World Anvil Information: October 2025

The spooky season is right here, and that should imply… Spooktober is again! Right here’s what’s coming this month on World Anvil.

🎲 Legend within the Mist character sheet

Due to the superb Tillerz, now you can create your Legend within the Mist characters on World Anvil, with full integration with our marketing campaign supervisor! Examine this instance character to see what it is going to appear like, and the participant workflow in case you haven’t used World Anvil earlier than!

👀 Main releases… very quickly!

Final month, we introduced we had two options being examined:

• The sidebar menu lists: No extra cluttered unorganized lists of maps/timelines/and many others—manage ALL THE THINGS!
• An up to date picture administration system: Add, manage, and handle your photographs with a brand new UI designed to allow you to concentrate on what issues.

And we’re presently within the final rounds of bug-fixing for a serious replace to the Pocket book—create, edit, and consider your notes from ANYWHERE on World Anvil! We count on these options to exit throughout October… and we couldn’t be extra excited. So many new toys to play with!

However we have now much more concepts and plans for the longer term, so in case you’re an Alchemist, extra options would possibly go into beta quickly sufficient! (Learn this in case you’re unsure what an alchemist is!)

Try the Changelog web page on World Anvil for the complete changelog.

🗓️ October occasions

October is the spookiest month of the 12 months, so it’s time for the spookiest problem… with a singular Tolkienesque spin!

• 👻 Spooktober: For this problem, we provide you with 21 spooky phrases—create one thing based mostly on no less than 13 of those to get the participation badge. And to have fun the seventieth anniversary of The Return of the King, all prompts are phrases borrowed from The Lord of the Rings! Examine the problem web page for particulars.
• ✍️ NovelEmber Prep: Prepare to jot down 50k phrases (or to finish your insurgent purpose) for our November writing problem! Examine our NovelEmber prep recommendation, and the NovelEmber web page for extra info.
• ✨ Group Day: this month’s World Anvil Group Day will probably be on October 18th! Right here’s the programme:
  • 🐺 Werewolves! We’ll sit down with Kel McDonald to speak about werewolves and tips on how to combine them into your worldbuilding.
  • 🎓 Sage Seminar: The Three Ts of Style. Be a part of this month’s seminar to be taught all in regards to the step 0 of selling: discovering your preferrred reader profile! You’ll discover the hyperlink within the Skilled Portal.
  • ☕ Interior Sanctum Espresso: in case you’re a member of the Interior Sanctum, be part of the bi-monthly Espresso, at 10am UK/2am Pacific and 4pm UK/8am Pacific! The hyperlink will probably be shared on the Discord channel on the day.

Upcoming Occasions on World Anvil!

Right here’s a listing of our upcoming challenges and group occasions, that can assist you prepare:

All our challenges launch first on group stay stream, so observe us on Twitch to get the information first!

👻🎂 Birthday & Spookiful Folks: Nevermore Noir Soirée!

On November eighth, World Anvil turns 8 years previous… and we’re celebrating in type—in spooky type! We’ll have a particular birthday stuffed with celebration of the whole lot we have now all completed. However an important a part of the celebration will probably be YOU!

Your quest, in case you select to simply accept it, is to take a selfie that follows the Spookiful Folks theme indirectly. We encourage props, costumes, cool lighting, and the rest it is advisable present your boo-tiful face! 👻 Right here’s tips on how to enter:

1. Take a photograph of your self in a manner that’s (no less than tangentially) associated to the theme: Nevermore Noir Soirée. You’ll be able to edit your image, however it’s important to be in it! (Your face may be hidden by masks and many others. in case you desire.)
2. Simply submit your image! You’ll be able to EITHER submit on the web site group stream—make sure you use the hashtag #SpookifulPeople25—or within the Discord #spookiful-people channel when it opens. Or each!
3. You will have till November eighth to submit. You’ll even get a shiny digital badge in your profile!

All photos tagged with #SpookifulPeople25 will probably be proven on stream through the Awards Ceremony, and Dimitris & Janet will select their favourite! Observe us on Twitch to be on high of the whole lot World Anvil!

📹 YouTube video round-up

Want somewhat push to enhance your worldbuilding? Or need some recommendation from knowledgeable worldbuilder? Listed here are our newest YouTube movies:

• 6 tricks to make low-magic settings really feel bizarre & great: The magic system in your world doesn’t must be flashy to be impactful. This video explores tips on how to create low-magic settings the place each spell has a major value and consequence, making your story or marketing campaign extra enchanting.
• 5 brainstorming hacks for worldbuilders: On this video, we’ll share 5 tried and examined methods for artistic brainstorming, serving to you clear up issues and provide you with recent concepts in a rush. They usually’re tailor-made particularly for worldbuilders, authors, and avid gamers!
• Immediacy in worldbuilding: ditching filter phrases: There’s a hidden saboteur lurking in your writing – it’s in your worldbuilding descriptions, your prose, even in your RPG alouds. However Janet is right here to point out you WHAT these phrases are, HOW to identify them, and WHY they should get the chop!
• The Canadian Caper | worldbuilding high-stakes heists: Do you know there’s a wild – however 100% true! – story about how the CIA saved 6 folks from seize, interrogation, and attainable execution… WITH THE POWER OF WORLDBUILDING! And you should utilize this crazy-but-true story as a blueprint to create an thrilling, high-stakes rescue mission!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to remain on high of all our newest movies.

🌟 Group spotlight

What if Carthage had traveled to the Americas? And what if Alexander the Nice lived an extended life? These are the questions that impressed the large Roman Historical past timeline, a central piece of the alt historical past world of Terra Occidentalis and winner of the Historical past Award within the Worldbuilding Awards 2025. Right here’s what kefkejaco, the creator, needed to say:

Terra Occidentalis got here into being throughout one of many problem months from my love for historical past. After writing largely about my fantasy world that orignated from my DnD marketing campaign I needed to make one thing extra grounded in realism. As the traditional period was my favourite interval of historical past since I used to be a small youngster, additionally helped by holidays to the Greek Isles, I believed it could be a pleasant thought to make another historical past.

Probably the most intersting beginning factors that will be totally different have been “what if Alexander III lived an extended”, and “what if Carthage managed to journey to the American continent”. This rapidly led to me utilizing World Anvil to create timelines and maps finally culminating into the Greek Timeline and Roman Timeline, the latter of which is featured right here.

For me it was a enjoyable time creating this different timeline. It did, nonetheless, take various work because it resulted in me doing deep-dives in histories from that point interval, trying up historical migration actions and likewise trying up the origin of many place names and the way different nations would name sure locations if historical past went otherwise. On this regard World Anvil timelines have been an amazing assist as they made it straightforward for me to see the bigger photos of what occasions transpired at across the similar time and what occasions might affect others. Listening to that the timeline received the award was superb, knowning that my laborious work payed off and that folks additionally like my non fantasy work.

So thanks all who voted for me! Regardless that many will of you’ll maybe have seen I’ve been fairly absent this 12 months it’s with good purpose as there are numerous preparations for the upcoming delivery of my son. As soon as the mud has settled a bit I’ll make sure you return in full power and hope to jot down much more for each Terra Occidentalis and Niorath!

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