This page is a high-level summary only, for the complete list of safety tools that players and DM’s may use and all the banned/sensitive topics players and DM’s are expected to handle with care, please see the Content Guidelines & Safety Tools document.
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Certain topics are banned entirely from the table in Kantas, and others require sensitive handling - both of which are listed in the Content Guidelines & Safety Tools document. Lines and sensitive topics are applicable to all players, and apply on anything Kantas related (including the Forum and the Discord server).
If a DM is running a game which might contain a topic that requires sensitive handling, they will post a content warning in their Rumour post. Please take care to read the content warnings for a game so you can make an informed decision before signing up and if you have any questions, you should reach out to the DM running the game.
Safety tools are a way for players and DMs to communicate and check-in before, during, and after a game in order to make sure everyone is having fun, and to provide the right support when needed. The care and well-being of everyone at the table ALWAYS comes before the game or story.
The tools we utilise in the LRC are based on the TTRPG Safety Toolkit, a resource co-curated by Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk which can be found here, the most frequently used being the X-Card and Veiling.
The X-Card can be used if anything makes a player/DM uncomfortable during a game. The player communicates to the DM or the DM communicates to the players what the issue/topic is, and the DM then takes that content out of the game or addresses behaviour at the table. The player/DM does not have to give a reason as to why something made them uncomfortable.
Veiling is a tool that can be used if a player/DM does not mind certain content in the game but would like the player/DM to not describe it in detail or perhaps have the scene fade to black. The player/DM stops describing the thing that made the player/DM uncomfortable, but the content remains canon. Kantas players/DMs are encouraged to break the fourth wall and discuss mechanics or situations in the game at any time if they feel the need to do so.