Tabletop Safety Checklist

This is a list of topics and themes that people often consider Topic Line Veil Not My PC Notes
with care (or eliminate from the fiction entirely) during table-
top games. It doesn’t anticipate every topic or theme, or every Imperialism and/
iteration of a topic or theme, so feel free to add your own and or colonialism
use the Notes column as needed to provide more context.
To use the checklist, check the “Line” or “Veil” box in any Military violence
row if that topic/theme is a hard line for you (it should not ex- or aggression
ist in the world of the game) or a veil (it can exist in the world Police violence or
of the game but should not be described or roleplayed at the aggression
table and remains off screen). You can also mark “Not My PC”
for any topic or theme that you’re fine with having in the story Prison
as long as it doesn’t impact your character. Terrorism
Topic Line Veil Not My PC Notes Torture

Trypophobia (fear
Horror of holes)
Apocalypses
Hate speech/discrimination/violence based on
Blood
Disability
Body Horror
Gender
Demons
Heritage
Gore
Land of origin
Injury to certain
body parts Race or ancestry
(please specify) Religion
Mind Control Sexuality
Serial Killers Weight or size
Vampires
Health and body
Zombies
Addiction
Fears and Traumas Alcohol
Abduction
Amputation
Bugs
Cancer
Rats
Dementia
Snakes
Drugs
Spiders
"Insanity"
Claustrophobia
Mental illness
Dehydration
Paralysis
Drowning
PTSD
Hypothermia
Self-harm
Involuntary
Smoking
committment
Suicide
Fire
Vehicle crash
Starvation
Vomit
Suffocation
Domestic violence
Sexual violence
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Pregnancy Sexual Content

Abortion Jokes about sex
or genitalia
Childbirth
Kissing
Miscarriage
Having sex
Pregnancy
complications Between PCs

Still birth Between PCs and

NPCs
Threats to Other
Add your own items here
Animals

Children

Elders

Harm or violence to
Animals

Children

Elders

Natural Disasters
Earthquake
Flood
Storm
Tsunami
Wildfire

Romance
Light flirting
Horny flirting
Between PCs
Between NPCs
Between PCs and
NPCs

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