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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6807527" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Rules for a game put out later are in fact part of the rules.  Magic items  If rules, optional or not, are put out for 5e, they are 5e rules.  That's a fact and it's not rational to dispute that.  Now, those "aids" you given in the PHB.  The PHB is full of rules, but it's also full of suggestions that are not listed as rules, but that virtually everyone here takes as a rule.  Iserith for instance if very fond of using the introduction section of the PHB/Basic rules, which contains no real rules but is entirely descriptive, as rules.  If those are rules, then so are all of the "aids" in the DMG and MM.  Incidentally, the rules about monster abilities and how to run them that are not contained in the PHB are rules.  The ones about legendary actions, monster equipment, and so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>