Post AWrC9Sp8F4aa3MFzto by wizard@xyzzy.link
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(DIR) Post #AWrBcHkkNjqeA5Nwyu by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T17:59:46.011132Z
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thinking about the spell "stone to flesh" in D&Dnormally it's for reversing the effects of a flesh to stone spell, but nowhere in the spell description does it state that's its only use...
(DIR) Post #AWrBv3cV9UsfpaTnjU by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:03:11.603082Z
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@ghost_bird this makes sense, since the first time i ever considered it in this way was in the Tomb of Horrors
(DIR) Post #AWrC9Sp8F4aa3MFzto by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:05:50.929481Z
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It's so lovecraftian! very scary spell
(DIR) Post #AWrCK9NOt3LivLNiDo by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:07:44.569267Z
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@ghost_bird you seem to be correct as well, the version I'm most familiar with (the 3.5 version) doesn't specify that it's useful for cutting through walls, but the AD&D book does specify that it can bore tunnels. wild!
(DIR) Post #AWrCRoLMyCxg0b5IVE by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:09:04.267970Z
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@ghost_bird it seems they actually removed it entirely in 5e, in favor of just having a flesh to stone spell and the reverse of that being Greater Restoration (or wish)
(DIR) Post #AWrCV4ZB6w23Bv6B4S by mer@cdrom.tokyo
2023-06-19T18:08:06.420212Z
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@wizard petrify, stone to mud, remodeling, mud to stone, stone to flesh has been a staple of creative spell usage since before I was old enough to play RPGs
(DIR) Post #AWrD3uvAxn3vPe0FF2 by epw@better.boston
2023-06-19T18:15:20Z
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@wizard I remember once reading an incredible post on the (long gone, sadly) WotC forums where someone wrote an in-universe guide to using "Stone to Flesh" for gourmands.It included discussions of what properties of stone result in what changes to flavor, texture, toughness, suitability for culinary styles, and so on.There was ample consideration of "marbling," of course.I wish I'd saved it.
(DIR) Post #AWrDOPTp3XO7yryqZ6 by pry@raru.re
2023-06-19T18:19:44Z
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@wizard i love thati rlly love original DOOM's art direction where it is a meld of flesh and machine and i can imagine that but in D&D
(DIR) Post #AWrDhOUCyW38OuDH4i by shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev
2023-06-19T18:23:08.555Z
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@wizard@xyzzy.link ah so that explains this https://szuru.bubbletea.dev/data/posts/12147_066889834860d041.jpg
(DIR) Post #AWrDiaLENoq1SUa9M8 by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:23:21.330846Z
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@epw i bet you can get a king's ransom for casting flesh to stone on a bunch of wagyu beef to preserve it and then stone to fleshing it back, although i'm sure there are better ways for a wizard of that caliber to make money. still, it's probably a really great way of preserving fresh meat.i never considered actually eating any of that lmao, that's great
(DIR) Post #AWrDp0epSB00oWoQ9w by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:24:33.689899Z
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@shibao considering the handbook only specifies it can turn a 3x3ft cylinder into flesh, this must have been the life work of some devoted and crazy sorcerer, or a very strange cabal of them.
(DIR) Post #AWrDqeOjBYj6M840Dw by shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev
2023-06-19T18:24:51.592Z
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@wizard@xyzzy.link here's the explanationRE: https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/notes/9g6r2ss9yu
(DIR) Post #AWrDtVq9SWpigRFu2i by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:25:22.672226Z
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@shibao also plausible!
(DIR) Post #AWrG1Xgcg7BmdPksgy by epw@better.boston
2023-06-19T18:47:59Z
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@wizard oh wow, I never even considered preservation, that's great.I don't play much D&D anymore, but when I'm writing in similar worlds, I often like the idea that there are "non-adventurer" ways to master a single spell or two, over a period of years. This way I can justify the occasional weird magical business or special ritual based on a fun spell interaction without needing to consider the high-level wizard behind it.This would be a great case for it. Maybe a Stone Chef's Guild
(DIR) Post #AWrGJXqSpKAWL6wUyG by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T18:52:26.671341Z
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@epw a global network of Stone Chefs, who transport (or pay for transport of) exotic meats across continents. You can either transport the single chef to a far away place or have one at either end of the supply line to make the food edible.the best part is that it's not going to be a high target for thieves, since if they rob a ship carrying a ton of exotic fish stone, there are so few people in the world who can turn it into something useful.
(DIR) Post #AWrHGnS2RnenpHlryi by wizard@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T19:03:07.492380Z
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@ghost_bird @epw a thousand years in the future, long after the Stone Chefs Guild has disbanded and only legends of them exist, you find a pile of perfectly preserved fossils of rare / ancient / magical creatures. Next to them is a stone tablet detailing all sorts of otherworldly recipes and the effects they have when ingested. The only problem is figuring out how to prepare a stone mammoth leg...
(DIR) Post #AWrfgKSfFeeKLQltZY by ww@xyzzy.link
2023-06-19T22:03:26.605196Z
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@wizard @ghost_bird attention deficit & disorder