
100 Creepy Futuristic Things and Events
On Quisicosas since 12 April 2026
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What it is about
This is a selection of different things for a GameMaster to use to add a creepy atmosphere in a futuristic setting. The various different items listed are designed for the horror genre, with some suitable for the modern period though most will require at least a cyberpunk setting and many a futuristic one, especially one with spaceships, but some could be used to simply make a location creepier, even in a game that is not specifically of the horror genre. Some of them are most suited to an urban area, others for the countryside, whilst some can be used in any location.
The various items listed may or may not have an effect on characters - whether or not they do have a direct effect is up to the GM, as is what that effect might be. Some of the results may suggest a supernatural or otherworldly source of menace, others may simply represent a purely human level of horror whilst it's possible that any horrific impression is given by simply misinterpreting a more everyday occurrence. The GM may wish to encourage such misinterpretations made by the characters in order to make them more nervous, or to distract them from what they really should be paying attention to. More than a few results could easily have a negative consequence; witnessing some of them could shake a character’s mind, even if it's from a misinterpretation.
The various results on the list can be used as adventure hooks, problems, clues or simply as scenery, with no other purpose than to spook the character(s) who come across them and who may think there is more to them than that, keeping them guessing.
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Here are some sample results:
Hybrid beings are being created in a laboratory robots, though this is being done by cutting limbs and other parts of people and animals whilst they are still alive and attaching them to others. None of the creatures look like they have any chance of surviving any of the surgeries being done, as all that seems to have been used to treat them is paralytics to stop them from being able to move, rather than any anaesthetics or antibiotics, and the various parts are being attached in nonsensical places.
If panelling is removed from the walls in order to try and fix what might be expected to be conduits, when removed it can be discovered that instead of the wires and pipes that would be normally expected, what runs behind the walls is a series of tendons and veins that, by the looks of it, have been harvested from living creatures and used instead. Even when it would seem that such could not do the job of technological items, they oddly still manage to do so.
In neat heaps in this room are piles of body parts, all of them organised by what they are, so heads are with heads and right hands are with right hands. The body parts look to have been severed at the major joints, and there is no blood near any of the piles. Investigating the body parts show that all the cuts were surgically clean and that all of the blood is missing from them. The proper equipment will reveal that at least some of the severing was done whilst the victims were still alive.
In this medbay, bodies are lying on the beds and a functioning medbot appears to be working on injuries they have suffered. However, if watched, it can be seen that the medbot has fastened what initially appeared to be patients to the hospital beds and, rather than trying to help them, is instead cutting pieces off one individual and then attaching them to another. Given that the medbot has access to drugs and medical equipment, many have suffered trauma that would have otherwise been fatal. The medbot will attempt to add any intruders to its stock.
Insects are crawling all over everything, moving with odd, jerky movements. Examining the insects more closely reveals that they all appear to have been blended with machines, as if they'd been augmented with insect-sized cyberware. However, the places where the machine and insect parts meet is clearly poorly done, and the insects look to be suffering from various ailments related to this.
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