Examples of how this works:
- "even a Hobbit" specifically overrides the explicit restriction "may only be brought into play at his home site."
- "The Balrog gains scout skill and may have followers" specifically overrides the explicit restriction "he may not have any followers."
- "may bring into play one character with up to a 6 mind" specifically overrides the explicit restriction "you may not start or bring into play any character with a mind greater than 5."
- "can be played at a site that is already tapped" specifically overrides the explicit restriction "playing a faction card, ally card, information card, or item card (unless stated otherwise on the card) requires an untapped character and an untapped site."
- "You may play Orc and Troll characters and include them in your starting company" does not specifically overcome the explicit restriction "May not be included with a starting company" on Burat, etc.
- "you may bring any Ringwraith followers into play with your Ringwraith's company as you have in your hand" does not specifically override "a non-Orc, non-Troll character may not be brought into play at this site."
- "A character (even a Hobbit) may be brought into play" does not specifically override "you may not start or bring into play any character with a mind greater than 5."
- "the sage bears the Dwarven Ring as though he were a Dwarf" does not specifically override "an Orc or Troll character may not tap to initiate an effect from a hero resource" nor "but all bonuses and special abilities are ignored" for a FW Orc or Troll.