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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9209809" data-attributes="member: 23751">Then don't do it.&nbsp; Trying to use the movie is a special pleading to RAW.&nbsp; Movies and other media that don't have to conform to RAW have never been RAW, so trying to make this movie an exception is a special pleading by you.You do understand that &quot;a special ability&quot; also isn't RAW, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />When I said that it translated into, &quot;She either was not following RAW or was not following RAW.&quot; Not according to 5e.&nbsp; Optional rules =/= rules.Except that she did.&nbsp; RAW doesn't allow you to hide the verbal component absent a specific ability to do so, which is why those specific abilities exist.&nbsp; Specific beats general.Neither that race nor class are RAW.&nbsp; RAW are the core default rules to the game, so optional rules are not RAW and can't&nbsp; be assumed to be in place. Rules that must be optioned in to be in place are in effect official house rules if they come from an official book and are no different than if you created a race of your own for your game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9209809, member: 23751"] Then don't do it. Trying to use the movie is a special pleading to RAW. Movies and other media that don't have to conform to RAW have never been RAW, so trying to make this movie an exception is a special pleading by you. You do understand that "a special ability" also isn't RAW, right? :p When I said that it translated into, "She either was not following RAW or was not following RAW." Not according to 5e. Optional rules =/= rules. Except that she did. RAW doesn't allow you to hide the verbal component absent a specific ability to do so, which is why those specific abilities exist. Specific beats general. Neither that race nor class are RAW. RAW are the core default rules to the game, so optional rules are not RAW and can't be assumed to be in place. Rules that must be optioned in to be in place are in effect official house rules if they come from an official book and are no different than if you created a race of your own for your game. [/QUOTE]

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