Clarifications needed for the Statue spell

[Ormraxes]

The description for the Statue spell seems incomplete to me. Can a caster in statue form move, or is he rigid? Does he get construct immunities (except possibly mind-affecting spells), or some kind of stone natural armor bonus? If he is both rigid and he doesn't get these immunities, wouldn't he be subject to coup de grace by his opponents, rendering the spell nearly useless?

 

[Jondor_Battlehammer]

He cannot move at all. I belive he is only affected by spells that effect stone, but I'm not sure on that one.

 

[Saeviomagy]

From what I can see, it's just like voluntarily using "flesh to stone" on yourself, except you can still think and percieve while in stone form.

I'd say you treat the recipient just like you would treat an object in creature form ie - a construct.

 

[AuraSeer]

The subject is immobile in statue form. He gains hardness 8. Since he is solid stone, with no discernable anatomy, he is immune to both critical hits and coup de grace. He'll take half damage from ranged weapons and most energy attacks. (Full rules for damaging objects are on this SRD page.)

Note that though he's hard to damage, he's probably easy to hit. He'll have no Dexterity score, and all his magic items are merged into his stone form, and he has no Dexterity score. A Medium-size caster will have an AC of 5 (10 - 5 (Dex) + 0 (size)). Plus, melee weapons get a +4 bonus on the attack roll, so even a commoner with a broomstick is unlikely to miss.

The character can still act, because switching to/from stone form is a free action after the initial change. He can change to flesh, take a standard action, and then switch back to stone at the end of the round. However, because of the low AC, the spell isn't all that useful in combat; it's mainly good for hiding and surprise.