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Fantasy Resources
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Alchemy
Art - Fantasy
- Elfwood Project
Elfwood is the largest science fiction and fantasy art site in the world - Fantasy
Art by Selina Fenech - Pen & Paper ArtShop
Brian LeBlanc, Jeremy Jarvis, Leif Jones - RPG Art
By Alan Pollack - RPG-ART
Roleplaying game illustrations by William McAusland - The Erol Otus Shrine
Old skool D&D illustration goodness!
Art - Historical
- Explore The Rafters
Victoriana clipart - Landsknecht woodcuts
by St. Maximilian Landsknecht Re-enactment Guild - Medieval woodcuts and clipart
Here is a collection of medieval clipart culled from various periodsources, most notably woodcuts of the 15th&16th centuries. - World of Miss Mary
High Quality Victorian clip art for your digital design andscrapbooking projects.
Art - Symbols
Campaign Settings
Dragons
- Here Be Dragons
Your online dragon resource for everything you want to know about dragons: Dragon history, dragon tattoos, dragon art, pictures of dragons, as well as dragon links to find gifts, collectables and figurines for the dragonlover in your life - The Dragon Bestiary
Translated from German
Fantasy Hero
- Surbrook's Stuff
“Surbrook's Stuff” has a large collection of creatures from manysources suitable for fantasy gaming, in the section on Creatures From Myth And Legend - Sysabend
Webdirectory for Hero - The SavageEarth
Fantasy anthropomorphic - Ultimate Grimoire
Ultimate Grimoire is a source for HERO 5E magicspells and items, and spell system design advice. - High Fantasy HERO
Killer Shrike's High Fantasy HERO site. Hundreds of Race and Profession Packages, thousands of spells and heroic effects, dozens of Magic Systems and Characters, highly detailed conversions of D&D and Warhammer FRPG editions, and many long articles full of discussion, advice, and guidelines on diverse topics of importance to the Fantasy genre such as arms and armaments, magic system design, limitations to use to simulate different kinds of magical effects, starting character considerations, and so on.
Fantasy Roleplaying Reference
- Camelot In Four Colors
A Survey of the Arthurian Legend in Comics - DarkStorm Legends
Sword & Sorcery - On Thud and Blunder
An Essay by Poul Anderson - The Encyclopedia Mythica
A very broad quick-reference to mythology and folklore from aroundthe world - The Great Net Equipment List
(very old skool) - The Guideto Herbs for RPGs
4th Edition By Shaun Hately - Tales of Terror
Horror plot seeds
Fencing
- A Study of Period Rapiers
Rapiers - By The Sword,Inc
Fine Quality Reproductions for the Serious Collector andRe-enactor - Nova Scrimia
Fencing Re-Enactment group
Languages
- Ardalambion
Of the Tongues of Arda, the invented world of J.R.R. Tolkien - The Language Construction Kit
The Language Construction Kit
Languages - Elvish
- A course in Quenya
Tolkien - Book of the Missed Words
Tolkien - Elven Language
another elvish language, not invented by Tolkien - Elvish Dictionary
Elvish Dictionary (Tolkien) - The Noble Tongue
Tolkien
Maps
- Dutch Cities
Dutch City maps from the Blaeu Atlas - Historic Cities
Historic Cities - Inns of Hârn Project
Inns and Taverns of Hârn - London 1859
Victorian age detailed map of London - Maps and More
Fantasy maps - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Names
- Kate Monk's Onomastikon
Historical names from around the world - Medieval names
Medieval names - Medieval Names Archive
Medieval Names Archive - Name Generator
Everchanging Book of Names
Online Tools
- Irony Games
Many mapping random generators - Seventh Sanctum
Many random generators of many genres - The Domesday Book
Medieval Demographics
Other Systems - Dragaera
- Cracks and Shards
Observations on Dragaera - Small Invisible Lights
Dzurlord - A Crossroads Adventure in the World of Steven Brust'sJhereg
Other Systems - Forgotten Realms
- Cormanthyr
Cormanthyr is a subsidiary site of the Dlabraddath net. It is asite dedicated to Dungeons and Dragons Elves, especially those of the ForgottenRealms ~ their sub races; psychology; mental and physical attributes; culture and society; deities and religion; history; NPCs; music language and more.
Other Systems - Gloratha
- Hero Wars
This site is dedicated to the roleplaying game HeroQuest (formerly known as Hero Wars), and the fantasy world Glorantha. If you want to now moreabout HeroQuest and Glorantha, check out the official homepage. - HeroQuest
HeroQuest is a roleplaying game set in the mythical world of Glorantha. Go to our products page for a complete listing of available products. - Heroquest Glorantha
The old world is over, and we must exterminate Chaos to saveit. - Pete's Runequest andRoleplaying
It's one of the oldest online, and a lot of material has accumulated over time. You'll find adventures, art, NPCs, and tons of otherstuff here. - Wesley's Glorantha Site
Glorantha is a world of Myth and Magic where Man lives side-by-side with Uz, Mostali, Aldyra, Drulz and other stranger races.
Other Systems - Harn
- Harnmaster.net
HarnWorld/HarnMaster - currently offline - Kelestia
HarnWorld/HarnMaster - Open Directory
HarnWorld/HarnMaster - The Tower Hills
HarnWorld/HarnMaster
Other Systems - Lord of the Rings/MERP
- Hoom! Maps -Walking Directions
Walking directions to Mordor (humour) - Nazgul
Welcome to the best guide to all the black riders of J.R.R Tolkien.A Fast Guide to the Nine Black Riders of Mordor can be found here, More Info about each of them can be found on their own link. This Guide was researched byjonas.astrand@dialog.se - The Encyclopaedia ofArda
Tolkein - Tolkein Online
Welcome to Tolkien Online - The One Ring, acknowledged as theultimate LOTR site by Empire, as featured in Wired Magazine, and recognized byCNN as a leading Lord of the Rings fan site! - Webring
Homepage for the Rolemaster/MERP Webring
Other Systems - Warhammer
- MadAlfred's Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay (WFRP) Page
This page is primarily dedicated to the Warhammer Fantasy RolePlaygame, with some secondary bits for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and 40K - The Bretonnia Project “The corrupt kingdom of Bretonnia” is a complete non-arthurian
Bretonnian sourcebook for WFRP - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay WFRP was born in 1986, created by Games Workshop.
- Warpstone Magazine
- Warhammer FRPG 1e to HERO System Conversion by Killer Shrike
- Warhammer FRPG 2e to HERO System Conversion by Killer Shrike
Programs
- AutoREALM
A detailed free fantasy mapping program for interiors and exteriors, with optional square or hex grid overlay. - Dundjinni
Not only a great mapping tool, but the user forums have tons of maps/adventures posted. Unfortunately specifically tailored to D20. - MapX
A great free mapping tool. The author is currently putting out a new version called DewMap, but the current version of MapX can still be downloaded. - OpenOffice.org
This great office suite has a drawing program that is very adept at making maps. Layering, transparency, and clip-art are all supported. - OpenRPG
Online virtual tabletop - PCGen
Character creation program (generic)
Steampunk
- Steampunk
Victorian Adventurers in a Past that Wasn't - The Arbatel of Magick
Victorian-style magick
Worldbuilding
- Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
(by Patricia Wrede) - World Builder Projects
This is a links portal to various world-building information, witha few personal projects of my own listed at the bottom. - World Builders
Curriculum of course
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