What does consent-based RP mean?
Consent-based RP is based on the proposition that creative people can collaborate to tell entertaining and dramatic stories about their characters. Consent-based means that nothing can happen to your character without your consent. You’re in control of his story and his fate. However, your right to swing your character’s arms ends where another character’s nose begins. So conversely, you can’t do anything to another player’s character without that player’s consent, as well. You can’t force another player to accept your actions or force another player to react to your actions in a particular way. For instance, even if you’re a master swordsman, you can’t simply whip out a sword and cut down an unarmed opponent–instead, you need to work with the other player to figure out what would be a dramatically effective scene, or what makes sense in terms of the characters and their situation. However, there is an important exception to the idea of consent-based RP: In Character Actions Equals In
