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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7775927" data-attributes="member: 6787503">No, I really haven't house-ruled this. What it has to do with what you posted is that the tweet you quoted in that post added no new information that wasn't already included in the Sage Advice Compendium itself, and yet you seemed to think it suddenly made debate on the issue pointless. Granted, I thought you were reacting more to the revelation that Jeremy's tweets are no longer considered official, but I can see now that it was about how the DM has final say about rules interpretations at his/her table. I think you have a misconception about what this means, though. The DM's rulings, i.e. rules interpretations, are the last word on how the rules will be implemented at his/her table. This statement, while it covers the addition of any house-rules the DM may wish to add to his/her game, isn't directly about house-rules. It's about the DM's ultimate right and authority to interpret the RAW. And if the DM interprets a rule differently from how it's interpreted in the Sage Advice Compendium, that doesn't make the DM's ruling a house-rule. The DM is interpreting the same rule that Sage Advice is.Because I disagree with his interpretation. I'm not arguing that my interpretation is the official one. I understand that the ruling in the Sage Advice Compendium is official, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it.Rulings ARE NOT rules. I think this is the root of the communication problem you seem to be having with me. You seem to think that by making these rulings that Jeremy Crawford is writing a bunch of new rules for the game. He is not, and his rulings do not become part of the RAW. They are merely the official advice on how to interpret the rules, take it or leave it. I can't stress this enough.Not following the official ruling IS NOT house-ruling. House-ruling is making up a new rule or changing an existing rule. As far as this feat goes, my ruling is based on the RAW, not a house-rule. Deviating from the official ruling IS NOT making a house-rule. You have to stop saying this. Also, the current official ruling on Shield Master does nothing to establish the RAI for the timing of the Shield Master bonus action, which had already been revealed in the original ruling on the Eldritch Knight's War Magic feature.</blockquote>

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