tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post2222386607737364150..comments2024-03-27T22:37:01.796-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: Wishes, Part II - Limiting WishesPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-80102143264999698302014-02-05T18:35:15.331-05:002014-02-05T18:35:15.331-05:00I think that's one of the examples from Wish i...I think that's one of the examples from Wish in the PHB, too. I haven't had anyone try it, so I'm not that concerned by it. In a dungeon bashing game, wishing a target dead - or even a <i>race</i> dead, isn't crazy. The Genocide scroll from Rogue did that . . . it's even spoofed in OOTS <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/GuestStrips.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. So it's not terrible to allow it, it's just unfair to wish another PC dead I think.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-73118057357301074382014-02-05T18:31:17.033-05:002014-02-05T18:31:17.033-05:00I think Terry Pratchett forgot completely about sm...I think Terry Pratchett forgot completely about smart people outsmarting themselves through greed. :)Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-60862770962461458202014-02-05T12:35:33.507-05:002014-02-05T12:35:33.507-05:00I handled this basically in two ways.
First, I re...I handled this basically in two ways.<br /><br />First, I replaced the wish spell with an 'anyspell' spell that acted as whatever spell you might otherwise have cast, including cross-class casting (so a wizard casting 'anyspell IX' could, for a cost, cast any spell up to ninth-level wizard spell, or up to seventh-level divine spell, sort of thing).<br /><br />Second, a creature that can 'grant a wish' doesn't 'cast a wish spell for you', the creature merely tries, to the best of its ability, to do what you ask. A 'wish' from a brownie and a 'wish' from a noble genie will have different limitations... and a 'wish' from a devil prince may well be more trouble than it's worth.<br /><br />(Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realise that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake.<br />-- Why summoning demons is a Bad Idea (Terry Pratchett, Eric)Keith Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411665536982769550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-51602060202362980792014-02-05T12:12:24.181-05:002014-02-05T12:12:24.181-05:00Limiting wishes: Here is an example from the Disn...Limiting wishes: Here is an example from the Disney movie Darby O'Gill and the Little People. When Darby got tricked into wishing for a 4th wish from the king of the leprechauns he lost the previous three.<br /><br />"but you can't wish someone dead." Maybe you can but it just moves you forward in time to when the person is already dead.<br /><br />http://castletriskelion.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Darnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-41977287928942415412014-02-05T09:54:09.326-05:002014-02-05T09:54:09.326-05:00Everybody likes redistribution of wealth, when it ...Everybody likes redistribution of wealth, when it gets redistributed to them. :)<br /><br />It does take care of a lot, even the old "I want that guy dead" thing - well, maybe the djinni can kill him or not, or give you some poison that will kill him for sure if you can only get him to drink it, etc.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-89747297471219490912014-02-05T09:09:09.417-05:002014-02-05T09:09:09.417-05:00First time ever I've liked wealth redistributi...First time ever I've liked wealth redistribution. :-) I like that concept you presented above, and it nicely limits the real abuses of a wish.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.com