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<blockquote data-quote="definiteFreakyFishGuy" data-source="post: 9818727" data-attributes="member: 7050925">Gonna make one small contribution to the topic of &quot;playing other [non-DND] games will make you a better GM [for DND].&quot;I've read in various social medias (including this forum) about how DND makes you bad at fiction first games. Something about how difficult it is to get out of DND mindset, even if they spent many hours running games like Blades or make a conscious effort. Heck, I've seen people talk about how Matt Mercer was a bad GM for Candela Obscura &amp; Daggerheart, and it was because of his habits from running DND.So yeah, I can say this with confidence: doing X doesn't necessarily make you better at Y—it might actually make you worse at Y.EDIT: Sorry I was unclear. I disagree with the premise playing other RPGs makes you better at DMing. My point is that if playing DND doesn't make you better at games like Blades in the Dark, Candela Obscura, or Daggerheart, why should the opposite be true?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="definiteFreakyFishGuy, post: 9818727, member: 7050925"] Gonna make one small contribution to the topic of "playing other [non-DND] games will make you a better GM [for DND]." I've read in various social medias (including this forum) about how DND makes you bad at fiction first games. Something about how difficult it is to get out of DND mindset, even if they spent many hours running games like Blades or make a conscious effort. Heck, I've seen people talk about how Matt Mercer was a bad GM for Candela Obscura & Daggerheart, and it was because of his habits from running DND. So yeah, I can say this with confidence: doing X doesn't necessarily make you better at Y—it might actually make you worse at Y. EDIT: Sorry I was unclear. I disagree with the premise playing other RPGs makes you better at DMing. My point is that if playing DND doesn't make you better at games like Blades in the Dark, Candela Obscura, or Daggerheart, why should the opposite be true? [/QUOTE]

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