Rich is a rock between two hard places.
He's currently a marble statue, the cost for casting a spell reserved for the clearly insane or truly desperate. His friends refuse to leave this fantasy world without him. They may be badasses, but getting Rich less statuesque will involve witches, vamp-beasts and cutthroat discounts for marble art.
Even if his friends manage to free Rich without serious injury or an associated death or two, well,...