Petrify (V7)
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Petrify (B, Subdual)
Materials
Padded grey "petrify ball" with streamers
Incantation
Hold ball in free hand, repeat x5 "Petrify."
Effect
Victim is stuck in place, a stone statue. The victim may not move or communicate in any fashion until the game is finished. He and his equipment cannot be harmed. Engulfing (V7).
Limitations
A ball may not be reused if the spell is in effect (on a victim), but may be reused once the victim is free.
Notes
Release (V7) or Dispel Magic (V7) will instantly free the victim, while Heal (V7) will free the player in a 150 count starting from when the Heal is completed. Shove (V7), Teleport (V7), and Wind (V7) may be used normally on an affected victim, but he may not otherwise be moved. No other magic will affect them. A player who takes a death while under the effect of Petrify may not in any way return from the dead, with the obvious exception of his normal death count, until a Summon Dead (V7) has been cast on the corpse.
Who gets it?
A 5th level Druid (V7) spell.
Monsters
Player notes
Ethan
(On the effects of Heal (V7) on a Petrified player:) The old rules used to turn the effects of a Petrify into those of an Iceball (V7) or Entangle (V7); the new rules just mean that the person Petrified will be freed in a 150 count. Like stone slowly turning back to flesh. So, no, Fireball (V7) won't affect a Petrified person who has been Healed.
