So the most recent publication of the core rules-the 2013 editions of the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual-are absolutely primary, even if topics within those texts were subtly changed, outright contradicted, or the subject of FAQ or game designer commentary by other texts between 20 before those texts' publications, and even if uncorrected errors remain in any of the most recently published core books that were corrected by other books before the core rule' republication.įlaws other books set right may have been backwardly-uncorrected-or whatever Orwellian phrase you might want to use-by the republished core rules. The Monster Manual is the primary source for monster descriptions, templates, and supernatural, extraordinary, and spell-like abilities.Įmphasis mine. The Dungeon Master's Guide is the primary source for topics such as magic item descriptions, special material construction rules, and so on. If you find something on one of those topics from the Dungeon Master's Guide or the Monster Manual that disagrees with the Player's Handbook, you should assume the Player's Handbook is the primary source. The Player's Handbook, for example, gives all the rules for playing the game, for playing PC races, and for using base class descriptions. An individual spell description takes precedence when the short description in the beginning of the spells chapter disagrees.Īnother example of primary secondary sources involves book and topic precedence. One example of a primary/secondary source is text taking precedence over a table entry. When you find a disagreement between two rules sources, unless an official errata file says otherwise, the primary source is correct. Here's the skinny: All of the errata documents have this Errata Rule describing Primary Sources Wizards of the Coast Created a Flawed Paradigm I have shed blood on the Internet battlefield between the Rules Compendium declaring free actions are only available on one's turn versus the Player's Handbook slightly vague addressing of the topic, especially in conjunction with immediate actions. I know that when the core rules were published things like swift actions didn't exist. Seriously, and according to its own texts, Wizards of the Coast says The Rules Compedium Can't Change the Core Rules
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