# Lines and veils - Safety tools for tabletop campaigns and sessions. - Per [[Vampire- The Masquerade - Core Rulebook|Vampire: The Masquerade (Core Rulebook)]], this was originally described by Ron Edwards' book *Sex and Sorcery*. - **Lines** means it is agreed to not come up in a campaign or session. - **Veils** means alluded to, but happens "off-screen" (i.e. [[fade to black]]…) - [Google Sheet resource](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z3rjnH4JB-pxoi_FBFRdz7_-PmkITQ_CLiNnJIXmAEA/edit#gid=2088639126) (shared by [[Nick Dumas|deezy]]; not sure of original author) - 4-point Likert scale: - A-okay - Okay on-screen - Okay off-screen - Hard line