Earth elementals [Archive] - Wizards Community

Earth elementals [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
festerday
07-17-06, 08:04 AM Are earth elementals immune to petrifaction?
:cool:
Thiez
07-17-06, 08:13 AM No.
cwslyclgh
07-18-06, 04:02 AM not naturaly.
lukelightning
07-18-06, 11:26 AM Remember that earth elementals aren't already solid rock; they are dirt and rocks and stuff like that (don't think too hard about what the elemental plane of earth is made of; soil is mostly decomposed organic materials...)
festerday
07-18-06, 11:49 AM Thanks.
:)
savant_warlord13
07-18-06, 12:58 PM Actually, soil is mostly made up of minerals, and while the amount of organic material in it varies from area to area, it is almost always at least 2/3 mineral
Verelor
07-18-06, 02:05 PM I believe that the earth elemental is still way more organic than it is mineral. If it were mostly mineral, it would enjoy no less mobility than any statue.
Shemeska the Marauder
07-18-06, 09:39 PM By the rules as written, no they're not, but it's one of those situations where it doesn't exactly make sense as written (or rather not addressed by a specific case).

Easy enough to house rule though.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
festerday 07-17-06, 08:04 AM	Are earth elementals immune to petrifaction? :cool:
Thiez 07-17-06, 08:13 AM	No.
cwslyclgh 07-18-06, 04:02 AM	not naturaly.
lukelightning 07-18-06, 11:26 AM	Remember that earth elementals aren't already solid rock; they are dirt and rocks and stuff like that (don't think too hard about what the elemental plane of earth is made of; soil is mostly decomposed organic materials...)
festerday 07-18-06, 11:49 AM	Thanks. :)
savant_warlord13 07-18-06, 12:58 PM	Actually, soil is mostly made up of minerals, and while the amount of organic material in it varies from area to area, it is almost always at least 2/3 mineral
Verelor 07-18-06, 02:05 PM	I believe that the earth elemental is still way more organic than it is mineral. If it were mostly mineral, it would enjoy no less mobility than any statue.
Shemeska the Marauder 07-18-06, 09:39 PM	By the rules as written, no they're not, but it's one of those situations where it doesn't exactly make sense as written (or rather not addressed by a specific case). Easy enough to house rule though.