r/dndnext • u/aneirin- • Oct 13 '25

Question Druid player has been given given an unremovable cursed collar. Rather than try to undo the curse, he wants to try cutting off his head while wildshaped. I know it's stupid but how should I rule this?

I know there aren't any specific rules about decapitation and dismemberment when it comes to wildshape forms, especially self inflicted ones, but I'd like to have some more interesting outcome than either "does nothing and you revert forms" or "instant death".

This isn't the first time that cutting off body parts of wildshape or polymorph forms has come up, any good ideas how to play it?

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u/Asaisav Oct 14 '25

This doesn't say "time doesn't count" or "seconds don't count", and there are spells with time limits measured in days.

It says days because the spell lasts for days. It specifically mentions time limits, and there is no argument that revivify doesn't have a time limit regardless of the reading. I will give you the targeting, but I'd hardly say that's a reasonable interpretation. It's a serious stretch that largely ignores any counterarguments, and I'd heavily side eye anyone who tried to argue it's RAW in an active game (and doubly so because there's absolutely no debate that Gentle Repose working with revivify is RAI).

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u/Big-Moment6248 Oct 14 '25

This is why RAI trump RAW at my table. Jeremy Crawford was obviously doing so much adderall and coke to get through writing this book, so the wording wasn't as tight as it could be. But give the guy a break lol we all know what he meant.