Except by RAW you are turned into stone.By strict RAW... yeah, technically there is nothing making you immune to starvation and thirst.
No, you are turned into "a substance," which is typically but not necessarily stone. In any case, the rules specifying consequences for not eating or drinking make no exceptions for people turned into stone, nor do the petrification rules create any such exception.Except by RAW you are turned into stone.
the book doesn't say that, in any way whatsoever.No, you are turned into "a substance," which is typically but not necessarily stone. In any case, the rules specifying consequences for not eating or drinking make no exceptions for people turned into stone, nor do the petrification rules create any such exception.
I'm not saying this makes sense. It doesn't. It's obviously dumb and no DM should go by the book on this. But it is what the book says, or rather doesn't say.
Actually, the book does say that, as far as the substance part:the book doesn't say that, in any way whatsoever.
But it is what the book says, or rather doesn't say.
I'm not saying this makes sense. It doesn't. It's obviously dumb and no DM should go by the book on this.
No, you are turned into "a substance," which is typically but not necessarily stone.
Another reason to prefer PF2E: fewer of these weird arguments.I think if you need some RAW justification for applying common sense, look at the word “inanimate “. This indicates that the petrified person is now an object, not a creature. And, according to the rules for objects, they do not need to eat or drink.
As usual, "natural language" fails to save the day.Another reason to prefer PF2E: fewer of these weird arguments.