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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8101106" data-attributes="member: 6801228">This right here gets you so close to understanding this issue Max. The tag &quot;Dragon&quot; does not mean that a creature has a breath weapon, or the ability to fly. &quot;Dragon&quot; does not carry any rules to that effect. Are they common elements to that tag? Sure, it is a common element. A &quot;most likely&quot; but they are not rules because traditionally in DnD, there are always a few creatures with that tag, without the breath weapon. Hence, why once again, Psionics do not have any special rules attached to them. Why, at the end of the paragraph, they specifically say &quot;A monster that has this tag typically doesn't require any components to cast its spells.&quot;Is it a likely trait? Yes. Is it a guaranteed rule of that tag? No. It is not. If it were, they would not say that the tag has no special rules, and would not say that they &quot;typically&quot; don't require components. They would say &quot;A monster that has this tag never requires any components to cast its spells.&quot;That is the truth. You've found a likely pattern, a common trait that is likely, but not an iron-rule that must be followed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8101106, member: 6801228"] This right here gets you so close to understanding this issue Max. The tag "Dragon" does not mean that a creature has a breath weapon, or the ability to fly. "Dragon" does not carry any rules to that effect. Are they common elements to that tag? Sure, it is a common element. A "most likely" but they are not rules because traditionally in DnD, there are always a few creatures with that tag, without the breath weapon. Hence, why once again, Psionics do not have any special rules attached to them. Why, at the end of the paragraph, they specifically say "A monster that has this tag typically doesn't require any components to cast its spells." Is it a likely trait? Yes. Is it a guaranteed rule of that tag? No. It is not. If it were, they would not say that the tag has no special rules, and would not say that they "typically" don't require components. They would say "A monster that has this tag never requires any components to cast its spells." That is the truth. You've found a likely pattern, a common trait that is likely, but not an iron-rule that must be followed. [/QUOTE]

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