Question on how some spells interact

[Salamileg]

Say you have someone petrified via Flesh to Stone. You then cast Shape Stone on them to turn them into a stone cube. I'm assuming this counts as destroying the statue, and thus killing the creature?

And then, if you cast Stone to Flesh, would it count as inert flesh, or would it be a cube-shaped dead creature? If the latter, could you target it with the Create Undead ritual to have a cube zombie?

This question is really important, I swear

[Demonknight]

Salamileg wrote:

Say you have someone petrified via Flesh to Stone. You then cast Shape Stone on them to turn them into a stone cube. I'm assuming this counts as destroying the statue, and thus killing the creature?

And then, if you cast Stone to Flesh, would it count as inert flesh, or would it be a cube-shaped dead creature? If the latter, could you target it with the Create Undead ritual to have a cube zombie?

This question is really important, I swear

I think no Cube Zombie (but sounds awesome") for you, due to this phrasing on the Flesh to Stone:

You restore a petrified creature to its normal state

Also, nothing in the Shape Stone says it kills someone if it was transformed in stone, and also the Statue is not destroyed, it was changed in shape. The mass is all there.

Loved thinking about that

[Salamileg]

Hm, so if Shape Stone doesn't kill them, then that means it's a pretty viable way to get rid of someone. You couldn't even use a high level resurrect that doesn't require a body since they aren't dead.

Time to add an assassin's guild in my world with a floor made out of past targets.

[Mellack]

Are there any spells that bring the dead back without a body? I might have missed it, but I don't see any. So it would seem the safest way to make someone dead is to just cremate the body.