The wizard who turned people to stone, a 2nd edition game, my brother was the DM.
This crazy wizard had a wand of petrifying, and the group (us ) were getting our ass kicked.
Someone had to be the hero, or everybody was gonna end up stoned.
Ironheart, my barbarian faced off with the wizard who levitate up off the ground out of my swords reach.
So, I took a chance, but right before that, I get hit by the wands Ray, and roll a lousy 1 on a save.
So I am slowly turning to stone, so I wasn't thinking straight,  I thought if I killed the wizard, the spell would end, forgetting that he used a wand.
I took a chance, threw my sword with all my might, called shot -4 and I rolled a natural 20 ! Critical hit! Double damage! I pinned that damn wizard to the ceiling, and then turned to stone.
My friends had to lug this 6`8" barbarian statue back to town, and spend quite a bit of gold to get me turned back.