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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShrinkyLink" data-source="post: 2687641" data-attributes="member: 31389">Well, the day you sit back, pat yourself on the back and say, "Damn! I'm a great DM!" is the day you start to backslide. The fact that you worry about your ability probably means you're doing a fine job. Personally, I have a difficult time remembering all the rule intricacies *all the time*, and feel bad when I have to stop the game to grab the PHB to check something. I game with a rules lawyer who rolls his eyes when I do this, but such is life. Whenever I start getting too hard on myself, I just remember one DM I had: he announced at the beginning of the game that he had nothing prepared, since he'd decided to go out the night before instead of game prepping. After we finished playing his 'adventure', he then announced none of us got any experience points because we failed to do anything he thought we should have.Now that's a crappy DM. If you're doing better than that--actually preparing the game beforehand, worrying about everyone having fun, and doing your best to bring the game alive for your players, then you have nothing to worry about.</blockquote>