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| gm:conduct_and_themes_policy [2024/04/13 12:31] – [Themes that are not permitted] gm_annabel | gm:conduct_and_themes_policy [2024/04/13 13:55] (current) – [Sensitive themes which are permitted in backstory and conversation but may not be depicted] gm_liana | ||
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| * Extreme gore | * Extreme gore | ||
| * Terrorism in all its forms, including state terrorism | * Terrorism in all its forms, including state terrorism | ||
| - | * Childbirth | ||
| * Miscarriage and stillbirth | * Miscarriage and stillbirth | ||
| * Forced abortion | * Forced abortion | ||
| * Medical malpractice | * Medical malpractice | ||
| - | * Discrimination on the basis of real-world ethnicity or race | ||
| - | * Discrimination on the basis of real-world nationality, | ||
| * Eating disorders | * Eating disorders | ||
| - | * Dieting | ||
| * Incest | * Incest | ||
| * Torture | * Torture | ||
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| * Real-world current figures and events, as well as real-world historical figures and events | * Real-world current figures and events, as well as real-world historical figures and events | ||
| * Transference takes place on an Earth-like planet but not on Earth; no characters will be aware of or familiar with real world events or figures, and no places or societies are meant to be directly analogous to real world places or societies. | * Transference takes place on an Earth-like planet but not on Earth; no characters will be aware of or familiar with real world events or figures, and no places or societies are meant to be directly analogous to real world places or societies. | ||
| + | * Discrimination on the basis of real-world ethnicity, race, nationality, | ||
| + | * Discrimination on the basis of in-universe equivalents is permitted in a limited way; please see below. | ||
| ===== Sensitive themes that may occur ===== | ===== Sensitive themes that may occur ===== | ||
| - | These are themes that we suspect may become relevant in Transference. | + | These are themes that we think are likely to come up during the course of the game. |
| - | * Xenophobia | + | |
| - | * It is not permitted for any characters to be discriminatory or bigoted towards any other characters on the basis of gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, | + | * Xenophobia |
| + | * It is not permitted for any characters to be discriminatory or bigoted towards any other characters on the basis of any of the protected characteristics listed below during the course of the game. | ||
| * However, it is permitted for characters to show distrust of outsiders purely on the basis of their not previously belonging to the community, as we do not want to ban the tensions which may arise as a result of the Transference. | * However, it is permitted for characters to show distrust of outsiders purely on the basis of their not previously belonging to the community, as we do not want to ban the tensions which may arise as a result of the Transference. | ||
| * If you want to explore themes of discrimination with your character, please discuss in advance with the GMs. | * If you want to explore themes of discrimination with your character, please discuss in advance with the GMs. | ||
| - | ===== Sensitive themes which are permitted | + | ===== Sensitive themes which are permitted in backstory |
| - | You are allowed to include these themes in your character’s backstory, and these themes may form part of NPC backstories. This means that these themes may come up during the game as topics of conversation or things some characters handle, but will not be depicted beyond references in conversation. However, please remember that Transference is intended to be a relatively light-hearted (if bittersweet) game and some players may prefer not to interact with these themes. | + | You are allowed to include these themes in your character’s backstory, and these themes may form part of NPC backstories. This means that these themes may come up during the game as topics of conversation or things some characters handle, but will not be depicted beyond references in conversation. However, please remember that Transference is intended to be a relatively light-hearted (if bittersweet) game and some players may prefer not to interact with these themes. |
| - | * Discrimination | + | |
| - | * Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation | + | If you intend to include any of these themes in your character' |
| - | * Discrimination | + | * In-universe discrimination |
| - | * Discrimination | + | * on the basis of gender or sex (e.g. misogyny, transphobia) |
| - | * Discrimination | + | * on the basis of sexual orientation (e.g. homophobia) |
| + | * on the basis of physical disability, | ||
| + | * on the basis of ethnicity, race, nationality, | ||
| + | * Because Transference is set in a world similar to ours but with an entirely different history, discrimination is always on the basis of in-universe versions of these phenomena. For instance, the world religions of the real world do not exist in the Transference universe, and therefore discrimination on the basis of faith must be an in-universe faith. If exploring these themes in backstory please do not reference specific real-world events characterised by discrimination. Discrimination in the world of Transference can be broadly understood to be created by a distrust of difference, not by any of the historical events that generate discrimination in the real world. | ||
| * Emotional/ | * Emotional/ | ||
| * The abuse may not be ongoing during the game itself. It is permitted to either have this as something in your character’s past or to have your character be separated from their abuser by the Transference, | * The abuse may not be ongoing during the game itself. It is permitted to either have this as something in your character’s past or to have your character be separated from their abuser by the Transference, | ||
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| * We recognize that the effects of the Transference may have some similarity to housing instability. Anchor Rock is the kind of small community that will ensure that every person has a roof above their heads, even if the situation feels impermanent. | * We recognize that the effects of the Transference may have some similarity to housing instability. Anchor Rock is the kind of small community that will ensure that every person has a roof above their heads, even if the situation feels impermanent. | ||
| * Other means of removing agency | * Other means of removing agency | ||
| - | * The Transference event could constitue a loss of bodily agency, since a transfer is relocated with no volition of their own, however, this is expected to be a unique incident. Whilst the environment may change in ways out of control to the characters, there should be no other incidences of loss of bodily autonomy. Manipulation of the mind is not expected to come up. The Dreamer and Touch The Veil quirks will allow more interaction with the existentially large cosmos, which is outside of character control (and perhaps of the mind's comprehension), | + | * The Transference event could constitue a loss of bodily agency, since a transfer is relocated with no volition of their own, however, this is expected to be a unique incident. Whilst the environment may change in ways out of control to the characters, there should be no other incidences of loss of bodily autonomy. Manipulation of the mind is not expected to come up. The Dreamer and Touch The Veil quirks will allow more interaction with the existentially large cosmos, which is outside of character control (and perhaps of the mind's comprehension), |
| * Indiscriminate violence | * Indiscriminate violence | ||
| + | * Dieting | ||
| + | * Childbirth | ||
| + | * Childbirth is a permitted in backstory and as a topic of conversation, | ||
| + | * Pregnancy | ||
| + | * We ask that no characters are pregnant during the transfer. | ||
| - | ===== Sensitive | + | ===== Sensitive |
| While the GMs are not intentionally bringing the following themes into the game, they are permitted and may come up unpredictably. | While the GMs are not intentionally bringing the following themes into the game, they are permitted and may come up unpredictably. | ||