![]() You don't lose a character just because it dies in a timeline. A character is not a real person, someone you love, or a pet. Ok, I'm gonna say something that's gonna get me ripped appart.Īttachment to a character means nothing if you know it is difficult to lose it. But if you’re going into deadly fights against high level casters, you should fully expect spells like this to be in their arsenal. If the issue is spellcasters pulling out Flesh To Stone without warning, then it might be a problem with the way the DM is introducing this stuff. It’s difficult to maintain any amount of tension if permanent consequences aren’t on the line. Lethal threats aren’t necessarily restricted to “meat grinders”. It can be more dramatic as a plot device when you can more easily cure it than death. It worked pretty well, I think that Petrification is just about as lethal as a normal death, if not less so. That player was able to make a new party member in the mean time, and eventually they saved the old PC. They were 3rd level, and it took them a bit before they could have access to a Greater Restoration (They either got a scroll or hired a cleric, can’t remember). In an old campaign my party went against a Medusa (It was lowered in power, but still quite a challenge to beat). I can't imagine that nobody has pitted their players against a medusa before. ![]() So I'm just stuck wondering, is this just a plain bad condition to use against PCs in particular? Does anyone else have experience with this kind of thing? I really need to figure this out so I can know whether or not to consider it for my own bosses. It's such a strong status that it was basically the only reason we even debatably lost that battle. And yet, if they didn't have that spell, I would have been able to either wipe the floor with them or succeed in getting away. The only time it's ever worked out (kind of) is when I was playing a barbarian and failed the flesh to stone saves against the BBEG and got captured, and that's only because I was able to make the best of a bad situation and come up with a cool and fitting monologue. Seen about 3 PCs in my time playing get petrified, and every time it was at a really bad time where they couldn't like, make a dramatic stand without it being super awkward and sudden. I've rarely ever seen it played out dramatically, either. It's just a really anticlimactic way to go out. Like yeah, you can get it cured, but the nature of the effect is that it just completely pulls you out of the character until that happens, or you die. Especially if I didn't have proper warning beforehand that the enemy spellcaster has that spell. If that ever happened when I got hit with Flesh to Stone, I'd be pretty pissed about it. I mean, I've played barbarians with +10 to con saves who failed several con saves in a row. But I think personally that the use of it in any other context is slightly overkill. I mean, in a meat grinder campaign where everyone expects lethality, sure, it can be useful as a way to make a threatening boss such as a medusa. And with how much luck plays a factor in whether or not it does, it seems a bit unfair to use it against a PC when it easily is one of the most impactful and scary conditions. In a campaign where the players are generally attached to their characters, where it's more RP focused, is it simply unfun to use Petrification? It's, for all intents and purposes, generally a permanent effect if it goes through. I've been wondering about this for a while. Combat areas for every conceivable encounter. Collection of Podcasts, Vidcasts, and other D&D Multimedia for your consumption. Worldbuilding, Storybuilding, DM Discussion. The DM Help Multireddit Check out our wiki! Message the Moderators Keep Little Questions in the megathreadįull rules with additional explanations can be found here.Keep Problem Player talk in the megathread.External Links & Advertising are limited to active community members.Only three kinds of posts are allowed here: DMing Questions, Advice and tools. ![]() Please refrain from downvoting legitimate questions. We are not only for new DMs, but the bulk of the posts will no doubt be submitted by newer DMs. We welcome DMing questions, DMing advice or tools to help DMs old and new. The aim of this subreddit is to serve as a platform for learning to DM. Before Submitting a Question, Please Check our Rules Remove All Need Advice See Advice Only See Resources Only Join the Discord
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