Midas Maul

The Midas Maul is a great hammer with powerful transmutation enchantments. When it lands a critical strike, its target is turned to solid gold. In this state, they will be nothing more than a glimmering statue of what they once were. Their soul remains dormant in the gold so long as their body stays in tact and a complicated curse removal ritual that involves converting diamonds into coal can restore them to their flesh.
== Variants ==
There exist weaker variants of the Midas Maul that merely coat the outside of their victim in gold, still effectively disabling them, though not killing them outright. Often mundane means can break this weaker enchantment and some only last for a certain duration. Another variant plates them with gold. This effect cannot be removed through mundane means and if the statue is broken, their innards will turn will turn to a goopy mush and flow through the gold plating, which will then dissolve away into nothingness.