ALT Reddit thread: How do I explain a campaign table rule in the most charitable, inoffensive, and genial way possible? Hello everyone. I getting a new campaign off the ground and I offered a player seat to a forever DM friend of mine. He’s super stoked and I’m very excited to have him there. We’re good friends, but we’re the type of friends where we both agree to not talk politics for the sake of our friendship. I’m sure readers from America can relate to this. Here’s my dilemma: due to personal preference, comfort level, and the conventions of the world I’ve built; I have decided to disallowed the exploration of LGBTQ themes, gender expression outside of male and female, and polyamory. This game is an escape for my friends and I from the real world, so I try to keep contentious real-world topics out of my games... [the rest is just guff about how he has the "utmost respect" for people who aren't homophobic and doesn't mean to cause offence with his dipshit question]