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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Unwise" data-source="post: 5891475" data-attributes="member: 98008">I would say that the items turn to stone for a few major reasons:1) You want to be able to have statues around where the PCs can't be sure if they are Medusa victims or just statues. If the swords and clothing were still ok, you would ruin this trope.2) If the items don't turn to stone, then you can't have the PCs stumble across a stoned hero and have them fix him up and have him be useful. A naked guy is not much help to anyone.3) It is just not heroic to be a naked4) Is it quicker and easier to kill a PC than it is to have them robbed. Robbery completely throws out the power balance of the game and leads to trite reasoning to give the PCs back their items later. You don't want a PC being turned to stone then robbed, your better off killing them.</blockquote>