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From: tedrick@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: turned to stone
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 03:59:18 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  8 03:59:18 1985
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>     I just ended a game in which a ballisk turned me to stone.
>  The confusion is that I was wearing a ring of sustain health.
>  If this wont even protect you, what will?  You don't even get
>  a chance to read any scroll or potion of cure disease or healing
>  which won't do anything anyway.   HELP!

I had the same problem. It turns out a ring of protection will
prevent this. Also I use scrolls of genocide on Basilisks ...