I have posed this question to a few DM friends with different results. Would like to hear more input.
My PC is a Dwarf Druid with 38 HP. Currently I am in mouse form, hidden, calling down Lightning strikes from Call Lightning Spell. An opponent, either sensing where I am or just getting lucky casts Sleep which I am in the AoE. They roll 21 for the amount of HP affected.
From the text of Sleep I am rendered unconscious. From the text of Wildshape I instantly revert back to my Dwarven self. Am I asleep or awake?
Half of us said asleep. Coming out of Wildshape is not one of the things that brings you out of Sleep. It was also argued that my 38 HP would not come into play as I am already asleep.
I'd say still asleep; there's nothing that says conditions do not carry over, and the HP check only applies when the spell is cast- you can't wake someone up from sleep by just casting Healing Word or something on them. This is actually a cool countermeasure to the Wildshape feature, but limited enough that it's not broken.
Agree with The_Ace_of_Rogues. But I love the question.
So from Druid Wild Shape we have: "You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die."
This means that you would revert AFTER falling unconcious. Then we have the text from Sleep: "Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are affected in ascending order of their current hit points"
Also, conditions carry over. As The_Ace_Of_Rogues noted, nothing says they don't and Mike Mearls confirmed this as RAI when asked about poison and disease. However, one might wonder about immunities. This Tweet from Jeremy Crawford notes that "No longer being a valid target trumps the condition carryover", so if you happen to transform into something with immunity to poison, like an elemental, then it would trump the poisoned condition. BUT what about if you are asleep/unconscious and happen to revert back into an elf who doesn't require sleep?
Fey Ancestry states "Magic can't put you to sleep", but in this case you would already be asleep when you revert to being an elf. Note also that Trance states "Elves don’t need to sleep", so it doesn't specify that they CAN'T sleep. Finally, if you accept the legacy text from Page 38 of legacy source Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, it states "Elves can sleep and dream just like any human, but almost all surface elves avoid doing so." I would argue then that this is a unique situation where the Sleep spell would actually succeed in putting the Wild Shape creature to sleep and applying the condition of unconscious which would then carry over to the Elven form.
Scratch that, Page 67 of PHB: "You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so" - This would carry over "Fey Ancestry" to the Wild Shape.
I have posed this question to a few DM friends with different results. Would like to hear more input.
My PC is a Dwarf Druid with 38 HP. Currently I am in mouse form, hidden, calling down Lightning strikes from Call Lightning Spell. An opponent, either sensing where I am or just getting lucky casts Sleep which I am in the AoE. They roll 21 for the amount of HP affected.
From the text of Sleep I am rendered unconscious. From the text of Wildshape I instantly revert back to my Dwarven self. Am I asleep or awake?
Half of us said asleep. Coming out of Wildshape is not one of the things that brings you out of Sleep. It was also argued that my 38 HP would not come into play as I am already asleep.
Thanks for reading.
I'd say still asleep; there's nothing that says conditions do not carry over, and the HP check only applies when the spell is cast- you can't wake someone up from sleep by just casting Healing Word or something on them. This is actually a cool countermeasure to the Wildshape feature, but limited enough that it's not broken.
Agree with The_Ace_of_Rogues. But I love the question.
So from Druid Wild Shape we have: "You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die."
This means that you would revert AFTER falling unconcious. Then we have the text from Sleep: "Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are affected in ascending order of their current hit points"
Also, conditions carry over. As The_Ace_Of_Rogues noted, nothing says they don't and Mike Mearls confirmed this as RAI when asked about poison and disease. However, one might wonder about immunities. This Tweet from Jeremy Crawford notes that "No longer being a valid target trumps the condition carryover", so if you happen to transform into something with immunity to poison, like an elemental, then it would trump the poisoned condition.
BUT what about if you are asleep/unconscious and happen to revert back into an elf who doesn't require sleep?Fey Ancestry states "Magic can't put you to sleep", but in this case you would already be asleep when you revert to being an elf. Note also that Trance states "Elves don’t need to sleep", so it doesn't specify that they CAN'T sleep. Finally, if you accept the legacy text from Page 38 of legacy source Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, it states "Elves can sleep and dream just like any human, but almost all surface elves avoid doing so." I would argue then that this is a unique situation where the Sleep spell would actually succeed in putting the Wild Shape creature to sleep and applying the condition of unconscious which would then carry over to the Elven form.
Scratch that, Page 67 of PHB: "You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so" - This would carry over "Fey Ancestry" to the Wild Shape.Reverting back to your original shape when Wildshaped doesn't end unconscious or other condition you may have.
The elven thing crossed my mind too then just like you, I found the Page 67 verbiage. Hey, thanks for the response.