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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jedi_Solo" data-source="post: 3311619" data-attributes="member: 40245">One thing I'd like to bring up that I've only seen briefly alluded to:I think everyone will agree that knowing the rules is better than not knowing the rules.  However, almost as important (in my opinion) is this: know what you know and know what you don't know.Let's say you have the PCs travel by boat to a new city/ruin/immanent death/whatever.  You weren't planning on having an encounter on the boat itself but you got the new Critter Book XII and end up finding the "Awesome Aquatic Beast" that you just know will make for a great encounter.  Only one problem: you don't know the odd water combat rules.If you "know you don't know" these rules you can reread them a couple of times before the session to get the basics and mark the page so you can quickly flip to them during the session.  If you don't realise that you don't know this stuff it'll really bog down combat and bring everything to a grinding halt.I'm a player and have had good DMs and... um... not-so-good DMs.  The good DMs weren't perfect but when they didn't know the rules they usually knew were to find them quickly.  Even the good ones were sometimes caught completely off guard but I was more than willing to give them a pass on these occations because they usually were on top of things.Knowing the rules is great; but being prepared to fill in the gaps you know are there is almost as good.</blockquote>