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<blockquote data-quote="hastur_nz" data-source="post: 7166071" data-attributes="member: 40592">I've never been in the situation where a long-term player did actually take up being a DM.&nbsp; However I will just note two simple things:1) it's totally fine for the DM to focus on just what a DM needs to know, and leave everything else for the players.&nbsp; For example, we played 5e for a year or two before I ever really read much of the PHB, I just focused on parts of the MM and DMG that were required to run the game, and I trusted my players to know the rules for pretty much everything that was generic - if in doubt, I asked the players who knew the rules the best.&nbsp; So a new DM should know the basics of Adjudicating Actions, and the basics of how Monsters work in combat, but they shouldn't feel they have to know all the rules of the game inside out in order to make it a success.2) as noted above, the reason people love to be the DM can vary, but generally those who succeed are people who want to help everyone create fun together.&nbsp; By all means, you are Captain of the Ship, and should always be able to say &quot;um, no, I don't think so&quot;, but generally success comes through Empowering your Players.&nbsp; I've seen seasoned DM's and/or Campaigns go off the rails when they try to hard to force stuff onto the players, be it un-needed rules changes, lack of agency, etc, and the players generally revolt in one form or another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hastur_nz, post: 7166071, member: 40592"] I've never been in the situation where a long-term player did actually take up being a DM. However I will just note two simple things: 1) it's totally fine for the DM to focus on just what a DM needs to know, and leave everything else for the players. For example, we played 5e for a year or two before I ever really read much of the PHB, I just focused on parts of the MM and DMG that were required to run the game, and I trusted my players to know the rules for pretty much everything that was generic - if in doubt, I asked the players who knew the rules the best. So a new DM should know the basics of Adjudicating Actions, and the basics of how Monsters work in combat, but they shouldn't feel they have to know all the rules of the game inside out in order to make it a success. 2) as noted above, the reason people love to be the DM can vary, but generally those who succeed are people who want to help everyone create fun together. By all means, you are Captain of the Ship, and should always be able to say "um, no, I don't think so", but generally success comes through Empowering your Players. I've seen seasoned DM's and/or Campaigns go off the rails when they try to hard to force stuff onto the players, be it un-needed rules changes, lack of agency, etc, and the players generally revolt in one form or another. [/QUOTE]

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