The world is cold, but some areas more than others. Sharran can contain the average person's worst nightmares. High Sharran, officially named Aetheril, contains the highest nobles and wizards. Though, royalty can be deceiving: never take anything here at face value. Lower Netheril, officially named Shaderil, is where nightmares are real. Some say the emotion of fear originated in just this one part of the continent, and slowly spread to the rest of the world a long time ago. This lower plane is devoid of color, and contains the lowest of the low society.
A dense fog divides society in this land, more so then normal in the various regions of Fanensunn. This fog, called the mist by residents of Sharran, cuts abnormally through both Aetheril and Shaderil. If you are so lucky to make it out of the mist, you will most likely find yourself in a completely different climate, landscape and society. You may find towns or similar structures in these various societies, but don't trust them at face value, only a fool gets comfortable in this terrible, gruesome, and extremely grim region.
Netheril: Table of Contents
Setting
Grim Neutral Fantasy/Grim Bright Fantasy depending on places in the continent, low to medium-low magic, dystopian, violent, mystery.
Supernaturals
People are strange in these parts of the world; and the uglier they are, the stranger they come.
The following are a list of features that you may pick at character creation. You get a choice of 1 supernatural. Find the list of supernaturals here.
Character Creation in Sharran
Use the Netheril: Table of Contents link listed above to look at everything that is allowed to be played in the campaign. If you are looking for anything else that is not in that section, ask me about it so we can discuss other possible options.
Because of the grimdark setting, some subclasses, races, or sometimes even feats simply do not work. There are some options in these categories that I disallowed, but, in return, there are new options that only fit for a grimdark setting. You can find these grimdark restricted options by checking the parenthesis next to the option links.
Sharran also makes use of the Overdrive mechanic, which you can read about in its individual page, but does not use Bloodlines during character creation. Both mechanics are my personal homebrew and require playtesting, but Overdrive is the most balanced of the two as it has possible negative effects.