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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neobolts" data-source="post: 7309724" data-attributes="member: 65244">My long-running group has always let people test the waters at DMing by "guest DMing" a session. Basically, they run a short side-story that fits in during travel time or downtime in the main story. It is a great practice and way to let people try out DMing without a big commitment; I highly recommend it. However, our guest DMing policy led to one infamous session about 17 years ago... We had one player who we were a bit wary of guest running a session, as he tended to have a very egocentric approach as a player (the DM, the story, and the other PCs existed to bolster the importance of his character). When he guest DMed what should have been a side story, he instead directly usurped and insta-resolved the main narrative, revealed his character to be an immensely powerful hero beloved by all, and had the cast of Final Fantasy IX show up to give everyone in the party Gundams. To be clear, he was not trolling and thought we would all be awed at his deft resolution of the plot, the awesomeness of his PC, and the inclusion of pop culture elements that we were interested in at the time. He never understood why the players revolted on the spot. I & my co-DM simply had to step in and take over the session, retconning that it didn't happen.</blockquote>