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No, you are misunderstanding. Your group can decide to change the rules of the game. For example, you can adopt a house rule that only Tiefling characters can be Bladesingers. You have then changed the rules of the game you are playing. Your group can ignore Jeremy's Sage Advice. You can, for...

No, you are misunderstanding. Your group can decide to change the rules of the game. For example, you can adopt a house rule that only Tiefling characters can be Bladesingers. You have then changed the rules of the game you are playing. Your group can ignore Jeremy's Sage Advice. You can, for...

Jeremy Crawford never at any point describes the Sage Advice as "rules." The articles and the pdf consist of "rulings," and no--you can't change his advice. You can ignore it, follow it, or print it to line your cat's litter box, but it remains his advice. Whether you use it in your game or not...

Jeremy Crawford never at any point describes the Sage Advice as "rules." The articles and the pdf consist of "rulings," and no--you can't change his advice. You can ignore it, follow it, or print it to line your cat's litter box, but it remains his advice. Whether you use it in your game or not...

Mr. Ward, thanks for what you've done and I look forward to what you've got coming.

Mr. Ward, thanks for what you've done and I look forward to what you've got coming.

It's certainly courageous. The easy thing to do would have been to double down on his previous statement, but he took a brave step in contradicting himself. Some agree with his new position, meaning they think he was wrong before. Others thing he was right before, and disagree with his new...

It's certainly courageous. The easy thing to do would have been to double down on his previous statement, but he took a brave step in contradicting himself. Some agree with his new position, meaning they think he was wrong before. Others thing he was right before, and disagree with his new...

Come on, Max. He updated the Advice to reflect some things (like disintegrate vs wild shape) that had been changed in errata. Reflecting the current rules doesn't make it the current rules. Here's another hint that the Advice isn't rules: you (the DM) can change the rules for your game. You...

Come on, Max. He updated the Advice to reflect some things (like disintegrate vs wild shape) that had been changed in errata. Reflecting the current rules doesn't make it the current rules. Here's another hint that the Advice isn't rules: you (the DM) can change the rules for your game. You...

I just think that the first advice on a given rule is probably the one closest to what was intended when the rule was written. In the case of Shield Master, the War Magic feature has similar language and a clear statement of intent that agrees with that first advice, so it certainly seems that...

I just think that the first advice on a given rule is probably the one closest to what was intended when the rule was written. In the case of Shield Master, the War Magic feature has similar language and a clear statement of intent that agrees with that first advice, so it certainly seems that...

The distinction is significant: the rules are fact, rulings are opinion. Among games following the "rules as written," the rules are the same, while the rulings are different. The Sage Advice has evolved in format over the life of the 5th Edition. At first, Jeremy, Mike, and sometimes (if I...

The distinction is significant: the rules are fact, rulings are opinion. Among games following the "rules as written," the rules are the same, while the rulings are different. The Sage Advice has evolved in format over the life of the 5th Edition. At first, Jeremy, Mike, and sometimes (if I...

It appears you are talking about the way Jeremy Crawford intends for people to interpret the rule today, whereas Hriston seems to be talking about what the rules in question were meant to do when they were written. Those are not the same thing. Perhaps if you were to use more specific terms...

It appears you are talking about the way Jeremy Crawford intends for people to interpret the rule today, whereas Hriston seems to be talking about what the rules in question were meant to do when they were written. Those are not the same thing. Perhaps if you were to use more specific terms...

Honestly, you're not wrong for my game or for me as a DM. I have no hesitation to take a rule from a different edition or a different game and adapt it to my 5e campaign, or to house rule something to work better for my group. There are other DMs for whom it seems to be a big deal, though, and I...

Honestly, you're not wrong for my game or for me as a DM. I have no hesitation to take a rule from a different edition or a different game and adapt it to my 5e campaign, or to house rule something to work better for my group. There are other DMs for whom it seems to be a big deal, though, and I...

Do you know what "official rulings" means? It means that whatever is in the Sage Advice Compendium supersedes any advice offered on Twitter. That's it. That's the only significance--the SAC should be taken as the definitive recommendation, as opposed to "public statements of the D&D team." It...

Do you know what "official rulings" means? It means that whatever is in the Sage Advice Compendium supersedes any advice offered on Twitter. That's it. That's the only significance--the SAC should be taken as the definitive recommendation, as opposed to "public statements of the D&D team." It...