During the very first session of my current campaign, my character's fist was turned to stone.
Quite a few sessions later, I'm getting a bit irritated with only having one functioning hand. What ways are there to restore my hand?
We're level 8, playing 5th edition, set in the Forgotten Realms. My fist was turned to stone by a dragon. We're playing Storm King's Thunder. What happened to my character was one of the characters provided by the module. At least I assume that. Haven't actually checked that to avoid spoilers for it.
Best Answer
This is a homebrew effect, but there are potential solutions.
As far as I know, there aren't any official effects that result in permanent petrification of a single body part; petrification effects such as the Flesh to Stone spell produce a gradual hardening of the entire body until the petrification becomes complete after three failed saves. With that said, there are a few potential solutions.
Effects that cure petrification.
There are two canonical effects that can cure whole-body petrification (which is to say, the Petrification condition): the Wish spell, and the Greater Restoration spell. The Monster Manual entry for the Basilisk also mentions that some alchemists know how to brew an oil that can transform a petrified creature back into living flesh using the gullet fluids of a Basilisk, but an official writeup for an Oil of Stone to Flesh has yet to be printed in any 5e books, though similar items existed in previous editions of DnD.
Effects that can restore a severed limb.
Alternately, you could simply refrain from restoring the petrified flesh to living flesh, and simply cut the petrified hand off so that it can be replaced. There are currently two methods of doing so: the first is the Regeneration spell, and the second is the use of magical prosthetics such as the Prosthetic Limb or Arcane Propulsion Arm magic items from the sourcebook Eberron: Rising from the Last War. Depending on your access to high-level spellcasters, this last option might be the simplest to obtain, since the Prosthetic Limb item is only a Common-rarity magic item, even if it would require you to use one of your Attunement slots on it.