Deca4531
2016-07-02, 09:38 PM
So one of my players wants to have a Petrifern (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/plants/petrifern)as a Cohort. this is a kind of plant creature, who he plans to have Awakened, that has the ability to petrify itself as a standard action.
Petrify (Ex)
A petrifern can petrify (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Petrified)itself as a standard action in order to defend itself from predators. When it does so, the petrifern's natural armor bonus to AC increases by 5, it gains resistance 10 to cold and fire, and it can take 20 on Stealth checks to appear as a sprout or fallen tree branch.
While petrified, the petrifern can't move or take any actions. A petrifern can remain petrified indefinitely, and can cease its petrification as a standard action.
I'm a little confused about this ability because a petrified creature is considered Unconscious and there for helpless, giving it a Dex of 0, a -5 Dex mod, negating the bonus armor it gains from this ability. But the ability doesn't say its helpless or unconscious, and it cant be unconscious since it can un-petrify as a standard action. so will it loose all its Dex? If so, since its now made of stone, wouldn't it gain a hardness (stone is hardness 8)? This is also going to be a kind of back up character in case the Monk who has this cohort dies, and ill need to know these things. a few other things i have wondered about, could you use it as a weapon while petrified? we joked about it wrapping around his fist then turning itself to stone, making it a stone boxing glove.
Thank you in advance for any answers you can provide, and if you can think of any other creative things you could do with this please let me know. I'm sure they're are a world of possibilities.
Petrify (Ex)
A petrifern can petrify (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Petrified)itself as a standard action in order to defend itself from predators. When it does so, the petrifern's natural armor bonus to AC increases by 5, it gains resistance 10 to cold and fire, and it can take 20 on Stealth checks to appear as a sprout or fallen tree branch.
While petrified, the petrifern can't move or take any actions. A petrifern can remain petrified indefinitely, and can cease its petrification as a standard action.
I'm a little confused about this ability because a petrified creature is considered Unconscious and there for helpless, giving it a Dex of 0, a -5 Dex mod, negating the bonus armor it gains from this ability. But the ability doesn't say its helpless or unconscious, and it cant be unconscious since it can un-petrify as a standard action. so will it loose all its Dex? If so, since its now made of stone, wouldn't it gain a hardness (stone is hardness 8)? This is also going to be a kind of back up character in case the Monk who has this cohort dies, and ill need to know these things. a few other things i have wondered about, could you use it as a weapon while petrified? we joked about it wrapping around his fist then turning itself to stone, making it a stone boxing glove.
Thank you in advance for any answers you can provide, and if you can think of any other creative things you could do with this please let me know. I'm sure they're are a world of possibilities.