Kabuki Kaiser go ahead and list all the things I need to watch out for as GM, I’m curious. I’ll compare your list to the things I’ve seen people X-card and we’ll see how well they match up. Part of the strength of the tool is that it says, overtly, that you have control over the game’s content and direction and can call out stuff that disturbs you. This is a universal truth anyway, but the tool systematizes it. You don’t have to suck it up and be miserable and you don’t have to make a big scene or walk out. If you have a panic reaction to spiders, you can X-card the fucking spiders. If somebody wants to name an NPC after your ex-wife, you can X-card the name. Tap the card, done, no questions, no interruption, no discussion, no misery. The spdiers become roaches, Betty becomes Veronica. It just baffles me that this would be controversial. I cannot for the life of me see how this diminishes the experience, compared to maybe playing with someone who is distressed and miserable over something so easily fixed.