Shanarel – A Whimsical Fantasy Campaign Setting for 5e

Coming in spring 2027!

Shanarel is a whimsical fantasy campaign setting for tabletop RPGs, set on a vast and vibrant continent where the strange is ordinary and the impossible feels just within reach. Designed as a 5E campaign setting and easily adaptable to other systems, it offers a rich and inviting fantasy setting guide for GMs and players alike.

It’s a joyful ride for GMs and players who delight in colourful, curious, and delightfully odd adventures – the kind of tabletop roleplaying experience that embraces wonder, playfulness, and discovery. Shanarel is a world you might actually want to live in: gentler than our own, yet still brimming with mystery, magic, and just enough danger to keep things exciting.

Expect talking oddities, peculiar cultures, and moments of quiet beauty woven between bursts of adventure. This is escapism with a smile – a fantasy worldbook where imagination takes the lead and exploration is always rewarded.

Fully compatible with D&D 5E, Shanarel is also flexible by design – a system-agnostic campaign setting you can easily adapt to suit your game and make entirely your own.

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Prepare to encounter:

• 45 different playable cultures from 21 species, each with their own backgrounds and rules, populating the vast continent of Shanarel,
• 118 countries, each with a short description, forming a chaotic, lovable, and ever-surprising world state,
• a thorough guide to culture on this delightfully messy continent – with entries on magic, history, economy, flora, fauna, art, craft, architecture, languages, sex, and many more subjects,
• a robust rules section, including notes on character creation, additional subclasses, and guidance for the things that work a little differently in this world,
• a starter adventure for levels 1–2, so you know exactly where to begin your journey,
• loads of maps by Mark Smylie,
• a wealth of wonderful illustrations by Ameera Sheikh, Arantza Sestao, Gwenevere Singley, Mark Smylie, Mauro Alocci, Thea Gedé, Simone Tammetta, Volodymyr Bondar, Francisco Vegas, Anna Jäger-Hauser, Roena Rosenberger, and Justine Barthel,
• and layout by Thorsten Janes!

Read about the creation of Shanarel in our BLOG.

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