When using Polymorph Any Object ( http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/polymorphAnyObject.html ) " to duplicate the effects of baleful polymorph, greater polymorph, flesh to stone, stone to flesh, transmute mud to rock, transmute metal to wood, or transmute rock to mud", is the duration set by the duplicated spell, or by the Polymorph Any Object's duration chart?
Presumably the duration of the duplicated spell: otherwise a lot of interactions in those spells break down entirely. The only advantage of using PAO for these is the slightly higher DC.
If you are explicitly invoking the part at the end which says you can "duplicate the effects of…", then yes, I'd rule that it has the same durations as those spells.
If someone were to try sneaking any of the more flexible parts of PAO into it though, make sure to call them on it. Unless used to duplicate one of those other spells, it operates as Baleful Polymorph, which requires a willing target. So, for example, using it to transmute an enemy into a statue (as Flesh to Stone) would be fine, but if they tried to also change their size as part of the same spell, you'd have to treat it as a regular PAO.
I'm a bit confused as to how this spell works then, I think. It functions as greater polymorph, so willing only (not counting the duplicated spell modes at the bottom). If you change, lets say a pebble into an earth elemental, do you use the gained abilities from Elemental Body III, as per greater polymorph? If so, does that mean you cannot transmute creatures/objects into outsiders, monstrous humanoids, undead, constructs, or giants, etc?
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If you use PAO to duplicate another spell, I would say it works exactly as that spell. Except for higher save DCs.
I'm not so sure...
It seems to me that when duplicating another spell PAO gives the effect of the duplicated spell but uses the duration chart provided in the PAO spell description. To say otherwise means that according to the duration examples given: PAO functions like Greater Polymorph which functions like Polymorph which functions as Alter Self if the form chosen is that of a humanoid.
That would mean that the marionette to human conversion example given in the PAO spell description was cast by a level 60 caster.
It would also mean that whoever transmuted that manticore into a shrew by duplicating the Beast Form spells had infinite levels at the time of casting.
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