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Micah Sweet

Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
No. Starter set thing is getting started as a group. And then players specialize with PHB and DM specializes with DMG.

At least how I see it*. And maybe how WotC sees it this time.

Maybe you see it different and that is ok.

*i would have not been sad if the DM's toolbox had some variant rules in it (for rests especially) But it seems variant rules are sourced out or scrapped.
Another reason the book has little value to me.
 

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I assume that a reader of the DMG who needs it has bought and hopefully made use of a starter set. You're supposed to buy one first.

You can't ignore the past because you don't think the terns they used were accurate. The DMG means something as a product, and it isn't to be the repository of on-boarding new DMs.
I still think it does its job quite well. Probably better than others of that kind for most people.
 
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Xamnam

Loves Your Favorite Game
I assume that a reader of the DMG who needs it has bought and hopefully made use of a starter set. You're supposed to buy one first.
My running of the starter set went so much smoother because I sat and read both the PHB and DMB first. The starter set is for eliminating obstacles to a group sitting down and starting quickly, and works for those who learn by doing. It is not a good resource in that regard for people who want to learn on their own, or be confident before they start.

Some people absolutely will be served better by buying a starter set first, but for others that's just as true for the DMG, and therefore, it absolutely should contain, as part of its purpose, the resources for someone who has never run the game before.
 

Micah Sweet

Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
My running of the starter set went so much smoother because I sat and read both the PHB and DMB first. The starter set is for eliminating obstacles to a group sitting down and starting quickly, and works for those who learn by doing. It is not a good resource in that regard for people who want to learn on their own, or be confident before they start.

Some people absolutely will be served better by buying a starter set first, but for others that's just as true for the DMG, and therefore, it absolutely should contain, as part of its purpose, the resources for someone who has never run the game before.
You said the 2014 DMG was helpful to you as a new DM. Why does it need all this extra beginner stuff then? Like I said before, re-organize so you can find everything, don't throw out the rules variants so DMs know they don't have to do exactly what the book says, and there you go.
 

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