Surely polymorphing into a freaking wolf overrides any disguise check nonesense, and the mechanics of a game that's 18 years old? Come on people, can't we just be courteous, and grown up? You see a wolf, OK, it's a wolf, a freaking wolf.
If you already knew the person and you break their disguise while they are in polymorph (assuming you have a legitimate reason to do so), you recognize them due to mannerisms and behaviors.
Correct. An interesting footnote for this discussion, there was talk about physical clothing/items on a character revealing who they are even if in disguise. In example, JOHN is wearing a red coat. JOHN becomes JEFF in disguise, but does not change his clothes and uses the same weapon. You fail to break the disguise for JEFF. The fact JOHN wore the same red coat does not mean you can deduce or come to the conclusion it is a disguise.
When this system was first released, a DM (I don’t remember which, really) told me that it in a situation like that, you could assume what your character does. However, with the implementation of the spell Disguise Self, a spell which by its description,
“You make yourself - including cloth, armor, weapons and equipment - look different, gaining a +10 skill bonus to Disguise,” indicates that you cannot WYSIWYG the matter due to the presence of Illusion School Glamers that will disguise you via an illusion.
This creates an interesting paradox where physically changing your form via polymorph magic can be pierced, but keeping your same clothes and finger-waving that they’re different via Glamers is iron clad. If a DM could confirm this, just to make sure I understand everything correctly, it would be appreciated.