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<blockquote data-quote="epithet" data-source="post: 7509628" data-attributes="member: 6796566"><p>You're certainly able to rule on the timing however you feel is appropriate as the DM. If you think JC was correct 3 years ago, cool. If you think JC is correct now, cool.</p><p></p><p>What's not cool is the idea that somehow JC can change his mind on Twitter and somehow magically change the game in any way. His opinion only matters if you care about it. To be clear, whatever ruling you apply to shield master is on you as a DM, you can't blame Crawford. Crawford isn't making rulings, because he's not the DM of your game. He's just stating his opinion.</p><p></p><p>My ruling, for my game, is that you can make the shield bash after you announce your attack action, but before you make the attacks (or after, or in the middle, I don't care.) It's pretty obviously (to me) the way the Shield Master feat was intended to operate, and it's what makes sense. Crawford's opinion in 2015 was correct, and changing his mind last year is just pedantic nonsense. My ruling is right, because it is my campaign to rule on. If you make a different ruling (which I might not agree with) it is also correct, because it applies to your campaign, not mine.</p><p></p><p>To his credit, JC works hard to maintain a coherent, integrated system of rules. He's good at weeding out inconsistency, and the 5e rules are remarkably free of contradiction. It is, on some level, a comfort to be able to look up how he intends for a given feature to be implemented. That said, I doubt even JC would expect his intentions or opinions about the meaning of each and every turn of phrase in D&D to all be followed exactly by anyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epithet, post: 7509628, member: 6796566"] You're certainly able to rule on the timing however you feel is appropriate as the DM. If you think JC was correct 3 years ago, cool. If you think JC is correct now, cool. What's not cool is the idea that somehow JC can change his mind on Twitter and somehow magically change the game in any way. His opinion only matters if you care about it. To be clear, whatever ruling you apply to shield master is on you as a DM, you can't blame Crawford. Crawford isn't making rulings, because he's not the DM of your game. He's just stating his opinion. My ruling, for my game, is that you can make the shield bash after you announce your attack action, but before you make the attacks (or after, or in the middle, I don't care.) It's pretty obviously (to me) the way the Shield Master feat was intended to operate, and it's what makes sense. Crawford's opinion in 2015 was correct, and changing his mind last year is just pedantic nonsense. My ruling is right, because it is my campaign to rule on. If you make a different ruling (which I might not agree with) it is also correct, because it applies to your campaign, not mine. To his credit, JC works hard to maintain a coherent, integrated system of rules. He's good at weeding out inconsistency, and the 5e rules are remarkably free of contradiction. It is, on some level, a comfort to be able to look up how he intends for a given feature to be implemented. That said, I doubt even JC would expect his intentions or opinions about the meaning of each and every turn of phrase in D&D to all be followed exactly by anyone. [/QUOTE]
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