Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
If Medusa dies, do petrified players/NPCs come back from stone?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Klaudius Rex" data-source="post: 7568783" data-attributes="member: 6807408"><p>Thanks for all the responses here, you guys got a lot of good advice...</p><p></p><p>But,I 'm not so much worried about allowing players getting their old characters back by what many of you suggested or even other means. There are a lot of other ways to bring these old characters back to flesh, which i am not opposed to.</p><p></p><p>I'm just concerned about the death of medusa being one of those possibilities. I'm not even entirely sure why i feel this way actually. I just don't see it as a feasible way, and think some of the suggestions i've heard on these boards as more feasible. But the players insist that the medusa's death be the main reason the old characters become un-petrified. ...They dont want any other reason!!</p><p></p><p>To add more depth, we are playing Tomb of Annihilation, and the players original characters got petrified in Nangalore by the medusa there. This is a very remote part of the jungle that doesn't get a lot of traffic by the world at large. The players new characters valiantly defeated the medusa, and now want thier old characters to suddenly become un-petrified.</p><p></p><p>I have previously allowed the old petrified PCs to become un-petrified by the Red Wizards, an evil group of mages who are competitively focused on the same quest and might discern the statues as potential helpers, ...AND... ive even given the players new characters access to an item with the Greater Restoration spell (3 charges max), so they can pick and choose who they want to bring back... Im even willing to spin some of the other suggestions offered by you guys here in this post.</p><p></p><p>but for some reason, they dont like or want those other ideas...they want the death of the medusa to un-petrify everyone. To me, i just dont think its plausible for the death of the medusa to revert the old characters back to flesh. And believe me, i see no problem with them having their old characters back...i just want it to make sense...and for some reason, im struggling with the death of the medusa as making sense for that. </p><p></p><p>My players just want me to "go with it" and DM override any rule, which i am reluctant (but willing) to do...i just think its a sucky answer, and hoping that someone/anyone can spin me a better reason besides DM override why the death of a medusa would suddenly bring back "everyone she's ever petrified" in her life (including the characters)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klaudius Rex, post: 7568783, member: 6807408"] Thanks for all the responses here, you guys got a lot of good advice... But,I 'm not so much worried about allowing players getting their old characters back by what many of you suggested or even other means. There are a lot of other ways to bring these old characters back to flesh, which i am not opposed to. I'm just concerned about the death of medusa being one of those possibilities. I'm not even entirely sure why i feel this way actually. I just don't see it as a feasible way, and think some of the suggestions i've heard on these boards as more feasible. But the players insist that the medusa's death be the main reason the old characters become un-petrified. ...They dont want any other reason!! To add more depth, we are playing Tomb of Annihilation, and the players original characters got petrified in Nangalore by the medusa there. This is a very remote part of the jungle that doesn't get a lot of traffic by the world at large. The players new characters valiantly defeated the medusa, and now want thier old characters to suddenly become un-petrified. I have previously allowed the old petrified PCs to become un-petrified by the Red Wizards, an evil group of mages who are competitively focused on the same quest and might discern the statues as potential helpers, ...AND... ive even given the players new characters access to an item with the Greater Restoration spell (3 charges max), so they can pick and choose who they want to bring back... Im even willing to spin some of the other suggestions offered by you guys here in this post. but for some reason, they dont like or want those other ideas...they want the death of the medusa to un-petrify everyone. To me, i just dont think its plausible for the death of the medusa to revert the old characters back to flesh. And believe me, i see no problem with them having their old characters back...i just want it to make sense...and for some reason, im struggling with the death of the medusa as making sense for that. My players just want me to "go with it" and DM override any rule, which i am reluctant (but willing) to do...i just think its a sucky answer, and hoping that someone/anyone can spin me a better reason besides DM override why the death of a medusa would suddenly bring back "everyone she's ever petrified" in her life (including the characters) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
If Medusa dies, do petrified players/NPCs come back from stone?
Top