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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 8028165" data-attributes="member: 27957"><p>There can be satisfaction in both extremes.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes you've been lugging around a highly specialized tool for five levels just waiting for the moment when you need exactly that tool for a problem. When that moment finally comes it feels good, because it justifies your foresight to have prepared that tool and your determination to have kept it around all this time. Sometimes you're throw against a challenge you never expected and all you've got is two socket wrenches, a hammer, a bent nail, and half a spool of string. When you find a way to combine those into an unexpected solution to your problem it feels good, because you've applied your imagination to overcome a challenge under difficult circumstances.</p><p></p><p>When you slip away from those two poles is when things get less satisfying. If you have a multi-tool that can respond to any situation, so that no preparation is required. If you have a tool that's so powerful you can use it to fix every problem, just through brute force. Then there's no validation, no challenge, and no fun.</p><p></p><p>Does that describe Limited Wish? Well... not exactly. Limited Wish is <em>limited</em>. You get exactly one use and then it's on cooldown for up to several days at once. So there's creativity in making that single spell count and you can't throw it at every problem you come across. Also, let's be fair, it's a 14th Level ability. By that level you should be facing challenges that can't be trivialized by a single 6th Level or lower spell, no matter how specialized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 8028165, member: 27957"] There can be satisfaction in both extremes. Sometimes you've been lugging around a highly specialized tool for five levels just waiting for the moment when you need exactly that tool for a problem. When that moment finally comes it feels good, because it justifies your foresight to have prepared that tool and your determination to have kept it around all this time. Sometimes you're throw against a challenge you never expected and all you've got is two socket wrenches, a hammer, a bent nail, and half a spool of string. When you find a way to combine those into an unexpected solution to your problem it feels good, because you've applied your imagination to overcome a challenge under difficult circumstances. When you slip away from those two poles is when things get less satisfying. If you have a multi-tool that can respond to any situation, so that no preparation is required. If you have a tool that's so powerful you can use it to fix every problem, just through brute force. Then there's no validation, no challenge, and no fun. Does that describe Limited Wish? Well... not exactly. Limited Wish is [I]limited[/I]. You get exactly one use and then it's on cooldown for up to several days at once. So there's creativity in making that single spell count and you can't throw it at every problem you come across. Also, let's be fair, it's a 14th Level ability. By that level you should be facing challenges that can't be trivialized by a single 6th Level or lower spell, no matter how specialized. [/QUOTE]
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