1st Ed AD&D Wish Help

[Cedric]

Not sure if this is the right forum, but it looked like the right one. I have a cleric/magic-user in 1st edition with psionics. I'm trying to improve my psionic strength value.

Right now my character is the psionic equivalent of a little debbie snack cake.

I've obtained a ring of three wishes...and the manner in which I've obtained it makes it mine, not party loot.

I'm thinking of expending 1-3 wishes in improving my psionics.

Right now I have a psi strength of 72 (62 + burned out ioun stone)

Attack modes of:

Ego Whip
Id Insinuation

Defense modes of:

Mind Blank
Intellect Fortress

If I blow all three wishes on raising my charsima (currently 14), I can get it to 16.1, bringing me 34 more psi strength points.

That's a shoe-in, but takes all three wishes. Want to help me think of a better way to handle the wishes to accomplish my goal...which is to have enough psionics to survive a reasonable psionic encounter.

So...any help?

Cedric

 

[Thorvald Kviksverd]

You might try asking this over at the Dragonsfoot Forums--you don't even need to register in order to post.

Psionics aren't my strongsuit, so I don't have much to offer in the way advice beyond the above.

 

[Cedric]

Heh, thanks Thorvald...I asked there as well. Trying to improve my chances of getting a good answer.

Thanks though...still holding out that someone will have an idea for me.

Cedric

 

[Voadam]

1e psionics?

You could use two wishes to up your Cha to 16 (I'm not sure what 16.1 gets you) and then one to ask for either more psionic strength, an extra psionic power (defense mode, or miscellaneous) or go creative and wish for a specific defense such as Immunity to mind blast or Intellect Fortress without cost and always active.

Maybe use the third wish to increase your psionic strength as if your cha was one higher(17).

 

[Cedric]

Those are good thoughts Voadam, thanks.

The purpose of going to 16.1 charisma was that you get to quadruple your points from Int, Wis and Cha if all three stats are over 16.

Wishing that my points were calculated as if my charisma was 17 is interesting though...have to think about that.

Cedric

 

[Voadam]

Here is some wording for that wish that does not use any OOC game rule jargon:

"I wish that my force of personality was a magnitude of power greater for purposes of my mind powers."

 

[Zappo]

Ummm, do you have the kind of DM that attempts to screw you over with wishes, or the kind of DM that just does what the wish is supposed to do?

 

[Cedric]

He does what the wish is supposed to do, but the catch is that I worship the God of Magic...which in this homebrew world is also the Trickster God...

Being a cleric of the Trickster God, wanted to make sure I worded this right...

Cedric