D&D 5E Wish and the requirement removal

[Asisreo]

So wish says that you don't need to meet the requirements in that spell, it simply takes effect. Now, it mentions that this includes costly components but it doesn't say that it's only costly components.

Would that mean, say, I wanted to cast resurrection. Would that remove the requirement that they are dead for no longer than a century, etc. Those seem like explicit requirements. Would that affect the size requirement of objects in nondetection? Does a creature have to be willing to have mage armor applied to it? Are the ranges of the spells bypassed? We know the casting time and material components are. Is concentration a requirement?

I know it might seem like I'm asking alot and it might be making the spell more powerful than it is but I want to know, just in case.

 

[Ovinomancer]

If you are replicating a spell, than it has all of the requirements of that spell.

You could go the other route and wish for them to be alive again, but that's not the spell replication path and has the added costs. Further, your DM will be the deciding factor in whether or not the desired effect occurs.

 

[jaelis]

I'm quite sure that by requirements the intention is things like spell components, having it on your class list, and the like. Parameters of the spell operation itself don't change, so you're still limited in what you can resurrect, charm person can still only target a person, fireball still does fire damage, etc.

But as DM you are free to make that call the way you like.

 

[Storyteller Hero]

Component requirements and spell limitations are not the same thing.

As Resurrection is a 7th level spell, it wouldn't be beyond the limits of an 8th level spell to extend the duration limit of death on the corpse. Too far though and you might end up going beyond the limits of an 8th level spell, and that can potentially cause Wish to fail.

The person to ask about this is ultimately your Dungeon Master, as they are the ones who determine how successful your casting of Wish will be, possibly taking circumstances such as timing and environment into consideration.

 

[Dausuul]

I can't see adopting that interpretation, because where does it end? I mean, let's say you cast i. It requires that the target is a humanoid you can see. If you are exempt from that requirement, you can now cast dominate person on, I don't know, the Abyss. Not a denizen of the Abyss, but the plane itself. What does that even mean?

The wish spell is sloppily worded, but I would interpret the "requirements" clause to apply only to the spellcasting process itself. You still have to abide by the usual limitations on targeting, but you don't have to meet any special requirements for when and how you can cast the spell; for example, you can cast create undead during the day.

 

[Asisreo]

But the wording is weird because if it was only the spell's components, it should just say their components. Spells do what they say they do. Well, wish says that you bypass requirements in the spell. A willing creature for mage armor is a requirement (you can't cast the spell otherwise) that is in the spell.

Range is also one of those top requirements, so could you choose any point as long as it's within sight (if we aren't accounting for requirement nested in the spell description)?

 

[Guest 6801328]

Another D&D sacred cow I wish* would go away.

Ring of Three Wishes? Awesome.

Wish spell? Terrible.




*See what I did thar?

 

[fearsomepirate]

But the wording is weird because if it was only the spell's components, it should just say their components. Spells do what they say they do. Well, wish says that you bypass requirements in the spell. A willing creature for mage armor is a requirement (you can't cast the spell otherwise) that is in the spell.

Range is also one of those top requirements, so could you choose any point as long as it's within sight (if we aren't accounting for requirement nested in the spell description)?

brb casting Mage Armor on the Abyss

 

[Dausuul]

But the wording is weird because if it was only the spell's components, it should just say their components. Spells do what they say they do. Well, wish says that you bypass requirements in the spell. A willing creature for mage armor is a requirement (you can't cast the spell otherwise) that is in the spell.

Range is also one of those top requirements, so could you choose any point as long as it's within sight (if we aren't accounting for requirement nested in the spell description)?

The logical consequence of this is that "I cast sequester targeting the Abyss" is a legit use of wish. You can put an entire plane of existence into suspended animation permanently for the cost of one 9th-level spell slot.

RAW is not a suicide pact.

 

[jaelis]

But the wording is weird because if it was only the spell's components, it should just say their components.

I think this must be your real point here. If so, then yes, I agree. If not, I'm not really sure what you are after.