I have a character that has Inspiring Leader, and I can grant temporary hit points to my team members. We have a Druid in the group that tends to use Wild Shape frequently. When the Druid uses Wild Shape, do the Temporary Hit Points transfer over to the new form, or are they "attached" to the original form? Is there anything in the books that handle this?
[RPG] What happens to Temporary Hit Points when you Wild Shape
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Best Answer
You retain all temporary hit points when using wild shape.
There is nothing in the rulebook that addresses this directly, however I think we can figure this out using what we do know.
Temporary HP are not real HP because:
When a Druid uses wild shape:
This would seem to imply that your hit points before wild shape are replaced with the hit points of the beast you've shaped into. But! Temporary hit points aren't actually hit points per the rule book; they are a buffer against damage.
Furthermore...
So even if your hit point maximum increases from wild shape, your temporary hit points remain because they are separate from your actual hit points and they can exceed your HP maximum.
Also...
Since there is nothing in wild shape that explicitly denies you your temporary hit points, they last until you have either used all of them or until you have completed a long rest.
Even better, if you still have your temporary hit points when you shape back to your original form, you will still retain them, although your "real" HP will revert to whatever level they were at before you wild shaped.