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Wouldn’t it be intragroup if your party are all banging?
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2025
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Which rulebook is that?
Memes are good at presenting false dichotomies for people to nod knowingly and say yeah, that about sums it up.
Both of what are valid?
Ten bucks says the first group hasn't had a single character die in the whole campaign, and the second group is all on their second characters due to the Sybian Incident
That's because the first group does their mimic checks
I run gritty low magic games with death and safety tools. Which group do I join!?
What are safety tools?
OSHA 1910.132(d)(1)(ii) mandates that safety tools needs to be clearly communicated to each affected employee.
basically a safe word system for TTRPGs, LARPs, etc.
in my experience they're useful for large and/or public groups but if you have to use them with small groups of familiar people you're probably just not a good match for each other TTRPG wise
I've used lines and veils before but that was because it was my first time running for those players and wasn't very familiar with what is or is not ok for them
I honestly thought it was about PPE.
In Character: I mean, isn't your armour basically PPE against injury induced by foreign actors? 😜
safety glasses only recommenced if you have REALLY enthusiastic dice rollers
D4's are a menace that should be illegal.
I wish Ted would just bring a dice tower, instead of that damn dice mortar!
Well now I want a dice mortar
Methods like the X card or „lines and veiles“, that you can use to define with what you are comfortable or not and to stop in-game if needed.
I want the first one but with high magic. Do you know how compelling the story can be when you're fighting racist oppressors who have access to 'Wish'?
sir, a second wish has hit the hightower
Yes, the term "in-game racism" is pretty broad. Does it mean anything that's not a human, elf, dwarf or halfling has a KILL ME sign on it? Or when elves and dwarves don't get along? Or that character races are called "races" instead of "species"? Is it racism when character race influences stats?
What if someone things humans are fine, but is against variant humans?
I knew it's just optional rules, but I think it's funnier to think of it as an in-universe race of humans.
"I wish for all wishes made after this one to fail spectacularly"
👀
Most the time when people say 'no in game racism' they mean 'these races are bad and these races are good!'
D&D? No thanks
buys yet another no-violence rules-light queer indie rpg book
Love me some Thirsty Sword Lesbians.
There's "everything goes exactly as planned until one player derails the whole session unhindered by rolls or turns" rules-light and "let things flow more naturally and allow things outside the rules if everyone thinks they add to the story" rules-light though...
Personally I much prefer the presence of rules which can be followed if convenient or desired, or ignored if you'd rather, but it is also equally valid to want to do collaborative storytelling/investigation without being derailed by bad rolls, I just know that dealing with setbacks and things not going to plan (which is different to things not succeeding in a pre-planned manner, but again equally valid, along with everything going well if you'd rather) is probably my favourite part
That sounds fun actually.
Safety tools shouldn't be lumped under style of play, IMO.
Yeah, if anything, they're MORE important in a gritty game with death and racism. The further a campaign is likely to go, the more you need to know what's "too far".
100% agree
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"And your character?"
"Three kobolds named Jeff."
safety tools: oh-oh the dragon slipped and impaled itself on your spear which you did not know was actually +10 and guaranteed critical against dragons
Dragon OSHA is on their way, now.
Gritty, low magic, character death, in game racism… are you sure they first game isn’t the old war hammer pen and paper tabletop?
I don't want "lots of the safety tools". I want something useful and effective, not just heaping a whole bunch on and assuming more is better.
Honestly, you only need three at most: a way to set limits beforehand, a way to calibrate during and a safe word for when it goes wrong. Thats not "lots"
From my limited understanding of the English language, the comma before the and makes it so that the "lots" refers to the intergroup romance, not the safety tools. I think.
In formal English, the comma is just wrong. Informally, I agree it does a very effective job of making the message get across that way.
But a much better way would be to say "with safety tools and lots of inter-group romance".
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