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<blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 3381156" data-attributes="member: 20239">A DM who &quot;isn't very masterful at it&quot; probably hasn't mastered the rules of the game yet either.&nbsp; Thus, I still don't see the benefit of a comprehensive ruleset (either the players will spend much of the game teaching the inexperienced DM, or the rules will be disregarded in favor of &quot;common sense&quot; anyway).If someone has their heart in the right place and is simply inexperienced I find it's actually far, far easier for them to do a good job in a system where much of the adjudication is handled by telling them they are the final arbiter and they should make decisions based on what makes sense and what seems like the most fun for the group than with a system that tries to provide a detailed rule for every situation.&nbsp; Inexperienced DMs tend to experience vapor-lock with the latter systems, making everyone miserable.All that said, my original point still stands that a comprehensive set of rules is no protection against a DM with a bad attitude, so phindar's critiques still don't hold much water with me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ourph, post: 3381156, member: 20239"] A DM who "isn't very masterful at it" probably hasn't mastered the rules of the game yet either. Thus, I still don't see the benefit of a comprehensive ruleset (either the players will spend much of the game teaching the inexperienced DM, or the rules will be disregarded in favor of "common sense" anyway). If someone has their heart in the right place and is simply inexperienced I find it's actually far, far easier for them to do a good job in a system where much of the adjudication is handled by telling them they are the final arbiter and they should make decisions based on what makes sense and what seems like the most fun for the group than with a system that tries to provide a detailed rule for every situation. Inexperienced DMs tend to experience vapor-lock with the latter systems, making everyone miserable. All that said, my original point still stands that a comprehensive set of rules is no protection against a DM with a bad attitude, so phindar's critiques still don't hold much water with me. [/QUOTE]

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