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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 9317210" data-attributes="member: 6794067">My fourth option is, the target is an object with some person-like qualities.Having been overwhelmed with a catastrophic infusion of elemental Earth, they are now a statue for all intents and purposes. Any mind is suppressed, although not absent, as thought is an uncommon attribute of stone. As they are stone, they have the needs of stone. They aren't going to perish from lack of human needs. Polymorph would not work as it is a spell made to shape softer flesh and that produced from such. Even if the caster was puissant in transformation to the point of grasping the echo of flesh in the target, it is also a property of Earth to resist change. Magic sufficient to shape the stone or remove this curse is notably potent by itself.As to Dasuul's comment of a soul being tied to the statue, this is an excellent point. I would say this is what allows the petrification to be reversed, while the spell (greater restoration) has simply no effect on a random statue. Stone to flesh would also not restore a transformed statue to life, but rather create a limp and lifeless statue of flesh.Having access to polymorph magic, I would say the best option would be to fashion a sledge and transform into strong beasts to drag the unfortunate friend to the helpful priest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Baron Opal II, post: 9317210, member: 6794067"] My fourth option is, the target is an object with some person-like qualities. Having been overwhelmed with a catastrophic infusion of elemental Earth, they are now a statue for all intents and purposes. Any mind is suppressed, although not absent, as thought is an uncommon attribute of stone. As they are stone, they have the needs of stone. They aren't going to perish from lack of human needs. [I]Polymorph [/I]would not work as it is a spell made to shape softer flesh and that produced from such. Even if the caster was puissant in transformation to the point of grasping the echo of flesh in the target, it is also a property of Earth to resist change. Magic sufficient to shape the stone or remove this curse is notably potent by itself. As to Dasuul's comment of a soul being tied to the statue, this is an excellent point. I would say this is what allows the petrification to be reversed, while the spell ([I]greater restoration[/I]) has simply no effect on a random statue. [I]Stone to flesh[/I] would also not restore a transformed statue to life, but rather create a limp and lifeless statue of flesh. Having access to polymorph magic, I would say the best option would be to fashion a sledge and transform into strong beasts to drag the unfortunate friend to the helpful priest. [/QUOTE]

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