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So I have a question about how one of the subclass features interact with the disintegrate spell. At 10th level warlocks of the undead gain a feature called Necrotic Husk which states, among other buffs, that if you are diminished to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to drop to one hit point. After this happens, every creature of your choice within thirty feet of you takes necrotic damage of 2d10 + your warlock level. Now the disintegrate spell says that when it reduces a creature to 0hp they are turned to dust and can only be revived by a wish or true resurrection spell.
My question is whether the class feature would allow an undead warlock to survive getting hit with a disintegrate spell as long as the spell doesn't deal damage equal to double their max hp?
IMHO I would say that you managed to stay at 1 HP because of your reaction: you didn't end up at 0 HP. Specific feat rule overriding the general rule of the disintegrate spell. But the DM has the final say on this.
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Greetings to everyone reading this post, hope you're having a good day.
So I have a question about how one of the subclass features interact with the disintegrate spell. At 10th level warlocks of the undead gain a feature called Necrotic Husk which states, among other buffs, that if you are diminished to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to drop to one hit point. After this happens, every creature of your choice within thirty feet of you takes necrotic damage of 2d10 + your warlock level. Now the disintegrate spell says that when it reduces a creature to 0hp they are turned to dust and can only be revived by a wish or true resurrection spell.
My question is whether the class feature would allow an undead warlock to survive getting hit with a disintegrate spell as long as the spell doesn't deal damage equal to double their max hp?
IMHO I would say that you managed to stay at 1 HP because of your reaction: you didn't end up at 0 HP.
Specific feat rule overriding the general rule of the disintegrate spell. But the DM has the final say on this.
playing since 1986
I would also say you survive. The key word is "instead". So you didn't actually drop to 0 HP, dropping to 1 HP replaced that.