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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6735418" data-attributes="member: 6801286">This is how I feel about it as well. The outcome of Wild Shape versus Disintegrate is unclear, but would you want your character to be permanently destroyed because your DM leaned one way, instead of the other? That seems like a very lame way to go.And lets not forget that the changing-back-rule exists to give Druids some tanking capability. It is supposed to act like a shield, so that the HP you lose while in beast form is not your only health pool. By ruling in favor of disintegrate, you undermine a core game rule of the class.I understand that disintegrate is a special spell. Its ability to reduce creatures to dust is one of the crucial details that makes it different from an ordinary damage spell. But that aspect is based purely on damage, and this Druid ability is intended to soak up damage. If you want a ruling that is more in the middle, do the following:The animal form is reduced to ashes. The druid returns to his human form, at the hit points he had before changing into animal form, and any remaining damage from the spell spills over.Optional: All the items that melted into the form are reduced to dust as well.Optional: The Druid can possibly no longer shape shift into this animal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 6735418, member: 6801286"] This is how I feel about it as well. The outcome of Wild Shape versus Disintegrate is unclear, but would you want your character to be permanently destroyed because your DM leaned one way, instead of the other? That seems like a very lame way to go. And lets not forget that the changing-back-rule exists to give Druids some tanking capability. It is supposed to act like a shield, so that the HP you lose while in beast form is not your only health pool. By ruling in favor of disintegrate, you undermine a core game rule of the class. I understand that disintegrate is a special spell. Its ability to reduce creatures to dust is one of the crucial details that makes it different from an ordinary damage spell. But that aspect is based purely on damage, and this Druid ability is intended to soak up damage. If you want a ruling that is more in the middle, do the following: [I]The animal form is reduced to ashes. The druid returns to his human form, at the hit points he had before changing into animal form, and any remaining damage from the spell spills over.[/I] [B]Optional:[/B] All the items that melted into the form are reduced to dust as well. [B]Optional:[/B] The Druid can possibly no longer shape shift into this animal. [/QUOTE]

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