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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 5987562" data-attributes="member: 6698278">I'm going to give you absurd illustration just to make a point.&nbsp; If I told DMs to just set all DC's including Armor classes for everything to 10 and allow no modifiers to the players d20 roll and make every monster have 10 hit points, the game would be simple and any fool DM could run it.&nbsp; And maybe if that is the only game you ever ran you might think its good.&nbsp; Until you actually tried a real game.Another example.&nbsp; If you are used to eating at the greasy spoon restaurant with mediocre food, you might believe that food is good.&nbsp; If you never try to good restaurant down the street then you've lost something even if you don't know it.A good DM is a real treasure.&nbsp; It's why I believe I can have a line at my door to play any campaign I run.&nbsp; It's why I can sit down and tell all the players &quot;No arguments about rules at the table and if you can't handle that rule then leave now.&nbsp; Debates in the off time are allowed because everyone makes mistakes.&nbsp; We aren't derailing the game though while it's going.&quot;So the ideal for me is players becoming DMs after they've ran with a good DM.&nbsp; I know this is not always possible.&nbsp; But I think they should think hard at WOTC on how to convert DMs from mediocre to good.&nbsp; Because that will grow the hobby.&nbsp; I do not think they should create a ruleset that forces all DMs to be mediocre and then tell them that mediocre is the new good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 5987562, member: 6698278"] I'm going to give you absurd illustration just to make a point. If I told DMs to just set all DC's including Armor classes for everything to 10 and allow no modifiers to the players d20 roll and make every monster have 10 hit points, the game would be simple and any fool DM could run it. And maybe if that is the only game you ever ran you might think its good. Until you actually tried a real game. Another example. If you are used to eating at the greasy spoon restaurant with mediocre food, you might believe that food is good. If you never try to good restaurant down the street then you've lost something even if you don't know it. A good DM is a real treasure. It's why I believe I can have a line at my door to play any campaign I run. It's why I can sit down and tell all the players "No arguments about rules at the table and if you can't handle that rule then leave now. Debates in the off time are allowed because everyone makes mistakes. We aren't derailing the game though while it's going." So the ideal for me is players becoming DMs after they've ran with a good DM. I know this is not always possible. But I think they should think hard at WOTC on how to convert DMs from mediocre to good. Because that will grow the hobby. I do not think they should create a ruleset that forces all DMs to be mediocre and then tell them that mediocre is the new good. [/QUOTE]

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