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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GrimCo" data-source="post: 9817775" data-attributes="member: 7044462">Runing multiple systems will give you different perspectives. You will learn how different mechanics solve same problems. It can be valuable if, and that's big if, you pick system that's good at something specific. To ilustrate point. You only ever ran 5e d&d. You like it, but tactical combat isn't really best in 5e. If you pick up 4e or PF2, you will get valuable experience on running tactical combat. If you pick up Houses of the bloodied, you will learn nothing about tactical combat cause that game doesn't have it. So, when time is limited, branching out needs to be thoughtful. You need to find pain points in system you run for type of games you wanna run, then find system that does those things good. It might give you ideas you can incorporate in your main system or how to tweak it to work better. I would argue that you can learn and run 10 different systems, have solid system mastery over all of them, and still be bad dm ( i consider bad dm someone who: railroads players by forcing them into a predetermined story, acts adversarial by trying to "beat" the party, applies rules inconsistently or unfairly, ignores player agency and character backstories, hogs the spotlight or plays favorites, neglects consent or player comfort, refuses to improvise or adapt, paces the game poorly or shows little preparation, and uses their authority in toxic or belittling ways that undermine player enjoyment ).</blockquote>

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