![]() Thus I would be inclined to rule that any such crafting process that altered the original object beyond recognition as that selfsame object would count as destroying it / reducing it to 0hp. Likewise, melting it until it is molten is probably applying fire damage until it has lost structural integrity or ceased to become an object 2 because it is no longer "a discrete, inanimate item". It seems to me that splitting a hard, solid object into multiple parts involves the application of slashing damage until the object is reduced to 0hp and its structural integrity fails. An object's hit points measure how much damage it can take before losing its structural integrity. ![]() The DMG section on statistics for objects (246, 247) focusses entirely on how to break or destroy them, including saying: Normally the game does not worry about the hp of an object unless something is damaging the object. This is true even if the spell has been concentrated on for the full duration it is an overarching condition that can end the spell 1. ![]() If the target of the spell drops to 0hp, the spell ends. The original creature is still a target of the spell. Fortunately a ruling there is largely irrelevant because of the next sentence the spell has no effect on a creature with 0 hp. There is some disagreement about whether concentrating on the spell for the entire duration means that the "or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies" is still relevant. This spell has no effect on a shapechanger or a creature with 0 hit points. If you concentrate on this spell for the full duration, the spell lasts until it is dispelled. The spell lasts for the duration, or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. This is important because if the object's hp become zero, then the creature's hp become zero, and this ends the spell: Since the creature's statistics are now those of the object, the creature's hp are those of the object. The creature’s statistics become those of the object. If you turn a creature into an object, it transforms along with whatever it is wearing and carrying into that form, as long as the object’s size is no larger than the creature’s size. The game treats "the creature" as if it still exists in some sense. However, we know that the concept of it as a creature still exists because it can be restored with dispel magic and seen with truesight. The creature is not physically present (or, if you prefer, it exists physically in the form of the object, because it has been trans formed). The original creature still exists as the target of the spell and is also under its effect. The object is now under the effect of the spell. You transform.the creature into a nonmagical object. ![]() This specifies the targeting of the spell the original creature is a target of the spell. When refined to just your case of creature into object, the spell says:Ĭhoose one creature.that you can see within range. If this is a "The rules don't say, ask your DM" situation, I am looking to understand what good, workable rulings look like here, and am interested in "good subjective" answers based on actual experience with the spell - have you used it at your table, and what did work or create problems?Įnding the spell on any part of the object ends it on them all If you have a specific, rules based answer, great. What happens if one of these objects becomes targeted by dispel magic? Do all the objects revert, or only that one? And what happens to the creature? Is it going to be a mess of chopped apart pieces, or will it reform in one place? If it reforms in one place, where does it reform? I'm pretty sure that this will turn the object into multiple objects, for example, if you equip a squad of soldiers with adamantine swords, each sword would count as a separate object. Otherwise, the object behaves like a normal object of its kind.īecause it behaves normally, you can split or break that object apart, for example, by melting down a block of gold into ingots, or forging a block of adamantine into multiple weapons and shields. True Polymorph allows you to turn a creature into an object permanently, but you still can undo it with dispel magic or similar means and see through the change with true seeing.
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