consent

Consent in role-playing games is agreement among players about what content is acceptable in play. Unlike many other forms of entertainment, role-playing games are co-created in real time — any participant can introduce themes, scenarios, or situations that others find uncomfortable or harmful. Consent practices address this by making boundaries explicit and revisable.

Consent in this context is ongoing, not a one-time declaration. A player who was comfortable with a theme at the start of a campaign may find their limits have changed. Safety tools provide mechanisms for renegotiating consent during play without disrupting the fiction.

Session zero is where initial consent conversations happen: players discuss content they want to explore, content they want excluded, and how to handle situations that fall in between. The goal is not to avoid all difficult themes but to ensure that everyone at the table has agreed to engage with them.