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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 9609551" data-attributes="member: 4871">In my opinion, a wish is not much different from invoking the power of a God in the respect that it can alter reality.Here's what that means to me in practical terms:The DM has the latitude to mess around with the enactment of the Wish at their choosing because of its power to alter, or break, reality. If the DM wants to let the wish work, they can let it work according to the spirit and desire of what the player wants. The DM has to decide how much work they want to put into changing the reality of the setting. Realistically, that's no different than the DM saying that a God alters the reality of the setting. If the DM wants a God to send a mountain down on top of a capital city because their rulers offended the God, then it happens. If the DM wants the wish to allow the PCs to send a mountain down on top of the villain's secret lair, then it happens.All that matters is how much does the DM want to break their setting. The &quot;out&quot; that the DM has is that a wish has an arbitrary limit on its power, and the DM is given license to mess with how the spell's effect is carried out. So, if the DM doesn't want the moon to shift its orbit and cause tsunamis and alter the coastline of their campaign, they don't have to. However, if the DM is cool with doing this, then the spell can do exactly that.To me, it takes a long enough time to set up a campaign setting that deciding to massively alter it is something I wouldn't want to do in the space of a game session or two, so I'd be unlikely to let that happen. But maybe another DM is totally cool with doing this!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 9609551, member: 4871"] In my opinion, a wish is not much different from invoking the power of a God in the respect that it can alter reality. Here's what that means to me in practical terms: The DM has the latitude to mess around with the enactment of the Wish at their choosing because of its power to alter, or break, reality. If the DM wants to let the wish work, they can let it work according to the spirit and desire of what the player wants. The DM has to decide how much work they want to put into changing the reality of the setting. Realistically, that's no different than the DM saying that a God alters the reality of the setting. If the DM wants a God to send a mountain down on top of a capital city because their rulers offended the God, then it happens. If the DM wants the wish to allow the PCs to send a mountain down on top of the villain's secret lair, then it happens. All that matters is how much does the DM want to break their setting. The "out" that the DM has is that a wish has an arbitrary limit on its power, and the DM is given license to mess with how the spell's effect is carried out. So, if the DM doesn't want the moon to shift its orbit and cause tsunamis and alter the coastline of their campaign, they don't have to. However, if the DM is cool with doing this, then the spell can do exactly that. To me, it takes a long enough time to set up a campaign setting that deciding to massively alter it is something I wouldn't want to do in the space of a game session or two, so I'd be unlikely to let that happen. But maybe another DM is totally cool with doing this! [/QUOTE]

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