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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 160931" data-attributes="member: 2209">quote from prodawg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A NPC offered the players a wish for before for completing a quest. This player (a cleric) wished for &quot;if he drops below 0 hp of dies, his body is to be transported to his church, true resurrection be cast on him so he suffers no exp lose from death.&quot; This is clearly two wishes. Plus he cannot get a true resurrection (level 9 divine spell) from a wish. So I ruled that only the first part is fulfilled. He was not aware of this until he died. The bottom line is that he died with a lose of level. Now my question is this, given the circumstances, did I make the right decision? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I thank you for taking time to read this post and respond. Thanks.Prodawg,If it had been a wish scroll or a ring of wishes or an evil efreet or devil granting the wish, then&nbsp; using the words of the players is appropriate. Here, however, the NPC wizard offered the PC a wish as a reward. The PC asks for X, Y, and Z, (contingency, teleport and true ressurection) and the wish can only do X and Y (contingency word of recall/teleport). The wizard, I am assuming, is casting the spell and therefore phrasing the wish. The at least int 19 wizard will presumably know the limits of his spell. He should have advised the PC that what he was asking for would be beyond the power of a wish. He should advise him of that before casting the not fully effective wish. Otherwise, the wizard is deliberately setting up the PC with false expectations of the beneficial magic set upon him. I would not run a grateful archmage that way. If the wizard had a ring of wishes and gave it to the party and left before they cast the wishes, that would be different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 160931, member: 2209"] quote from prodawg A NPC offered the players a wish for before for completing a quest. This player (a cleric) wished for "if he drops below 0 hp of dies, his body is to be transported to his church, true resurrection be cast on him so he suffers no exp lose from death." This is clearly two wishes. Plus he cannot get a true resurrection (level 9 divine spell) from a wish. So I ruled that only the first part is fulfilled. He was not aware of this until he died. The bottom line is that he died with a lose of level. Now my question is this, given the circumstances, did I make the right decision? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I thank you for taking time to read this post and respond. Thanks. Prodawg, If it had been a wish scroll or a ring of wishes or an evil efreet or devil granting the wish, then using the words of the players is appropriate. Here, however, the NPC wizard offered the PC a wish as a reward. The PC asks for X, Y, and Z, (contingency, teleport and true ressurection) and the wish can only do X and Y (contingency word of recall/teleport). The wizard, I am assuming, is casting the spell and therefore phrasing the wish. The at least int 19 wizard will presumably know the limits of his spell. He should have advised the PC that what he was asking for would be beyond the power of a wish. He should advise him of that before casting the not fully effective wish. Otherwise, the wizard is deliberately setting up the PC with false expectations of the beneficial magic set upon him. I would not run a grateful archmage that way. If the wizard had a ring of wishes and gave it to the party and left before they cast the wishes, that would be different. [/QUOTE]

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