Lines & Veils

Lines & veils are used to set boundaries on content in a game.

Lines are hard limits on content, things that the GM or the players don’t want to engage in. Setting up a line means that content won’t show up in the game at all.

Veils are soft limits, things that are ok “behind a curtain” or when they “cut-to-black.” Setting up a veil means that the content might be in the game but not spotlighted or described in great detail.

Lines and veils can be adjusted as needed throughout the game.

Above text copied and adapted from the TTRPG Safety Toolkit by Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk.

Lines

• Bestiality
• Gratuitous torture
• Physical abuse
• Sexual assault

Veils

• Any content beyond "R-rated"
• Extremely graphic violence and intense gore
• Torture, cruelty, or harm towards children or animals
• Sexual content (romantic or intimate scenes beyond PG-13)