Condition — Petrified

You have been turned to stone. You are an object, not a creature, for most purposes.

Mechanical Effects:

• You can't act, move, or sense anything
• You gain Hardness 8 (damage resistance like an object)
• You are immune to most effects while petrified (you're stone)
• You don't age, breathe, eat, or sleep
• You are unaware of the passage of time
• Ongoing effects on you (like persistent damage or conditions) are suspended, not removed

How Applied:

• Flesh to stone spell
• Basilisk gaze
• Cockatrice touch
• Medusa gaze
• Certain powerful magical effects

How Removed:

• Stone to flesh or restore senses
• Break enchantment
• Some powerful divine healing
• The original effect's specific cure (if any)

Important Notes:

• If a Petrified creature is broken or destroyed (HP reduced past broken threshold), they cannot be restored — they are dead
• Petrified creatures have HP like objects — if someone attacks the statue, they might kill the person inside
• Moving a Petrified creature requires treating them as heavy stone of their size

Tactical Impact: Petrification is effectively a save-or-die effect. The petrified character is removed from combat and requires specific magic to restore. Protecting the stone statue from being broken is critical.