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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7964814" data-attributes="member: 18">I wouldn't actually agree with that.My position is both more and less firm. My issues here stem from WotC's stated position, which is that they would not do 4E-style nerfs/buffs to 5E via errata.That means, very simply one thing for 5E - errata should only fix typos or gross lack of clarity (which is essentially an elaborate form of typo). Everything about "intuition" and so on? Nah. That allows all sorts of crazy nonsense.That's for errata.Sage Advice is not errata. It's just Jeremy Crawford's opinion. He's a nice man, he's a smart man. I like Jeremy Crawford. He's also easily the best Sage that Sage Advice has ever had, certainly in the last thirty years (god some of the stuff in 2E was terrible - a lot of it was actually straight-up rules-wrong and even actually opening the PHB/DMG revealed that). But that's a very, very low bar. That's like a 30cm hurdle (12 inches for Americans).I don't mind at all what they say in Sage Advice. I don't even mind that they put it in a PDF. Because neither I nor other DMs playing are "bound" by it, and it's even strongly suggested we follow it (thank goodness). I have no objection to it, even if it occasionally makes me roll my eyes. I do object a bit when Jeremy Crawford says people are "ignoring the rules" when in fact they're merely interpreting them differently to him, but I feel like he's mostly doing so in a playful way so it's not too bad.Unearthed Arcana is also not errata. They can do whatever the heck they like with UA, and you know what? I support them. Strongly. The big "class feature variants" UA was great. If they put that in a book, or even an official PDF, and it becomes official, great. And groups can choose to use it or not because that's how content works in 5E. It's no more an "errata" than Xanathar's is an "errata", or Eberron is an "errata".</blockquote>

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