered ruins, hoping to find glory, publish research, and earn some gold on the way. There's just one problem: the ruins are fake, and every one at the base camp is about to die. Z…

The only thing more profitable than the start of a war is the end of one, and newfound peace means the independent port town of Yllmourne is poised to become a massive trade haven. Already, speculators and enterprising merchants have transformed the sleepy harbor into a boom town. As money flows into Yllmourne, so too does crime, disease, political machinations, and dark magical secrets. Can the f…

It all started when the giants attacked. In a matter of hours, the capital city of Wenjansków fell. After fleeing their ransacked lakeside home, House Wenjansk fled into the mountains. There, they found a forgotten citadel high atop the snowy peaks. They claimed this fortress as their own. As peasants tried their damndest to farm the mountainside, nobles and soldiers occupied the castle Falthring…

Peryn Pelgrut has established his base of operation 3 miles from the town in which you and your party have just arrived. The dozens of bandits in his employ are about to case the city, unleash an unprecedented crime spree, and then flee to some other town to begin again. All the meanwhile, bandits drink, rest, and patrol the camp. Are you brave enough to take them on? Or will you try to join the b…

At the heart of the fae Principality, there is an idyllic clearing. From their thrones on the majestic Dwynlei Terrace, six immortal archfae lord over their sycophants, living lives of blissful reverie. Or… there were six archfae. Now there are five, and a mysterious fungal overgrowth encroaches ever closer on the capital. Everything was going fine in Ithivellia until an eternity of delight was su…

Wresyck Junction is part corporate headquarters, part labyrinthine factory complex, and part social epicenter for the emerging gazz music counterculture. Beneath the district, tunnels transporting the “harmless” gasses used in spark vial production double as hubs for criminal activity—the very same vapors can be repurposed to brew narcotics that are increasingly popular among both the city's avant…

Devils, demons, fallen angels, wraiths, witches, and bogeymen rarely get along. They each occupy their own underworld domains, and when a villainous sort from some other hell intrudes, violence and mayhem are sure to follow. On rare occasions, however, vile creatures may decide they need to have a comparatively peaceful chat with one another on neutral ground. When they do, they head to Brimspur, …

At the very edge of the world, north of the Vyndur Mountains and perilously close to the stars, where enchanted waters flow over salt flats and into the immeasurable abyss beyond, a school has stood for three thousand years. Elseridge Academy is the realm’s premier institution for practitioners of each of the magical arts, a home both for beginners to hone their craft without endangering civilians…

Two families merged, and, in so doing, created a hamlet. Over time, this hamlet grew: first came the inn, then the mill, and then state built walls. A hamlet became a village, and then a fort, and then it all came crumbling down. Two families built a hamlet, and, in so doing, doomed it to someday fall to ruin. Hauthell is a system-agnostic, quasi-historical village setting developed by Borough Bo…

Ruvatello is a hidden paradise, a secret resort for the world's elites. In the foothills once home to the farmers of Aloconato, days of hiking from any minor port city, astride the shores of Lago di Mirello, the realm's richest and most powerful individuals relax in luxurious villas. They tan, feast, swim, and make art and love under blue skies and bright moons. This is Ruvatello, an idyllic resor…