Text or Table?

[Liquidsabre]

When looking at a contradiction in the rules, in general, is it table over text or text over table?

 

[Ranger REG]

Unless otherwise noted, text over table.

 

[Camarath]

Here is the offical reference for that.

From DMG Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5 Errata

Errata Rule: Primary Sources
When you find a disagreement between two D&D rules
sources, unless an official errata file says otherwise, the
primary source is correct. One example of a
primary/secondary source is text taking precedence over a
table entry. An individual spell description takes precedence
when the short description in the beginning of the spells
chapter disagrees.
Another example of primary vs. secondary sources involves
book and topic precedence. The Player’s Handbook, for
example, gives all the rules for playing the game, for PC
races, and the base class descriptions. If you find something
on one of those topics from the Dungeon Master’s Guide or
the Monster Manual that disagrees with the Player’s
Handbook, you should assume the Player’s Handbook is the
primary source. The Dungeon Master’s Guide is the primary
source for topics such as magic item descriptions, special
material construction rules, and so on. The Monster Manual
is the primary source for monster descriptions, templates, and
supernatural, extraordinary, and spell-like abilities.

 

[Liquidsabre]

Thanks gents, I was wondering where that reference was at!

 

[dcollins]

Yeah, but looks who's saying that. Better hope there's no "Table: Primary Sources" that says tables win out over text.