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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 5778609" data-attributes="member: 53980">Experienced DMs don't need to read rule 0. They should be familiar with it already, and if the DMG is written only for them then rule 0 is a waste of space.However, if the DMG is intended for new DMs, those who have never played the game before and are trying to figure it out for themselves for the first time, the concept of rule 0 ought to be explained comprehensively. That includes both pros and cons.Plenty of tyrant DMs, IME, are not behaving so because they're bad people but because they don't think about what they are doing, and eventually get stuck in their ways. If one or two sentences in the DMG forces even a few future tyrants to think for a moment, and thereby avoid becoming tyrants, don't you think that's worth it?Plenty of DMs want rule 0 to be in the book so that they can point to it to quell player complaints. The players should have a clause to cite as well, because while rule 0 can be for the good, it can also be abused. Fair is fair, after all.</blockquote>