AU Concept Repository

[RetroVenus]

i've mentioned a couple au ideas on discord but they'll most likely never get past the planning phase 'cause the hyperfixation giveth and the hyperfixation taketh away ANYWAY HERE I GOOOOOOOOOOO

SOTF IN SPACE
Not to be confused with SOTF: Space.

[+] Description

The year is 20XX. Humanity's progress in technology has made leaps and bounds. The crown jewel? A space station floating between Earth and the Moon, known as the Silver Serenity. Called by many as the ultimate vacation destination, the space resort has it all; hotels, restaurants, casinos, from family friendly to nightlife, it's all here. There's even apartments available for those who don't want to leave.

Out of all the resorts, it's one of the most famous – and most expensive. It's a miracle our class of senior high school students get to go there for their end-of-year trip, whether they're from an equally expensive private school that could afford the trip, or a public school that won a lottery.

But it seems that all the signals humanity has been sending out to space has finally got an answer. Seeming to appear out of nowhere, a group a aliens have set there sights on Earth, and they want to send their own message back. To that end, they disguise themselves as human, take control over the Silver Serenity, and evacuate most other tourists using various excuses. The students are then given an ultimatum; kill each other until one is left alive, or the station will blow up.

The AU that I've put the most thought into (which isn't much), this AU came to me in a dream. For the most part, it really is just SOTF IN SPACE, but another Handler (Catche?) came up with an idea on how Danger Zones could work: when an area is designated a DZ, once the time limit to evacuate is up, the area detaches itself from the rest of the station and life support is turned off. To that end, collars aren't exactly in play here.

SOTF: 1929
Can work for any time period but I'm gonna pick the '20's.

[+] Description

The year is 1929. The Roaring 20's is at it's height, and the decadence and glamour seem neverending. So too is the seedy underworld sparked by the Prohibition, it's roots growing more and more each day. Almost everyone seems to have some sort of connection to the Mafia – or at least, almost all of our senior high school students.

See, the private school they attend has a bit of a reputation, and the reputation is that this school houses the children of various members of a well know Gang. From vaguely connected associates to the Don himself, even though there are a few students with their hands clean, it seems like everyone there has a relative involved in crime.

Now see, this Gang has bit of a rivalry with another Outfit. They don't like each other very much. And this Outfit here, they caught wind that all the kids of the Gang tend to attend this one fancy school. Now, they're not murderers, but what's stopping these kids from killing each other, given appropriate circumstances? That'll send a message, and all the better if there's a survivor; they could use an extra member.

This AU is basically the reverse of the Space one; instead of SOTF in the future, it's SOTF in the past! Again, there's not much variation to the rules. The main major changes would reflect on what technology was available at that time.

I'll update this post as I add more AU ideas.

[Deblod100]

PROJECT HELLBENT

A PvE RP not for the faint of heart!

(Plot details subject to change.)

The Federal Correctional Institution of Preston County.

You done a lot or something minor that became major to end up here.

Despite what you might say, you're guilty of something. Say that you were framed for all that you want, you're not leaving here until you do your sentence. Or can you?

One day, a seemingly meek businesswoman shows up and has the prison warden make an announcement. A private military company known as the Rockefeller Group is offering a deal that seems too good to be true. They are offering any inmate a removal of their sentence no matter how minor or major, no major on their risk, no matter the crime, in exchange to sign up for a private program that can give them a blank slate, including financial compensation in $1,000,000 dollars in forming a new public identity to adapt back to civilian life.

No matter your reasons, you accept the contract to this private program. The only vague information that you get on this mysterious program is that you are to be assigned to handle "major causality events".

Things viciously escalate after that.

The next thing you know, a simple prison transfer turns into an asset seizing, taking you and a whole bunch of prisoners to an airport operated by the Rockefeller Group, who gives you the rundown with extreme prejudice. Turns out that businesswoman wasn't so meek, when she executes two death row prisoners by hand.

The rundown is this. You and your new "friends" are assigned to neutralize a threat happening at a secluded cult compound in the Indonesia rainforest that is being operated by an infamous religious organization known as "Adam's Children", led by a singer turned pastor turned cult leader, now wanted by the FBI after evidence surfaced that he had his own followers murder several journalists digging up information about his organization. Viewing himself as a reincarnation of the first male human Adam, he has fled the United States with thousand of his devout followers. All that is known is radio silence from the group, until a news team tried to do a story into the matter, only to vanish themselves in the rainforest.

Given a generous amount of weaponry and items and sent to parachute at the outskirts of the secluded rainforest, the prisoners at first assume that the threat in question is due to another paramilitary group that is in the area. However, it turns out their early assumptions are wrong, when bodies start appearing.

Then, the prisoners realize that something completely malicious in still around.

And it's coming for them...

---

OOC Information: Project Hellbent is a PvE RP with inspirations from Evil Dead Rise, the Outlast series, the Dead Space franchise, Amnesia: The Bunker, and the V/H/S horror movie series.

This is not a RP for the faint of heart. Hellbent will attempt to push the boundaries of morality and deliver a bleak and violent world that will send handlers' subjects to the brink of unfathomable horrors. Subjects will be led to believe they will be given a high chance of survival, since each subject is automatically given a random non-joke primary ranged weapon, including one secondary ranged or melee weapon, including one randomized utility or tool.

Within the "arena", subjects will either do what it takes to survive against horrors none can ever imagine, along with the sheer brutality of pure malice at work.

A tribute to pure survival horror in roleplay format.

[ItzToxie]

I've realized ive talked a lot about my setting in the discord without actually posting it here, so without further ado:


Survival of The Fastest: Route 666

And on the seventh day, The President created entertainment. In another timeline, it is the far future of the year 2013. The Cold War went hot some twenty or thirty years ago, and the world as we knew it was destroyed. But much like the famed roaches, humanity is just as hard to kill off. These new humans are inoculated into a world of ultraviolence, death, and carnage. Roving gangs of bandits used to harass lonely settlements, those too weak or too poor to have their own automobile were grinded into dust underneath the tires on the red-black roads of death. At least, until the New American Empire arrived. From atop his capital Pyramid within Paradise City Nevada, Mr. President rules his country with an iron fist, stamping out rebellion and banditry with great prejudice. Under his control, the world almost somewhat resembled the days before the great flash. But with safety came boredom, and not everyone was a soldier or courier. Underneath the NAE, Entertainment and Tourism became a commodity, the only way it could in a world in love with the violence that created it. Gladiatorial games, obstacle courses, Demolition Derbies, and questionnaire games where the price of loss is one's own life, the masses were kept complacent by televised ultraviolence on Pay-Per-View. The most watched, and the country's new past time, happens to be Survival of The Fastest. 100 of the world's greatest drivers gather at the staging point in the remains of LAIA, preparing for a cross country odyssey that will take them all the way to the finish line at Nuked York. Many of these drivers die, and yet all whom are chosen volunteer, and for what? The reward is to meet Mr.President himself, where he will grant the brave victor one wish, anything their heart desires. It's not a trick, or honeyed words either, he's the real deal, and has proven it numerous times since the game's creation.

You are one of those 100. You were chosen because villages, settlements, and warbands have lived and died due to your skills behind the wheel of a large automobile, as were your other contestants. But they don't scare you. You're the Best. You'll win, and you'll take that wish with open arms. Just be careful what you wish for, because you will get it, regardless if you truly want it or not.


...And on the seventh day, The President created entertainment.
__________



So that is my upcoming AU, coming to VHS very, very soon! It's a post-apocalyptic racing AU inspired by the Twisted Metal series, Fallout, Death Race 2000, The Running Man, Mad Max, Lisa the Painful, Escape from New York, Fist of The North Star and other various forms of 80's popculture, consumerism parodies, and Saturday morning toy commercial advertisement cartoons. It's very much an anything goes, over the top, outlandish and weird high octane setting, meant to give the handlers 100% agency on how they effect the world and each other.

My favorite thing to mention about it, is unlike other death games, DEATH IS OPTIONAL! Though you may be rolled out, you choose how your story ends, be it simply not making the finish line, getting car jacked, running out of gas, oversleeping the time limit, or even dying horribly, and that last one doesn't stop you from coming back in the next competition! On top of that, even if you're out of the game, it doesn't mean you can't continue to participate, there's hundreds of thousands of raiders, warbands, and chasers looking to take out the remaining drivers encroaching onto their turf! I intend to make the application process incredibly streamlined and easy to pass, with a very, very, lenient critique process that exists to help mold your driver and vehicle into the setting more comfortably, and even give you opportunity to affect the world itself with your backstory! After all, if your driver was lucky enough to be picked, they've done some crazy shit to gain Mr.President's eye!

[EllisWilson]

Hello, this idea has been kicking around in my head for a bit now. It probably won’t become anything more for a while, but I feel the need to force knowledge of it onto others:


SURVIVAL OF THE HIGHEST

The Burj Khalifa is the single tallest man made structure on earth, jutting high from the heart of Dubai, home to some of the wealthiest individuals; the elite. Those same elite, however, are prone to boredom, so what do you do with the world at your fingers and billions of dollars at your command?

You kidnap children, of course.

A sinister new trend has taken hold of the richest people on earth, one that compels them to gamble with the lives of others for their own petty amusement. Their opposition on the back foot, their worldviews distorted, and their pockets bottomless, they have created a playground for evil from which a new sort of game show has emerged:

Survival of the Highest.

The premise is simple: High school students are kidnapped and taken to one of the worlds many skyscrapers. They are given a weapon, a bag of supplies, and an explosive collar around their neck. From there, one goal exists; Be the first to reach the top, or die trying.

Let the rat race begin!
_____________

This idea came about because I am simultaneously petrified of heights and overjoyed whenever I see a character in something fall to their death. The rest of the concept was born out of a need to explain how this might happen. I have no timeframe for when/if this will become a thing, but it’s here. Base rules will apply.

[FlockOfHens]

Hey there! I wanted to throw my hat in the ring with this idea, and here it goes:

SOTF: ROGUE

Premise: In the far-off future of 2024, technology seems to have created a path to improve nations for further generations. You play as a hidden operative, whether it's a feared hitman, a well-fashioned spy, or a mole selling information for cash. As you go along with your daily routine, figuring out possible leads to your next task, you find a mysterious envelope containing a vacation package. You soon find that the package includes a first-class ticket to a Korean airline and an invitation to stay at the Sharon Tower, a skyscraper that claims to be one of the top 10 tallest buildings, beating out China's CITIC Tower. Reluctant at first, you then notice your package is under the expense of Dhan Seung-Oh, the owner of the tower and the current target of your current task. Without further delay, you pack your bags and hit the skies towards South Korea. Despite the heavy weather, you booked a room in the tower's hotel facilities and devised plans for your and Seung-Oh's confrontation. But then, you find the most horrifying news possible. Seung-Oh was found dead under peculiar circumstances. With plans to leave empty-handed, you're then greeted with another package. Opening the box contains a utility/weapon, a pair of clothes, and a phone explaining why you are here:

You've become a contestant in an assassination game with a cash prize.

Location & Function: Your character can be from any nation, but the story takes place in a futuristic Busan in South Korea. The game will be hosted in a fictional building called Sharon Tower. Construction of the skyscraper initially started in 2013 but was at a halt when the original owner, Dhan Kanhjeong, died during the COVID-19 pandemic. Luckily, his child, Seung-Oh, had completed construction around 2022. The Sharon Tower includes several floors for a hotel, mall, office, indoor park, indoor college, indoor theme park, and several others.

Your character will be given a randomized item that can prove effective or useless against your target. These items can range from a handgun with a silencer to a syringe of lethal poison. The included clothing would also be randomized and range from ordinary clothes, such as work uniforms and streetwear, to extravagant apparel, such as formal wear or a mascot suit. The phone will include a countdown of the game's duration, a map of the entire tower, and details of your current target. In this game, you can't go all-out guns blazing; stealth is critical. You can get creative on how you can secretly kill someone or how to dispose of their body. This game could also replace Danger Zones with Risk Zones. When someone dies, more security will be focused around the selected area to the point it will be heavily protected.

Reasons For Your Arrival:

• Thieves & Con-Artists: It's no secret that Seung-Oh would be stinkin' rich from their father's inheritance. If you managed to exploit some cash from them or even steal some from their bank accounts, you would be financially set.
• Spies & Moles: There's been word that Seung-Oh has shady dealings with North Korean officials. Information like that would be dangerous and incredibly expensive.
• Assassins & Hitmen: There's been word that Seung-Oh has shady dealings with North Korean officials. Although you were tasked to snuff them out, it seems someone else got to them first.
• Everyone Else (Hackers, Mafia, etc.): They seem okay. It would be a shame for something horrible to happen to them. Wait, they're dead? Ah...

Notes: I don't have any plans on hosting this game, but if anyone wants to take this out of my hands, let me know!

[NoLife42069]

SOTF: Afterlife/Purgatory

Premise: You lived your life. However long or short, you lived it and now? You are dead. The way doesn't matter, whether you: Drowned, Suffocated, Crushed, Murdered, Trampled, incarnated, Stabbed, Shot, Bled out, Impaled, Blown up, Strangled, Beaten, Bludgeoned, Succumbed to Hypo or Hyperthermia, Hung, Harpooned, Flayed, Mauled, Eviscerated, Beheaded, Bisected, Trisected, Quadsected, dehydration, Starvation, Plague, Sickness, Fell, Blown up, Succumbed, Etc, Etc, Etc, Etc, Etc...

No matter, how you died, when you died, or what you did before you died. You are dead, and now? Your here.

A strange realm that exists outside of time and space, no one knows how they got here, nor why, not even when where or how. But what they do know, is that salvation awaits on the other side. The problem? They have to get through everyone else first.

Everyone here awakes after a dream. It's different for everyone, some say a dark void others an elevator, once someone even said on the edge of a volcano. Regardless, everyone has a dream and in that dream, a voice calls to them, again its different for every person. There are some consistencies though.

• 1. They always speak in a calm cool voice.
  2. Everyone who hears it are strangely calmed by it.
  3. It always tells us the same thing, if some differences.

That we have died, and now must fight for the salvation. Whatever heaven you believe in? It's waiting for you at the end. But if we want to see that salvation then we have to fight for it. Armed with ridiculous items ranging from weapons, to armor, to even things that aren't real, even useless crap. We have one order, Kill everyone else. There can be only one person still "Alive" in this place. What happens to them? No clue, but I assume they make it to salvation.

Now you may be wondering. "What happens to those who fail? Those that died again?" Well, our souls aren't destroyed or anything. No, we come back. Back to this area, sometimes things change, sometimes new people appear and others disappear. But we always come back, to do it again. We keep doing it over and over and over and over again until we win. Until we are the sole survivor. Me? Oh, I've been here awhile... Time doesn't have meaning here, I used to count the days but that was a long time ago. Instead we tend to count the attempts. I'm on my 66784th attempt... Yeah, I know a lot. But one day, one of these attempts I'll get it.

I've killed folks and then saw them another go, I've almost forgotten my original life... But... I still keep going...


So that's the basics. The area isn't really an island per say. More like a collection of locations haphazardly shoved together for people to fight in. Everyone remembers their old live, even the way they died. Characters range in age from 16 all the way up to 80. In general everyone is going to come from the present the first go around (keeps thing simple.) But In the possible future I would like to use a variety of time periods. Characters can also have gone through this before, for some this is their first attempt, others? This is their thousandth. Collars are gone, but the announcements and danger zones remain. If in a different form. Edits can happen.

[FlockOfHens]

Following my idea for SOTF: ROGUE, I thought I could pitch in another idea for a zombie-related universe, and it's called:

SOTF: DEAD-END

Premise:
"We didn't know what happened... One moment we were driving out of the city, and the next... They... they got her... I tried pulling her away from them... but... oh god..." - [REDACTED]

How did it all start? Was it a viral infection? A bio-weapon? An act from god? Who knows, what matters now is that it happened. By the first day, nobody had noticed it was there. By the third day, there were reports of several assaults in broad daylight. By the fourth day, the military had stepped in, bordering off cities from travel. But by the seventh day, hell broke loose; the infection grew, riots broke out, the military was overthrown, and chaos ensued. Within minutes, the United States had collapsed from this devastating event, and the country became a quarantined inferno. It's been almost a month, and somehow, you've survived the madness with your wits, skills, and tactics. But through different electronic devices, you discover that the president is deploying rescue teams to search for as many survivors in the country as possible. The only problem is that their rescue will take days to reach you.

Would you fight your way out or flee as quickly as possible? Would you help someone in danger or help yourself first? Would you be willing to live or die? The answers are up to your survival.

Location & Function:
Your character is a survivor currently seeking shelter at the Golden Gates Institute, a fictional counterpart of San Fransisco's State University. The college was founded in 1899 and has become the most recommended college in the state. While everyone starts with a randomized item, the weapons themselves are mundane, ranging from makeshift shanks and spears to free ballpoint pens that were given out at a career fair. A few rare items include a gun stolen from a police officer and keys belonging to one of the hundreds of cars scattered across the map. Maybe even a service dog named Molly? Who knows!

Unfortunately, most of the game functions haven't been figured out yet with this AU. However, it would make more sense for everyone to explore the city outside of campus. I have many ideas like different ways to escape San Fransisco before the military arrives. All locations in San Fran would relate to IRL places with a ton of corpses displaying different stories behind them, like a kid's party-turned-suicide pact, a bank robbery gone awry, a failed escape attempt via car, or even a few journals that could explain a survivor's tale before their demise. The weather could even come into play to your benefit, like a foggy night, or your dismay, like an earthquake!

Zombie Types:

• Generics: The most basic of zombies. They walk, bite, and decay, but most of all, they're easy to kill.
• Runners: They run like a never-ending marathon, and when they get a lock on their prey, it'd be best to run.
• Stalkers: Whether in the open air or the darkest night, they'll always be hiding. It's better to be alert to your surroundings.
• Ringleaders: Although incredibly weak, they often attract other zombies through deathly screams.
• Hives: A eerily sight when a group of wasps decided to make a nest out of a zombie. Areas of decay are instead patched with fiber.
• Brutes: The strongest of the zombie list. It'll take more than headshots to take these zombies down.

Notes: So yeah, there may already be a few AU concepts that include aspects of zombie media, so I thought I'd join the cause! I'm getting ideas from all related content, like World War Z, Zombieland, Project Zomboid, Zom 100, Dead Rising, Dead Island, Dawn of the Dead, High School of the Dead, All of Us Are Dead, Road of the Dead, Lollipop Chainsaw, you name it! Again, I have no plans to host, but instead to give the idea to someone else to create out of!

[EllisWilson]

MASQUERADE

Hello sir/Ma’am/Other!

You have been cordially invited to attend a masquerade ball which will be held at the home of the esteemed Veller Schram. Enclosed within is the mask and name you have been assigned for this event. Don’t ask how we got your face measurements…

We hope to see you at the event!
LOCATION: 445 Stoneheath Crescent, Abigail, Vermont
START TIME: 8:00 pm EST

**
MASQUERADE is a murder mystery game which differs greatly from the usual formula. Instead of a group of terrorists kidnapping a class of high school students and making them kill each other, the conflict will revolve around unmasking a killer amongst your own group.

The killer will be chosen through a secret roll after the character registration process, and will remain totally anonymous until enough evidence is gathered or until someone makes a lucky guess. The game will go for as long as this takes, with the party continuing to dwindle.

Think Clue or that one episode of Family Guy where James Wood dies.