You seem to not be understanding so let me break it down.

Playable - you can play as this

You have a list of playable character options in the character creation section of the phb, and additional ones provided by sourcebooks.

If it isn’t a playable character option, it isn’t playable. RAW. It isn’t an option. It isn’t playable.

RAW. Let me get that through your head.

“Rules as written”

Not RAI.

Not “rules as intended”

RAW.

Written.

If it makes a character into a non playable character option, what rule is suddenly making that character playable? Nothing explicitly states that you can play as a character that is not a playable character option. You have a set list of RAW character options.

I think maybe you’ve missed the whole point of this thread, dawg. I read the first sentence and then dismissed the entirety of your comment because you clearly either don’t understand or aren’t engaging with the premise.

So you’re just giving up and not engaging with my point? That’s super boring.

I mean, this is a game where we are being intentionally obtuse. I don’t care about the game in any capacity. I care about what is written in the rulebook.

Feels like you may have lost the plot of your own joke post.

Where does it say that, RAW? I’m using your own logic against you. You’ll have to come up with a better response than that.

Edit: to clarify, where does it say RAW that you get to continue playing when polymorphed into a non-playable character?

You being able to move left is covered clearly by the rules under movement speed.

You cannot “do anything unless the rules forbid it”. That’s not how RAW works.

The good old days.

So? That doesn’t make it a playable option. Point to where it says, RAW, that you can continue to play as something you’re turned into?

RAW, it is not a playable character option. Sounds to me like you prefer to abide by RAI…

RAW, a pile of dust is not a playable character option. Sorry.

RAW, you also cannot play as a dragon fairy princess. That would be homebrew.

You REALLY want to play a pile of dust…? Well, okay, we can homebrew that for you.