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<blockquote data-quote="Lazerel" data-source="post: 2501097" data-attributes="member: 35311"><p>Interesting thread, like many now descending somewhat into intolerance. </p><p></p><p>There is something that has been overlooked here I feel, and that is a simple comparison with other spells. The statue spells seems to require the actual ability to change to and from statue form to be important enough to be stated.</p><p> </p><p><em>"The subject of a statue spell can return to its normal state, act, and then return instantly to the statue state (a free action) if it so desires, as long as the spell duration is in effect."</em></p><p> </p><p><em> This implies that the (sorry can't get out of italics <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) recipient will in some way WANT to change out of statue form for some reason. Compare this to stoneskin or ironskin, where there is NO relevant line or abiliity. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Now there are two ways to view this, as has been earlier pointed out. The first is from a real world (non-D&D) perspective where obviously you want to stop being a statue because statues cannot do anything (movement related at least), or we can look at it from a fantasy (D&D) perspective. In a D&D perspective there aren't going to be a whole lot of reasons why that person is going to NOT want that 8 hardness helping them so there must be another reason (unlikely to be for appearances sake as the change into/outof statue form effect implies (sorry, States) a one round duration), that reason is because even in D&D statues cannot normally move.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>This spell doesn't suck. To all intents and purposes you are a statue and the ability to be totally motionless and INANIMATE can actually have its own rewards, ie: you do not seem like a tasty snack or a threat to most creatures. You do not make any noise and would hide VERY well from any creature using tremor sense, you make no smell for scent, nevermind side advantages of energy resistance (though shatter could presumable hurt).</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazerel, post: 2501097, member: 35311"] Interesting thread, like many now descending somewhat into intolerance. There is something that has been overlooked here I feel, and that is a simple comparison with other spells. The statue spells seems to require the actual ability to change to and from statue form to be important enough to be stated. [i] [/i] [i]"The subject of a statue spell can return to its normal state, act, and then return instantly to the statue state (a free action) if it so desires, as long as the spell duration is in effect."[/i] [i] [/i] [i] This implies that the (sorry can't get out of italics :) ) recipient will in some way WANT to change out of statue form for some reason. Compare this to stoneskin or ironskin, where there is NO relevant line or abiliity. [/i] [i] [/i] [i]Now there are two ways to view this, as has been earlier pointed out. The first is from a real world (non-D&D) perspective where obviously you want to stop being a statue because statues cannot do anything (movement related at least), or we can look at it from a fantasy (D&D) perspective. In a D&D perspective there aren't going to be a whole lot of reasons why that person is going to NOT want that 8 hardness helping them so there must be another reason (unlikely to be for appearances sake as the change into/outof statue form effect implies (sorry, States) a one round duration), that reason is because even in D&D statues cannot normally move.[/i] [i] [/i] [i]This spell doesn't suck. To all intents and purposes you are a statue and the ability to be totally motionless and INANIMATE can actually have its own rewards, ie: you do not seem like a tasty snack or a threat to most creatures. You do not make any noise and would hide VERY well from any creature using tremor sense, you make no smell for scent, nevermind side advantages of energy resistance (though shatter could presumable hurt).[/i] [i] [/i] [/QUOTE]
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