On: Lessons from Dungeons and Dragons about storytelli...

[kayodelycaon]

I do something similar. I ask my players to privately inform me of topics or phobias to avoid. It goes on a list I keep handy.

[YeGoblynQueenne → kayodelycaon]

Still to be honest, I never do, but that's mainly because I have a tightly knit group of players and I know what they want.

Although in the past I have one a few occasions, maximised "bleed", for the purpose of emotionally engaging my players. I believe this is probably a no-no nowadays.