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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rrealm" data-source="post: 1794909" data-attributes="member: 20630">A few sessions ago we had a situation where we (the party) were attacked by a few cockatrices.  In our party, our wizard uses the undead skeleton familiar from unearthed arcana.  Throughout the course of the battle, the skeleton was hit with the cockatrice’s beak.  Then the debate came.  Can a cockatrice turn a corporal undead to stone?  Are some undead affected (like a zombie) but some are not (like a skeleton).  At first we said no since the flesh to stone spell requires flesh and our skeleton has none.  However, if one is affected by petrification, ones objects turn to stone also.  This posed another dilemma.  If petrification can affect objects, and undead are immune to all spells that require a fortitude save unless it affects an object -  undead can be affected, thus, our skeleton companion can turn to stone if he fails his fortitude save (which is quite possible having no ability bonus to add to the die roll).  Our skeleton failed and we left him where he stood and walked off saddened.  Later, we encountered a vampire and began fighting him and I got to thinking, if we had a cockatrice, and it could hit the vampire (much easier said than done, I know), the vampire would have to make a save throw which it would have few bonuses to add to the die roll.  What if a cockatrice could hit a lich?  It seams bizarre to me that a being so specialized in magic that can “live” for 1500+ years could be defeated with a lowly cockatrice with one lucky attack roll.Did our logic stray somewhere?  Have we missed an important sentence regarding undead qualities or “a list of requirements” for petrification to take effect?  What do you think?</blockquote>

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