Petrification
Spell, Elemental Magic, level 7
Turns one creature to stone by pointing and incanting; the reverse only cures petrification from any source.
From the book
The caster points at one person or creature within 100 ft., speaks a short incantation, and turns the target to stone for 1 hour per level of ability. A save vs Will resists and cancels the effect. Cast in reverse, the spell serves only as a cure, restoring those turned to stone by this spell, a gaze weapon, a potion and so on.
At a glance
- Range
- 100 ft.
- Target
- Any single individual or creature
- Duration
- 1 hour per level of ability
- Reverse
- Cures victims of Petrification spells, gaze weapons, potions, etc.
- Save
- vs Will to resist and negate
- Spell type
- Variable, as stated
- Restricted to
- Druids only
A scene
In the coastal desert of Okalo called the Land of the Basilisks, the druid Njeri found the Ophirean trader exactly where his partner had said: a gray statue on the sand, one arm flung up across its eyes. She spoke the incantation backward. Color seeped into the stone, starting at the fingertips. The arm dropped; the chest heaved; the trader collapsed onto his knees, gasping, and began to scream about eyes. Njeri let him scream. Then she made him walk behind her, blindfolded, all the way out of the basilisk country.