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Message: <blockquote data-quote="toberane" data-source="post: 2534388" data-attributes="member: 4968">I think it is important to tackle some of the metagaming issues as tey come up.  In our group, we have at least 4 gamers who also frequently DM.  If I, as DM, am uncertain of how to interpret a rule or make a ruling on something that is only vaguely or not at all covered in the rules, I will often ask the other players what they think.  They often have very valid reasons for their opinions.Having said that, I will also say this.  If, after the discussion, I disagree with the players, I'll give my reasons for the decision I make and do it my way anyway.  And the players, most of them being D&D veterans of more than 20 years each, respect that decision.  I interpret rules when I am DMing differently than some of the other gamers in my group when they are DMing.But having their input is good.  And if I know I'm going to be adding an optional rule that we usually don't play with, I try to let that be known up front.  We gamed with a DM one time that kept throwing rules variations at us left and right, with no warning and no recourse.  We stopped gaming with that DM after about 2 gaming sessions.  I don't mind a DM changing the rules, but I like to know about it up front and to be sure that the rules apply equally to the NPCs and monsters as they do to the PCs.</blockquote>