Partial Petrifiction (VH)

Melee; Resisted by HT
Turns part of a living subject to stone, usually leaving him immobile
but still able to talk or be tortured. The caster must touch the subject. The
body parts changed are at the discretion of the caster; the spell can petrify
anything from a single finger to the entire body from the neck down, but
the head can never be affected. The subject’s metabolism is magically
altered to survive the experience, but he understandably finds the experi-
ence intensely uncomfortable, whatever else is done to him.
Petrified body parts are immobile, numb, and have DR 10. Victims of this
spell suffer a DX penalty on any physical action they attempt: -1 or more,
depending on details of the casting and the action.
Clothes, jewelry, etc., may be “caught up” in the spell and included
in the petrifaction, but magic items or anything carried in the hand or a
backpack remain unchanged.
Either Stone to Flesh or Remove Curse is required to negate this spell.

Duration: Permanent (until negated).
Cost: 12. It costs more to petrify larger subjects, just as if it were a
Regular spell (i.e., 24 energy for SM +1, 36 energy for SM +2, etc.)
Time to cast: 3 seconds.
Prerequisites: Magery 2 and Flesh to Stone.

Item
Staff, wand, or jewelry. Usable only by mages; the item must touch the subject.
Energy cost to create: 1,300.