@mikemearls need a ruling on this, crit with near max damage falls a foe, but player want to knock out rather than kill. Which happens?

— Lunchboxx1090 (@lunchboxx1990) January 17, 2016

Target is knocked out. Wakes up with amnesia. https://t.co/e2MUUr3pKN

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) January 17, 2016

@mikemearls It is in the rules that the player can say damage is nonlethal after seeing how much damage happened

— PhantomBit (@ThePhantombit) January 17, 2016

That's true, but asking the books gets you a less interesting answer than asking me. https://t.co/vQl4fHSJMB

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) January 17, 2016