[Wish]

i don't think thats how it works. as petrification shows up in the abilitys section (along with stealth and etc.) so once you have petrify, you have petrify.

Caelum has a bunch of flying titans. (and its real easy to get someone flying, with 3 magic items and 1 artifact that do so) not many heal their own afflictions though.

no one is arguing that petrification isn't a devastatingly powerful weapon. this is certainly true. perhaps the most powerful trait in the game, even ahead of blood vengeance. (I wish there was a unique creature with it for modding purposes, but alas.)

I agree an alchemist is a bad choice, but thats because I think the great sage is the only human pretender worth taking.

one SC bound to her own dominion is not going to win the game against someone who knows how to utilize the anti-sc aspects of the game.