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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mishihari Lord" data-source="post: 7169886" data-attributes="member: 128">I think it's safe to say that every DM uses all of their personal knowledge to make rulings.  The difficult thing is knowing when to use information your experience tells you is wrong.  Frex, if the rules say the characters have X% chance of doing something and the DM knows better, it's generally best to go with the RAW because the players are basing their plans on the rules.Another problem comes up when one of the players knows the rules are wrong.  This puts the DM in a bad position, since it can insert unexpected changes into the game that are tough to cope with, and since the DM doesn't have enough information to know if a player decides to snow him.</blockquote>