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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9210711" data-attributes="member: 6801228">They are rules written by the official creator of the rules of the game. That is the definition of RAW. And while the movie is itself not "RAW" as it is not rules, it does represent a counter-point to your interpretation of RAW. Namely, it demonstrates that quiet chanting is a thing that exists. Something I can also do with videos like this[MEDIA=youtube]BIRJMESl4U8[/MEDIA]So even the monster statblocks in the PHB aren't RAW, because they aren't rules? If I wanted to play a game that was purely RAW, I couldn't have monsters? If I accepted this logic, then the game is fundamentally non-functional as a game, because the only thing that can exist per RAW is player characters. No traps, no monsters, no NPCs, all of them would not be RAW. This is extreme to the point of being ludicrous.Because there are many rules in the PHB I don't expect to be used? I don't understand how that is silly. Even what you said right above me states that YOU don't expect many of the rules in the PHB to be used.Where in the PHB does it tell you that nothing printed after the PHB is to be considered the rules of the game? Again, the PHB was printed FIRST of course it doesn't say to reference books that didn't exist. And all of the supplement books (which are called RULE supplements) also state that they contain Rules for the game. So, if that is good enough for the PHB, why not for the other books?FalseYou opt into every rule. Seriously, you just above told me that you heavily homebrew. Yes, Tasha's offers new options THAT WHAT A RULES EXPANSION DOES. But an optional rule is still a rule that is written. There is a difference between using an optional rule AS WRITTEN (RAW) compared to an optional rule that you homebrewed (Not RAW)Which does not change their status as rules, which are written. Rules are Rules. RAW does not mean "The Rules which are default to the game" That would be RWADTTG, not RAW.It is only a major difference if there is some other authority enforcing those rules. Do you have a WoTC official with a stick ready to sue you for not using a rule you forgot to "opt out" of using? No. It is a distinction that serves no practical purpose except to narrow yourself to single source and declare that you do not need to acknowledge any official material that exists. You have literally cut 2/3rds of the core rules out of the game, solely to say that only one rule book exists for Dungeons and Dragons.</blockquote>

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