Hello! Not sure if this is the right place to post, but this is "Old Smoke", a contemporary 5e setting I'm working on:
Click the title art to access the current work-in-progress version of the setting document. Hopefully more than enough to run a game if it appeals.!
It's set in an alternate modern-day London, and leans in to surreal magic and high drama more than 5e. I'm still working on the narrative flow of the document, my aim is to produce something a new player could conceivably read end-to-end to pick up the gist of the world, then put reference sections and class information towards the back end.
I'm a born Londoner, so the lore aligns well with real-world London's history and culture, just with magic wands and tieflings and stuff.
I'm currently working on the custom classes/weapons/baddies and things; might put a shout out in to the Help Wanted or Offered for that, as it's not my strong suit and progress is slow. So far, the following classes are starting to form:
Sage: Spell class focussed on maintaining attunement with London's magical energy flow.
Bruiser: Tank class whose ablative magical armour can also help negate randomised magical occurrences.
Breach Caster: Spellcaster who can supplement available spell slots at the cost of increased risk of randomised magical occurrences.
Agent: Melee/magic-based utility-focussed class, each with an animal familiar.
Bartitsuka: Highly dexterous, gentlemanly martial artist with excellent taste in shooting hats.
Empath: Non-magical individuals who can interact with the arcane through their influence upon others.