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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3285270" data-attributes="member: 16574">I actually agree with this. I think the idea of common wishes in OD&D was not that different than the "Fate Points" or "Hero Points" that a lot of games have, or RuneQuest's Divine Intervention -- essentially a one-use "get out of jail free" card in case the player really screws something up. Wish a dead companion back to life, wish yourself back home if you get hopelessly lost/stuck somewhere, etc. The idea of wishes as The Ultimate Game-Breaking Magic (and thus by consequence the Rarest Magic -- no DM in his right mind would let the players have this much power, no player who managed to get it would dare use it because he'd know the DM wouldn't give him this much power unless he was planning to screw him over) came later and is, at least IMO, a lot less fun.</blockquote>