Regarding Staff making official rulings vs the SAC

I know that the SAC says whatever desigers of the game  says on tweets or in public statements is not RAW.  I would counter that with Crawford's own words from Sage advice back on 6/19/2017.  He specifically, and made it clear: "I am the ONLY person on staff who can make official rulings for Dungeons and Dragons".  Totally his own words, not paraphrased. 

I mean, even if that's the case back in 2017, pretty sure he stepped back a lot for 2024 and has since amicably parted ways with active D&D design, so it doesn't obtain to anything given for the 2024 rules.

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I mean, even if that's the case back in 2017, pretty sure he stepped back a lot for 2024 and has since amicably parted ways with active D&D design, so it doesn't obtain to anything given for the 2024 rules.

It's also sort of circular logic; Crawford declaring himself to be the only authority is only authoritative if you already recognize him as the only authority.

Also, even if he was authorized to make official rulings, this does not mean that he was speaking ex cathedra in every tweet.

Or if he was, that's worse, because he didn't always tweet consistent rulings.

It absolutely is a circular reasoning.
Reminds me of the ontological argument: "God is perfect, what is perfect must exist, so God exists"
Now we have the Crawford version: "Crawford's rulings are always right, he ruled that only he can make rulings, so his rulings cannot be contested, so his rulings are always right"
Crawford doesn't work at WotC anymore, and his rulings aren't valid for 2024 rules. 
But more importantly: Crawford isn't running your game. Your DM is.

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I know that the SAC says whatever desigers of the game  says on tweets or in public statements is not RAW.  I would counter that with Crawford's own words from Sage advice back on 6/19/2017.  He specifically, and made it clear: "I am the ONLY person on staff who can make official rulings for Dungeons and Dragons".  Totally his own words, not paraphrased. 

Where did Jeremy Crawford state this? It would be nice to get a bit of context.

As Sage Advice say

Official Rulings

Official rulings on how to interpret rules are made here in the Sage Advice Compendium. A Dungeon Master adjudicates the game and determines whether to use an official ruling in play. The DM always has the final say on rules questions.

The public statements of the D&D team, or anyone else at Wizards of the Coast, are not official rulings; they are advice.

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I know that the SAC says whatever desigers of the game  says on tweets or in public statements is not RAW.  I would counter that with Crawford's own words from Sage advice back on 6/19/2017.  He specifically, and made it clear: "I am the ONLY person on staff who can make official rulings for Dungeons and Dragons".  Totally his own words, not paraphrased. 

 I am stating right here and now that I am the ONLY person in the whole world who can make official rulings for Dungeons and Dragons. Now what is the question you'd like an answer to?

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I know that the SAC says whatever desigers of the game  says on tweets or in public statements is not RAW.  I would counter that with Crawford's own words from Sage advice back on 6/19/2017.  He specifically, and made it clear: "I am the ONLY person on staff who can make official rulings for Dungeons and Dragons".  Totally his own words, not paraphrased. 

 I am stating right here and now that I am the ONLY person in the whole world who can make official rulings for Dungeons and Dragons. Now what is the question you'd like an answer to?

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How does 5.5e dual wielding work?

How does 5.5e dual wielding work?

If a your character is holding a weapon in each hand, both of which have the Light property, and take the Attack Action to make an attack with one of those weapons,  then you can make one attack with the other Light weapon in your other hand as a Bonus Action. If you would make that Bonus Action attack with a weapon with which you can apply the Nick property that Bonus Action attack occurs as part of your Attack Action instead of your Bonus Action.

If you have the Dual Wielder Feat, then you only need to be holding one Light weapon and the other weapon can be any melee weapon that doesn't have the Two-Handed property, this non-light weapon can be used to make the Bonus Action attack as well as any extra attacks you can make as part of the Attack action so long as you make at least one attack with the Light weapon prior to making the Bonus Action attack each turn. If you can somehow get the Nick property on a non-light weapon then this Bonus Action attack can be made as part of your Attack Action. If you have made a Bonus Action attack with a Nick weapon as part of your Attack action, you do not gain another Bonus Action attack. 

If you have the Two Weapon Fighting Style feat then if you make an attack with your Bonus Action with a Light weapon (which may be moved to the Attack action if you are using Nick) then you can add your ability modifier to the damage of that attack. You can also add your ability modifier to the damage of an attack made as a Bonus Action granted by the Dual Wielder feat.