New Posts For Thread: Removing pertrification from an itemhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481403/Removing_pertrification_from_an_itemYou come across a bunch of statues that are obviously the result of a medusa's or basilisk's petrification.The PC's detect magic on the bodies of the statues or in the backpack.They remove the backpack... chisel it off the statue. They take their timThere are no particular rules for un-petrifying objects, as (as far as I know) nothing in the rules say that objects can or cannot become petrified. The simplest solution, however, would be just to say that they cast Remove Affliction on the entire shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481403/Removing_pertrification_from_an_item?post_id=525965413#525965413There are no particular rules for un-petrifying objects, as (as far as I know) nothing in the rules say that objects can or cannot become petrified. The simplest solution, however, would be just to say that they cast Remove Affliction on the entire sSat, 10 Nov 2012 23:52:40 -0600"shouldn't"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481403/Removing_pertrification_from_an_item?post_id=525899307#525899307"shouldn't"Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:08:33 -0600But they do. Many rituals refer to a 'target' (or sometimes a zone), etc. In such circumstances, I expect most DM's will use the standard rules for say, targets and zones as guidelines (even though the target and zone rules were written for powers).http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481403/Removing_pertrification_from_an_item?post_id=525899235#525899235But they do. Many rituals refer to a 'target' (or sometimes a zone), etc. In such circumstances, I expect most DM's will use the standard rules for say, targets and zones as guidelines (even though the target and zone rules were written for powers).Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:05:22 -0600They don't. At least, they shouldn't. To take traps as an example, a trap activating is a power. Feats, features, and the like specifically should not ever reference targeting, unless there is an underlying power that they key off of. Something lhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481403/Removing_pertrification_from_an_item?post_id=525898569#525898569They don't. At least, they shouldn't. To take traps as an example, a trap activating is a power. Feats, features, and the like specifically should not ever reference targeting, unless there is an underlying power that they key off of. Something lThu, 08 Nov 2012 16:42:05 -0600How do you reconcile when non-powers (feats, terrain, weather, traps, events, rituals, improvised actions) use power specific terms (like targeting, zones, keywords)?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481403/Removing_pertrification_from_an_item?post_id=525897849#525897849How do you reconcile when non-powers (feats, terrain, weather, traps, events, rituals, improvised actions) use power specific terms (like targeting, zones, keywords)?Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:15:32 -0600