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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 9316616" data-attributes="member: 40176">The situation: One of the party members was petrified at the end of the last session, with no means on hand of reversing the effect. The rest of the party need to get them back to town, where there is a friendly cleric who has the ability to cast greater restoration.The problem: Petrification multiplies a creature's weight tenfold, and this one wasn't a lightweight to begin with. Their statue form currently weighs over 3,000 lb, which is not easy for three people, one of whom is a kobold, to carry.Possible solution: One character has access to polymorph, and could cast it at least a few times, which would get them a significant portion of the way there if it can lighten the weight.Polymorph targets a single creature, and can transform it into a beast. I'm thinking this could go one of three ways:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A petrified creature is still a creature, as well as an object, and being polymorphed could transform them into a lightweight pocket-sized beast statue for easy transportation.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A petrified creature is still a creature, as well as an object, and being polymorphed could transform them into a non-petrified beast for the duration, after which they go back to being a statue.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A petrified creature is just an object, and cannot be targeted with polymorph.</li>
</ul>Which way would you go, or is there a fourth option I haven't considered?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 9316616, member: 40176"] The situation: One of the party members was petrified at the end of the last session, with no means on hand of reversing the effect. The rest of the party need to get them back to town, where there is a friendly cleric who has the ability to cast [I]greater restoration[/I]. The problem: Petrification multiplies a creature's weight tenfold, and this one wasn't a lightweight to begin with. Their statue form currently weighs over 3,000 lb, which is not easy for three people, one of whom is a kobold, to carry. Possible solution: One character has access to [I]polymorph[/I], and could cast it at least a few times, which would get them a significant portion of the way there if it can lighten the weight. [I]Polymorph[/I] targets a single creature, and can transform it into a beast. I'm thinking this could go one of three ways: [LIST] [*]A petrified creature is still a creature, as well as an object, and being polymorphed could transform them into a lightweight pocket-sized beast statue for easy transportation. [*]A petrified creature is still a creature, as well as an object, and being polymorphed could transform them into a non-petrified beast for the duration, after which they go back to being a statue. [*]A petrified creature is just an object, and cannot be targeted with [I]polymorph[/I]. [/LIST] Which way would you go, or is there a fourth option I haven't considered? [/QUOTE]

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