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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3312513" data-attributes="member: 22424">For a time at least there was a &quot;Herald Level&quot; test up on Wizards.com. And, I'm sure the RPGA has tried grading systems in the past - but not being a member I have no idea what the status quo is.The major problem with such a system is that it can only grade those DMs who take part in it, essentially at cons (since the rating a DM's 'home group' give him is highly unlikely to be at all objective), which restricts it to a very small minority of DMs.The other problem with the test as presented was that it measured only rules knowledge, which is a generally poor guide to the quality of the DM as a whole. Solid rules knowledge is a necessary pre-requisite of being a really good DM, but in itself it is far from a sufficient condition. Indeed, of all the skills required, I consider it pretty much the least important (and, conversely, the easiest to improve).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 3312513, member: 22424"] For a time at least there was a "Herald Level" test up on Wizards.com. And, I'm sure the RPGA has tried grading systems in the past - but not being a member I have no idea what the status quo is. The major problem with such a system is that it can only grade those DMs who take part in it, essentially at cons (since the rating a DM's 'home group' give him is highly unlikely to be at all objective), which restricts it to a very small minority of DMs. The other problem with the test as presented was that it measured only rules knowledge, which is a generally poor guide to the quality of the DM as a whole. Solid rules knowledge is a necessary pre-requisite of being a really good DM, but in itself it is far from a sufficient condition. Indeed, of all the skills required, I consider it pretty much the least important (and, conversely, the easiest to improve). [/QUOTE]

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