Hello Mourners and Travelers! Once again we bring you a content warning post, so you’re out-of- game prepared for all of the fear and horror we’re throwing your way during this October trade!

Dystopia Rising is by nature a horror and survival larp, and while we DO love to shock and scare your characters, we’d never want to do any actual mental or physical harm to our playerbase Please remember it’s always okay to opt out of a scene and walk away, with no penalties or repercussions for you or your character. Player safety is first and foremost. If you have any questions or concerns after reading this blog, let us know!

Below are the elements to expect from this event.

Gore/Splatter Mods - Mods may include simulated gore. These may involve body horror that may disturb players. Please use the eyes down mechanic if you are uncomfortable at any time. A few mods will also include fake blood which will get on you and your clothes. These mods will have content warnings ahead of time.

Torture - NPCs and/or PCs may be subject to fake torture. We will never actually put anyone at risk, and all scenes will be using the OK Check-In system to make sure everyone is having a safe and fun time.
Potential Bug Eating - There will be a mod with a toyetic experience that may involve your character eating edible bugs. You will be told when this is, and will never be forced to consume anything you do not want to.

Fake Drug Use - Mourning Glory is home to many Local Drug Plot Cards. As such, there will be fake drug use and manufacturing seen at this event. We prohibit the use of all actual drugs and alcohol at our events.
Self-Inflicted Harm/Suicide - Scenes may involve characters or NPCs harming themselves or even committing suicide. We realize that players could be triggered by this, and would never want to make anyone feel unsafe. If you are uncomfortable with this aspect, you are of course able to opt-out of the scene, and we will announce when scenes may include this.

Faith Based Oppression - This month’s event involves themes of oppression of faith practices, good or bad. We realize this roleplay can mirror real life experiences and may create difficult scenes. Please remember that you may leave the scene if it becomes too uncomfortable or intense for you.

Dismemberment - PCs may encounter scenes with dismemberment already occurred, or where the PCs have to cause dismemberment using props. Again, we would never put PCs or NPCs in actual harmful situations.
Disease - NPCs and/or PCs may become infected with a disease. It is a major part of this month’s plot. Diseases involve coughing up blood, roleplaying malaise, and other social roleplay effects.

Please remember you can always OPT OUT of a scene using ‘Eyes Down’ - placing your hand over your brow and looking down to signal you are leaving a scene for any reason, no questions asked. You may also ask a guide on scene to help find you somewhere to decompress.

We encourage all players to use the OK Check-In system, even when not in an intense scene.

As a reminder, the OK Check-In system works as below:

Player 1 holds the OK hand gesture up to Player 2 (reminder- can be a PC or NPC).

Player 2 has three options:

Thumbs up - “All is good, I’m having a great time.” Continue with the scene.
Hand flat and moving in an “Eh?” gesture - “I’m not sure.” Deescalate the scene, offer to find somewhere to decompress/find a guide or staff to help.
Thumbs down - “I’m not okay/I’m uncomfortable with this scene” - Deescalate the scene, offer to find somewhere to decompress/find a guide or staff to help.

Based on Player 2’s response, Player 1 should do the following

Thumbs up - Continue with the scene.
Hand flat and moving in an “Eh?” gesture - Deescalate the scene, offer to find somewhere to decompress/find a guide or staff to help.
Thumbs down - Deescalate the scene, offer to find somewhere to decompress/find a guide or staff to help.

Players are not expected to be therapists. We just ask that you show kindness to your fellow player and assist them in finding somewhere safe at the bare minimum. If there is an issue you need assistance with, Kendall is our Player Relations manager.

We will do our best to give content warnings before the modules these warnings pertain to. Please let us know at dystopiarisingmi@gmail.com if you have any questions and concerns.

With all that said, we can’t wait to bring you safe frights and terror this event! See you soon!