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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 6751614" data-attributes="member: 6799649">Exactly! Well put!This is the source of the two opposing factions, and why each faction believes the other side is so totally wrong!So, this should be our new starting point. Each of the two interpretations ('event' or 'result') is, objectively, equally plausible from the RAW, in terms of what words can mean. But the writer definitely has one, and only one, of those two interpretations in mind when he wrote those words, and whichever one it was, those words support that interpretation! How do we know? Because those words support both!But the writer isn't thinking about any other interpretations; only his own. He reads his own words back to himself; do they mean what he wants them to mean? Yes! Job done, he carries on to his next job, never pausing to think that his words could also be interpreted a different way.If only we knew which way he meant it. If only someone had communicated with Mr Crawford and asked him. But wait! Maxperson did! And what was the answer?The answer is that, after the hp of the beast form are reduced to zero, the druid reverts and the excess is taken by the druid. If those hp are reduced to zero, then dust. If not, it's just damage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 6751614, member: 6799649"] Exactly! Well put! This is the source of the two opposing factions, and why each faction believes the other side is so totally wrong! So, this should be our new starting point. Each of the two interpretations ('event' or 'result') is, objectively, equally plausible from the RAW, in terms of what words can mean. But the writer definitely has one, and [i]only[/i] one, of those two interpretations in mind when he wrote those words, and whichever one it was, [i]those words support that interpretation![/i] How do we know? Because those words support [i]both![/i] But the writer isn't thinking about any other interpretations; only his own. He reads his own words back to himself; do they mean what he wants them to mean? Yes! Job done, he carries on to his next job, never pausing to think that his words could also be interpreted a different way. If only we knew which way he meant it. If only someone had communicated with Mr Crawford and asked him. But wait! Maxperson [i]did![/i] And what was the answer? The answer is that, after the hp of the beast form are reduced to zero, the druid reverts and the excess is taken by the druid. If [i]those[/i] hp are reduced to zero, then dust. If not, it's just damage. [/QUOTE]

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