help word a wish

[chip079]

ok i have a 13th level druid who is played like a biologist. he wants to learn about mostly creatures, especially dragons. now i was thinking that the only thing keeping him from being able to know as much as he can, is time. druids already do not incur any penalties for aging, but still die when their time has come. the wish i am trying to word would have the desired effect of not dying from old age. he can still be killed but no matter how long he lives, he will not die from being old. this stacked with the druids class ability means that esentially he will live forever without picking up those minuses to physical stats, and still gaining the bonuses to mental abilities. what scientist would want to have the opertunity to study forever, and see if their theories come into existance. he is not asking to be invonerable, not to die when his "time" is up. any suggestions? thanks ahead of time.

 

[Darklone]

In Ancient Greeks heroic tales there was a king who worded the same wish... He just forgot that part about staying young.

IMHO, a wish couldn't achieve this for you.

 

[lupo]

There is an epic feat that achieves this. It extended your natural life by 10 years if I recall correctly

 

[Ferox4]

I tend to agree with Darklone that it is too powerful for a Wish. But that is up to your DM and not us.

"I wish to be impervious from death caused by aging."

It doesn't matter how new age you get, old age is gonna kick your ass - Utah Phillips

 

[trentonjoe]

Maybe I am a softie but I would allow this. If I was feeling mean I might make you sleep more and more as you got older, kinda like dragons, so that at a 1,000 you had to sleep a week in order to stay up a day.

Something like that.

 

[WayneLigon]

Some ideas:
'I wish I had the lifespan of an Elf' This at least gives him time to think of some other way of doing what he really wants.
or even better for a Druid: 'I wish I had the lifespan of a Bristlecone Pine Tree ' (Somewhere in the nature of 4,500 to 5,000 years).

If he's really dedicated, then there's a Vampire template calling your name...

 

[JacktheRabbit]

I don't know exactly how you would word the wish but I don't see a problem with it.

Why?

Cause it doesnt really effect anything. How many characters live to old age? It might make him immune to one or two rare spells that age the target but beyond that it has no real game mechanics consequences.

 

[Simplicity]

Don't listen to these guys. They're going to get you killed.

"I wish to be impervious from death caused by aging."

BLAM. You're dead. Impervious to aging now, aren't you?

I wish I had the lifespan of a Bristlecone Pine Tree

BLAM. You're a Bristlecone Pine Tree. Not so cool, is it?

The bit about becoming a vampire isn't going to work so well
if you want to remain a druid. (If only because you won't be
able to hold your own holy symbol).

You might also try:
I wish to remain young forever.
(Blam, you're a perpetual infant.)

Or perhaps:
I wish to remain my current age forever.
(Blam, stasis.)

In short, you'd be wiser saying "Make me a taco" (Blam, you're a taco.) than you would be wishing for immortality from a wish.

 

[Al]

'I wish to never suffer any penalties from aging'.

In my mind, death is included as a 'penalty' .

 

[Greatwyrm]

A lot of this depends on how much of a jerk your DM is with wishes. I'd bet if you explain to him/her how this is really more of a roleplaying wish and not a munchkining up your character wish, it will probably go just fine.

You might even be able to bargain with what specifically can age you. For example, you're immune to natural aging, but still vulnerable to a ghost's aging attack.