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Message: <blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 9594452" data-attributes="member: 39815">Is this actually ambiguous in any specific case? If we look at a few specific examples:Death Ward says "The first time the target would drop to 0 Hit Points before the spell ends, the target instead drops to 1 Hit Point" (emphasis mine) The words would and instead clearly describe a situation in which the target never actually drops to 0 HP; thus, no disintegration.Same for the zombie; Undead Fortitude says "If damage reduces the zombie to 0 Hit Points, it makes a Constitution saving throw (DC 5 plus the damage taken) unless the damage is Radiant or from a Critical Hit. On a successful save, the zombie drops to 1 Hit Point instead." Again, instead dictates that if the zombie makes the save, it never actually drops to 0 HP; no disintegration.As for the orc, though; Relentless Endurance says "When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 Hit Point instead." Obviously the Disintegrate spell kills the orc outright at 0 HP; the inclusion of that conditional overrides the later instead, or the conditional would have no impact. Neither Death Ward nor Undead Fortitude include a conditional like that. There's a sequence here:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Are you reduced to 0 HP? If yes, continue.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Are you killed outright? If no, continue.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You can drop to 1 HP instead.</li> </ol>Disintegrate stops this sequence at step 2.All of these seem like clear rulings to me. Are there others that are less clear?</blockquote>

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