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Regarding DMG, Starter Set and Essentials kit: Are they good for the starting DMs?
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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 8803311" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>I don't think anyone has said that at all, across these recent DMG threads. It's not that the DMG needs to be read before someone can try DMing, it's that the book should be useful to someone learning to DM... as a reference during play and also in between sessions. </p><p></p><p>Sure, they may begin with one or more of the Starter Sets... but does anyone think running Lost Mines and then Icespire Peak is all a person needs to do to become a decent DM? </p><p></p><p>I think "proponents of the DMG for beginners" are more "proponents of the DMG for everyone, including beginners". </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Adding a list of suggestions is pretty basic teaching. Your argument against it seems to be that people can teach themselves? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are many experienced gamers who on this very site will show they do not know what things like fail forward or success with cost mean, or what they do for a game. I don't see why the books shouldn't educate people. </p><p></p><p>You seem very focused on people understanding what the definition of "setback" is, but that's not the issue. It's more what constitutes a reasonable setback given the circumstances of play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 8803311, member: 6785785"] I don't think anyone has said that at all, across these recent DMG threads. It's not that the DMG needs to be read before someone can try DMing, it's that the book should be useful to someone learning to DM... as a reference during play and also in between sessions. Sure, they may begin with one or more of the Starter Sets... but does anyone think running Lost Mines and then Icespire Peak is all a person needs to do to become a decent DM? I think "proponents of the DMG for beginners" are more "proponents of the DMG for everyone, including beginners". Adding a list of suggestions is pretty basic teaching. Your argument against it seems to be that people can teach themselves? There are many experienced gamers who on this very site will show they do not know what things like fail forward or success with cost mean, or what they do for a game. I don't see why the books shouldn't educate people. You seem very focused on people understanding what the definition of "setback" is, but that's not the issue. It's more what constitutes a reasonable setback given the circumstances of play. [/QUOTE]
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