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22 questions linked to/from What do the terms "lines" and "veils" mean?
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How should a GM deal with sexuality in an RPG?
I think it's a matter of fact that since the first moment a player realizes that he or she can interact with someone of the opposite sex romantically within the game, things get hairy. I had my fair ...
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My players have a habit of always torturing enemies they capture for information, how can I make our adventure less macabre? [closed]
So I'm running the lost mines of Phandelver as a new DM and we're about 5 sessions in. I've noticed a pattern that seems to repeat itself: the players defeat and capture an evil NPC character that ...
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How to fix a terrible lapse in judgement
Trigger warning: sexualized violence
In the gaming group I run, I said at the very first day that this was going to be a very "adult" campaign. I told them I wasn't going to pull punches, ...
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How to deal with a PC being played as homophobic?
I’m about to start a sci-fi campaign using Ultramodern5 (a modification of D&D 5e for non-fantasy settings). I’ve been working with players to help build their characters, and one player character ...
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How can I check if a new group is OK with a plotline from an ethical standpoint without spoiling the plot?
TL;DR: I am unsure if the plotline I planned is "too dark" for a new group, and would like to discuss the level of grit with them without spoiling the plotline. How can I do this?
I am ...
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One of my PCs unknowingly slept with his sister [closed]
So some background: 3 sessions into the campaign, we arrived in Neverwinter and went to the nearest inn. At this inn, one of the barmaids started to flirt with our Paladin. Our paladin had sworn an ...
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How do I use God as an NPC while being sensitive to players' real-life religious beliefs?
I'm currently running a 3-year long campaign that is coming to an ending in which God is likely to appear as an NPC. Since this is the end of the campaign I won't need to manage it for very long, but ...
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How to approach sexual violence so that it adds to the narrative?
The popularity of this question has left me a bit confused as how exactly a GM can include sexual violence in their game. Let's assume that you have a mix of male and female players and characters and ...
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How to deal with a character that has a cruel/barbarian behavior without having him leave the party?
As a new DM, I've been having a few games with my players, and it has been really fun.
However, at some point, a player's character started to genuinely skin a (recently deceased) half-orc boss to ...
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How I politely say to my players that I don't want to DM to them anymore?
I DM for a few different groups in a simultaneous fashion.
DM'ing is a breeze for most of those groups. We always have a blast, we have a lot of fun, and we always end our day looking forward to the ...
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Do the rules allow unlimited experience through Hx gains?
Looking over the basic playbook for Apocalypse World, some of the rules seem like they would allow two (or more) cooperating players to quickly and trivially gain as much experience as they want. For ...
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DM is making rules without reason, how can I stop this [closed]
My DM is a beginner, she does not know the basics very well. I am playing a game where I am inside a camp with creatures that can give you almost any food that you want (We're doing this game off of a ...
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Do familiars reproduce? If 'yes', what kinds of offspring result?
The spell Find Familiar summons a simple yet common creature of the caster's choice (like a cat, rat, raven or weasel). Such a creature's organs all function healthfully, including eating and sleeping....
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What describes the portion of the social contract that describes explicitly-permitted controversial themes?
I am working on drafting the table culture guidelines for an upcoming game, and I plan to use the lines and veils methodology to lay out content boundaries. Lines and veils are a subtractive element: ...
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Player already planning on holding the party hostage next campaign
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We had a new player join us mid campaign and he made an eccentric Dragonborn character. The character joined a group of a rather ignorant elf and human who were already at odds with each ...