[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by johan osterman:
Paralysis from different sources is not identical. Have you actually seen the petrify paralysis effect Last indefinately.

As I said, my pretender was Petrify'ed in round #3 by that special independent Sorceress (the one with the unique +sorcery robe, the hoburgs and earth gnomes, and her little sister), and got paralyzed(3) as a result. He had just the time to cast Invulnerability and Soul Vortex, with a ring of regen on top of that the hoburg/earth gnome were unable to harm him. With their own regen the (mindless, thus unroutable) earth gnomes were barely affected by the Soul Vortex, and continued to fight my paralyzed pretender for ~50 rounds. At that point he autorouted but was unable to retreat (still paralyzed), and he was eventually autokilled. I'm positive the Sorceress didn't cast Petrify after her first attempt, she sticked with Mind Burn for the rest of the battle. And so did the junior Sorceress.

I have tested Petrify myself before and after this episode, and have never seen the paralysis counter go down. In the case the paralyzed unit(s) are unkillable by the petrifier/paralizer side, the battle always end with an autorout or autokill. I've noticed this with the spell Paralyze and Illithid mind bLasts as well.