I would rule that in the event that you are placed into a creature's mouth and don't have room to move (which differs from a Giant Frog, say) then I'd rule that you are incapacitated and therefore can't choose to turn back. However, if you were, say, a rat you'll take 1 point of damage from stomach acid if swallowed and die and would turn back.
I'd also rule that when turning back, the surroundings would prevent you from doing so and you would die instantly, the same way that if you had turned into a rat and your wildshape ended while you were inside a small crack in the wall, you'd be crushed to death by the wall.
Ignoring the fact that your incapacitation house rule works for wild shape but not polymorph, dying as soon as you take damage while incapacitated isn't how the condition works.
Then the bit about not being able to change back kills you instantly still has the problem of death changing you back to normal, so you still need to rule what happens to the creature that swallowed you when that happens.
But, again, the other creature would need a special way to do that. Creatures also don't generally have a way of getting a creature into their space (or mouths, for that matter) without something like a swallow ability.
A creature doesn't need a special trait to be capable of eating. There is a reason this game uses a DM.[emphasis added]
Exactly. To shut down bad ideas, like giving creatures abilities that they don’t have or adjudicating rules like the one I’m pointing out: ending your move inside the space of another creature is not allowed explicitly by the rules in the general case. Only certain circumstances can create that situation. The DM might decide those conditions, which puts them firmly out of realm of this forum.
I would rule that in the event that you are placed into a creature's mouth and don't have room to move (which differs from a Giant Frog, say) then I'd rule that you are incapacitated and therefore can't choose to turn back. However, if you were, say, a rat you'll take 1 point of damage from stomach acid if swallowed and die and would turn back.
I'd also rule that when turning back, the surroundings would prevent you from doing so and you would die instantly, the same way that if you had turned into a rat and your wildshape ended while you were inside a small crack in the wall, you'd be crushed to death by the wall.
I'd actually suggest having them take 1d6 damage for every 5 feet they are shunted to the nearest unoccupied space. This consequence of accidentally ending up inside a solid object is pretty standard. It might kill them, it might not.
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I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
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Ignoring the fact that your incapacitation house rule works for wild shape but not polymorph, dying as soon as you take damage while incapacitated isn't how the condition works.
Then the bit about not being able to change back kills you instantly still has the problem of death changing you back to normal, so you still need to rule what happens to the creature that swallowed you when that happens.
Exactly. To shut down bad ideas, like giving creatures abilities that they don’t have or adjudicating rules like the one I’m pointing out: ending your move inside the space of another creature is not allowed explicitly by the rules in the general case. Only certain circumstances can create that situation. The DM might decide those conditions, which puts them firmly out of realm of this forum.
I'd actually suggest having them take 1d6 damage for every 5 feet they are shunted to the nearest unoccupied space. This consequence of accidentally ending up inside a solid object is pretty standard. It might kill them, it might not.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.