I wish...

[Aquila]

I got to use the spell wish today, for the first time, well, ever. Ok, so it was actually Limited Wish, and from a scroll, but still, it was great.

Two Mind Flayers had their tentacles attached to the other wizard in the party's head, this guy was not going to survive long. I got the best initiative, and, after determining I had no other recourse, simply said "I wish for Anaril, and only Anaril, to be teleported five feet behind me." As a I nice touch I rolled a twenty on the check for reading the scroll and that was that.

By doing it my character saved the character's life, and I got berated by some of the other players for wasting such a valuable item, when they probably could have saved the character, if their initiative came before both of the Illithids. However, this to me is the reason to be a spellcaster, Wish, being able to change reality to suit your needs.

Funny thing, I asked the other two arcane casters in the party why they don't carry scrolls of (Limited) Wish. Their response: there hasn't been a situation where I've needed it.

 

[Stone Angel]

Dude you should get extra xp for that, how many times have you heard about a pc using such a powerful item so selfishly. I would demand some from the dm.

 

[Breakstone]

You could have had it so that the illithids are teleported so that their tentacles latch onto each other.

Or the characters who think you wasted a wish...

 

[pogre]

Excellent play, and by no means a wasted wish!

 

[LostSoul]

You could have had it so that the illithids are teleported so that their tentacles latch onto each other.

Or the characters who think you wasted a wish...

That doesn't seem within the power range of a 7th level spell. I'd allow both of the mind flayers a Will Save for that (basically being forced to Teleport against their will).

 

[Xarlen]

You should ask the other wizard if he thought it was a good use of a Wish scroll.

If he disagrees, Fireball his ass.

 

[LGodamus]

You should ask the other wizard if he thought it was a good use of a Wish scroll.

If he disagrees, Fireball his ass.

here here ...I second that motion.

 

[Aquila]

The other wizard thanked me profusely, and gave me his entire share of the treasure from that encounter, ~3500gp.

Using the wish against the Mind Flayers wasn't really a good idea, as they have spell resistance (which I was pretty sure the DM had raised from its normal value), and they'd probably also get a save.

As for extra XP, it would have gone against the normal play style of the group, and that was the only useful thing my character did in the encounter (damn SR).

 

[Breakstone]

Actually, Aquila, I think you did the best thing with the spell.

 

[Skullfyre]

You should ask the other wizard if he thought it was a good use of a Wish scroll.

If he disagrees, Fireball his ass.

I third the motion