
Whale_Cancer |

What happens to a character's gear when someone is petrified? Specifically, I am thinking of when they are petrified by a cockatrice.
General rules seem to suggest that gear would be unaffected, but this flies in the face of the way I picture it in my head. Anyone know where I can find the specifics on this?

mkenner |

Zhayne wrote:
Why would FLESH to Stone affect your gear? Maybe leather items, since they're made of flesh, but why metal or cloth?
Well since you can also target elementals and skeletons with the spell, I'm assuming it's name is merely poetic and not necessarily a descriptor of how the spell works.
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If you're petrified by looking at something, why would that affect your gear? Your gear didn't look at it!
Probably for the same reason that attended objects benefit from your will-saves. In the D&D world your possessions seem attuned to you on a magical level.