I've been watching your back-and-forth with Spider these last few days, and it reminded me of a post of hers I saw a while back. She was complaining about a system that people were using in their D&D games, where someone could flash a card if they were uncomfortable with what was happening ingame, and the group could skip past it. I thought it neat, but she seemed to think it terrible because someone could abuse it. I dunno, I just think there's a difference between that and general game tips.
I’ve seen the red card thing on reddit before. Generally speaking, it’s a good idea to make sure everyone stays comfortable. It’s up to the DM to make sure it doesn’t get abused.
I played a game where someone basically railroaded my character because anytime my character would get close to her boyfriend, they’d pull the “I’m uncomfortable” card and basically railroaded my character from having a PG-rated relationship (everything from the characters trying to kiss to being a battle couple together) but never pulled it for any of the other characters.
Good idea but it’s up to the DM to make sure it doesn’t get abused for things like skipping combat, railroading, etc.
