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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9312435" data-attributes="member: 6801845">The biggest challenge and holdback to people DMing has more to do with creativity and the ability to react to people's choices along with role playing multiple NPCs in game in my experience.&nbsp; The specific rules don't really change that unless you change the nature of the game.&nbsp; But then things based on, for example PbtA games just make everyone responsible to a degree for creatively adding to the story and lore (I'm sure I'm oversimplifying a bit) which doesn't really fix much of anything. It just puts the onus on everyone at the table.Which is why I think a DM assistant could really boost people's confidence and capabilities.&nbsp; It's not that the assistant would run the game, but it could provide input and inspiration when asked.&nbsp; The DM, of course, would still make the final call.&nbsp; That, and I sometimes think the DM shortage is overblown.&nbsp; Is every DM above average? Of course not, doesn't mean it can't still be a fun game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9312435, member: 6801845"] The biggest challenge and holdback to people DMing has more to do with creativity and the ability to react to people's choices along with role playing multiple NPCs in game in my experience. The specific rules don't really change that unless you change the nature of the game. But then things based on, for example PbtA games just make [I]everyone[/I] responsible to a degree for creatively adding to the story and lore (I'm sure I'm oversimplifying a bit) which doesn't really fix much of anything. It just puts the onus on everyone at the table. Which is why I think a DM assistant could really boost people's confidence and capabilities. It's not that the assistant would run the game, but it could provide input and inspiration when asked. The DM, of course, would still make the final call. That, and I sometimes think the DM shortage is overblown. Is every DM above average? Of course not, doesn't mean it can't still be a fun game. [/QUOTE]

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