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Tree remains that have undergone petrifaction, as seen in Petrified Forest National Park. In geology, petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.
Meehan opined that the wide range of detailed information included in the sourcebook, from player options to adventures, made her "feel that Explorer's Guide to Wildemount is the most worthwhile Dungeons & Dragons 5E sourcebook Wizards of the Coast has released since the original Player's Handbook".
Petrification is associated with the legends of Medusa and the Svartálfar among others. In fairy tales, characters who fail in a quest may be turned to stone until they are rescued by the successful hero, as in the tales such as The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body, The Water of Life and The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird, as well as many troll tales.
The new module was announced in June 2017 during the Stream of Annihilation livestreamed event on the Wizards of the Coast's Twitch site. [6] Tomb of Annihilation was released on September 8, 2017 as a 256-page hardcover book.
Utilizing this license, Keith Baker has published multiple non-official Eberron themed adventures and supplements for the 5th Edition on the Dungeon Masters Guild: Curtain Call: A Sharn Adventure (August 2018, PDF) [20] Trust No One (October 2018, PDF) [21] Morgrave Miscellany (March 2019, PDF) [22] [23]
The 5th edition's Basic Rules, a free PDF containing complete rules for play and a subset of the player and DM content from the core rulebooks, was released on July 3, 2014. [16] The basic rules have continued to be updated since then to incorporate errata for the corresponding portions of the Player's Handbook and combine the Player's Basic ...
If an object is placed into such a well and left there for a period of weeks or months the object acquires a stony exterior. At one time this property was believed to be a result of magic or witchcraft, but it is an entirely natural phenomenon and due to a process of evaporation and deposition in waters with an unusually high mineral content.
A condition that causes the affected person to turn to stone (similar to petrification). Unknown origins. The phage: Star Trek: Voyager: A necrotizing plague that affects members of the Vidiian species. Organ transplants are required for survival. Klingon DNA seems to be highly resistant to the phage. It was cured by the Think Tank. Pigeon ...