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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monayuris" data-source="post: 7568675" data-attributes="member: 6859536">In my campaign I would say no. The victims of the turn to stone ability of the medusa would not automatically come back when the medusa was killed. Why do you think there are so many statues in D&D dungeons?Of course, there is no 'overcome adversity' or system shock thing in 5E. I would say that being turned to stone does not necessarily result in the character being killed. In 5E, Greater Restoration would restore the character to normal, but if you want to provide another means as a quest or result of an adventure, go for it. Perhaps having the blood or the snake hair of the medusa is a part of fulfilling the quest.It could be a fun short term adventure to have a bunch of younger new characters venture forth to restore their idols lost to time.In my game, I assume that there is a chance that any statue, anywhere, in any dungeon, may in fact be a victim of a medusa or gorgon or some such. If it came across the mind of a player to cast Greater Restoration on a statue, I'd roll a percentile chance for it to be a petrified character and I have a list of 'forgotten heroes' (that I have found somewhere online) that I'll draw from.</blockquote>