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At Heroic Story we expect GMs and players alike to behave respectfully, with care for others. This list of behaviors is not exhaustive, but is meant to serve as a starting point for mindful and intentional interaction.

Positive Behaviors

• Taking responsibility for yourself and your wellbeing by providing and using safety tools in games.
• Speaking only for yourself and your experiences.
• Treating all users with compassion and respect, regardless of their experience or identity.
• Taking accountability for yourself and your actions after you have done something that caused harm to another user.
• Advocating if someone at the table has done or said something harmful, and contacting the safety consultant if necessary.
• If you have been hurt or made uncomfortable by another user, take time to care for yourself and think about the issue at hand before responding. Use the reporting features rather than escalating the conflict.

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Unacceptable Behaviors

Ignoring, arguing against, or deliberately refusing to respect the boundaries set by other members or the safety tools in play.

• Deliberate use or promotion of hate speech, slurs, deadnaming, misgendering or otherwise disrespectful language.
• Harassment, Assault, or Abuse of other users, either on or off the website.
• Criticism or disparagement of players because of a lack of experience or low level of understanding of the game.
• Speaking over GMs or other players, dismissing their contributions to the game without consideration.
• Introduction or continuation of problematic material in a game; including, but not limited to, Assault, Harassment, Abuse, or any form of Bigotry without the express and ongoing consent of everyone at the table.
• Including problematic material in a game without expressly condemning it as wrong.
• Using alternate payment methods to pay for games or collect payment from players. This includes using Heroic Story to solicit players for a game and then moving off platform for the paid game, or running a table with players who have not signed up through Heroic Story.