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<blockquote data-quote="Noctem" data-source="post: 6732996" data-attributes="member: 6801315">This debate actually went on for a good 200 posts on the WOTC forums until we got Jeremy Crawford to actually directly answer what happens.&nbsp; I posted it up above but I'll do it again here:The half-orc and barbarian features that allow targets to survive damage that would cause them to become unconscious (HP 0) don't work because disintegrate kills you outright.&nbsp; So this answers the specifics of &quot;does disintegrate kill you outright?&quot;&nbsp; A:&nbsp; Yes.In the case of wildshape however, due to how the feature is worded and how it works with damage in general (note again that Power Word Kill works!), you would revert back to druid form first then apply any remaining damage to the druid HP pool and only if that hp pool is reduced to 0 hp would the special effect of the spell come into play.&nbsp; Simply dropping a wildshape form to 0 hp and causing the druid to revert DOES NOT disintegrate the druid.&nbsp; And due to the reasoning explained for why it works this way, it's also possible to extrapolate that other effects that proc from being reduced to 0 hp also wouldn't work in the same way.The real question here though isn't about these features, the actual question is about the order of resolution when multiple things happen off a specific trigger (in this case being dropped to 0 HP).&nbsp; No one here, again NO ONE HERE, can claim to know for a fact the order of resolution because it is not defined in the rules of the game.&nbsp; Jeremy Crawford, lead designer of the game we're all playing, has directly stated how these game elements interact.&nbsp; Continuing to argue beyond that is nonsensical.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Noctem, post: 6732996, member: 6801315"] This debate actually went on for a good 200 posts on the WOTC forums until we got Jeremy Crawford to actually directly answer what happens. I posted it up above but I'll do it again here: The half-orc and barbarian features that allow targets to survive damage that would cause them to become unconscious (HP 0) don't work because disintegrate kills you outright. So this answers the specifics of "does disintegrate kill you outright?" A: Yes. In the case of wildshape however, due to how the feature is worded and how it works with damage in general (note again that Power Word Kill works!), you would revert back to druid form first then apply any remaining damage to the druid HP pool and only if that hp pool is reduced to 0 hp would the special effect of the spell come into play. Simply dropping a wildshape form to 0 hp and causing the druid to revert DOES NOT disintegrate the druid. And due to the reasoning explained for why it works this way, it's also possible to extrapolate that other effects that proc from being reduced to 0 hp also wouldn't work in the same way. The real question here though isn't about these features, the actual question is about the order of resolution when multiple things happen off a specific trigger (in this case being dropped to 0 HP). No one here, again NO ONE HERE, can claim to know for a fact the order of resolution because it is not defined in the rules of the game. Jeremy Crawford, lead designer of the game we're all playing, has directly stated how these game elements interact. Continuing to argue beyond that is nonsensical. [/QUOTE]

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