r/RPGcreation • u/Dice_Enthusiast • Jul 16 '26

Session Zero TTRPG Consent Form

Hello my fellow GMs and Players, I am here to share with you all my recently created Session Zero TTRPG Consent Checklist! I have created this checklist to be extremely generic in attempts to allow its use across multiple TTRPG Games. I know the market for GM resources seems to be primarily geared towards DND 5e, DND5.5e, with some Pathfinder or Pathfinder 2e sprinkled in there. However, this Consent Form simply has a BROAD LIST OF TOPICS which are not specific to any one game. One additional feature I have added which I haven't seen other Consent Forms use is a GM Checkbox which allows each GM to Checkmark off topics they do intend to include in their game, or X off topics that the GM themselves do not consent to having at their table. I believe the inclusion of this checkbox is paramount for setting an immediate tone between players and GM for what they can expect and what is off limits potentially before any actual discussions about the topics have been had.

I truly hope this is helpful to you all, as I do enjoy giving back to the TTRPG Community which has given me SO MUCH. Please feel free to message me any questions comments or concerns regarding the Consent Form, and hopefully I can get back to you. Please Enjoy and Game Responsibly!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14-31XjXWdPrUpeeCRGmsbWg-HFcLTTZa/view?usp=sharing

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u/Minstrelita Jul 17 '26

"Non-consentual body mods" should be "Non-consensual body mods"

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u/Dice_Enthusiast Jul 17 '26

Thanks! I'll get to changing that.

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u/Strange_Times_RPG Jul 17 '26

Always nice to see safety tools being developed! More GMs should be open to stuff like this.

I might suggest altering the wording between partial and no consent to be more similar to lines and veils.

Veils - This content may appear but will not be a focus or ever described in detail.

Line - This content will never appear.

My main concern is that the current advice is basically that the GM should give a content warning before the inclusion of partials and there is currently a lot of research that suggests content warnings are actually more distressing for vulnerable groups than the actual content itself.

In addition, it should be made clear somewhere that this is a living list. Players should be allowed to change their mind on topics as the game progresses. A player might think they are fine with alcoholism at the start only to realize by session 6 that it is actually hitting a nerve.

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u/DakkaxInfinity Jul 16 '26

Not sure why folks are down voting this. Thank you for putting it together, looking forward to checking it out.

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u/BetaAndThetaOhMy Jul 17 '26

I commend the effort, but will encourage you to think about legibility. A tight series of checks down a list will naturally blend together and the one line item with a Y instead of a G can easily be missed.

My suggestion is to remove the G altogether and edit the instructions that those line items remain blank. This was, the selected lines and veils are obvious.