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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7362923" data-attributes="member: 58197">I'm trying to consider your logic, but it doesn't make any sense. You seem to be trying to argue that you can somehow revert from Wild Shape as a result of taking damage equal to your hit points, yet never actually be at zero hit points. Which is not true. The RAW is pretty darn clear on that: You drop to zero, and then you turn back.Per Wild Shape: &quot;You can revert to your normal form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn. You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die.&quot;If you get hit by disintegrate for damage exceeding your hit points, you drop to zero hit points. That triggers things that watch for you dropping to zero. In this case, there are two such things: Wild Shape, and disintegrate. Wild Shape sees that you've gone to zero, and turns you back into human form. Disintegrate sees that you've gone to zero, and turns you into a pile of dust.You could argue that you should get turned into dust first, and then the pile of dust gets turned back into a human. That would be a plausible if peculiar interpretation of RAW. But there's no way to get around the disintegrate trigger. You dropped to zero; therefore you have to get turned to dust at some point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7362923, member: 58197"] I'm trying to consider your logic, but it doesn't make any sense. You seem to be trying to argue that you can somehow revert from Wild Shape as a result of taking damage equal to your hit points, yet never actually be at zero hit points. Which is not true. The RAW is pretty darn clear on that: You drop to zero, and [i]then[/i] you turn back. Per Wild Shape: "You can revert to your normal form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn. You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, [B]drop to 0 hit points[/B], or die." If you get hit by [i]disintegrate[/i] for damage exceeding your hit points, you drop to zero hit points. That triggers things that watch for you dropping to zero. In this case, there are two such things: Wild Shape, and [i]disintegrate[/i]. Wild Shape sees that you've gone to zero, and turns you back into human form. [i]Disintegrate[/i] sees that you've gone to zero, and turns you into a pile of dust. You could argue that you should get turned into dust first, and then the pile of dust gets turned back into a human. That would be a plausible if peculiar interpretation of RAW. But there's no way to get around the [i]disintegrate[/i] trigger. You dropped to zero; therefore you have to get turned to dust at some point. [/QUOTE]

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