Limited Wish duplicating Righteous Might

[Philip]

Scenario: A Lawful Good 13th lvl wizard uses a Limited Wish to duplicate the effect of the 5th lvl Cleric spell Righteous Might.

Righteous Might from the SRD:

You gain damage reduction 5/evil (if you normally channel positive energy) or damage reduction 5/good (if you normally channel negative energy). At 12th level this damage reduction becomes 10/evil or 10/good, and at 15th level it becomes 15/evil or 15/good (the maximum).

Does the wizard gain DR 10/good, 10/evil, no DR, must he choose what DR he gains, is this dependent on alignment?

 

[Xeriar]

If he's good, he would channel postive energy, if he's evil, he would channel negative energy, if he's neutral in that respect, he makes the choice once, I believe, and can't change it later on - just like a cleric.

 

[Oni]

Since alignment restrictions is something inherent to clerics given the nature of the casting style. And that wizards have no such restriction, i.e. an evil wizard could summon up a good creature if they very well felt like it. Also the spell you would casting is not in actuallity Rightous Might, but rather a duplication of its effects via a Limited Wish spell, and given the nature and flexibility of such a spell. I would be inclined to say the caster chooses good or evil at the time of any given use of Limited Wish in such a manner.

 

[Someone]

Another interpretation: since you don´t normally channel energy, you get nothing.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Another interpretation: since you don´t normally channel energy, you get nothing.

...that's just cruel. Sound fun!

 

[Li Shenron]

I would let him choose.

 

[Darklone]

I wouldn't give him any DR... he does not channel energy

 

[Li Shenron]

I wouldn't give him any DR... he does not channel energy

He DOES NOW. After all, he could choose to duplicate a Cure Wounds spell, no?

 

[Wormwood]

Since he's blowing 300xp, I have no problem letting him choose.

 

[Darklone]

Yeah, as long as he does not plan to use wishes to have these spells always available...