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<blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 1277666" data-attributes="member: 743">Character says &quot;wish to make me stronger three times in rapid succession&quot;. Efreet grants the first one by permanently turning the wizard into a Troll, complete with the mental attributes. The second two make the troll slightly stronger, by shifting points from intelligence to strength.Just because the list is given in the PHB doesn't mean that the efreet summoned has to choose one of those interpretations of the wish. Heck, it could even just wish for the wizard to be targetted by bull's strength, then animal affinity, then get a temporary chance to wear a belt of strength +6.There is no way to word a wish that an intelligent evil creature cannot twist, and that does not use game mechanics.And if you start gating and killing efreet, you're likely to bring the wrath of the entire City of Brass down upon your head. Do you really want to tick off a city full of creatures that can grant wishes?&quot;Excuse me, Mr. kobold, sir? If your first wish is read directly from this sheet of paper, I will grant you two more wishes.&quot; The genie hands the kobold a sheet of paper with a highly detailed wish that is sure to bring extreme suffering to a certain foolish wizard.I don't think that DMs should wantonly try to distort wishes, but if something like this were tried, he'd be not only within his rights, but also highly justified ingame to bring the character that attempted it's career to an abrupt and unpleasant end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James McMurray, post: 1277666, member: 743"] Character says "wish to make me stronger three times in rapid succession". Efreet grants the first one by permanently turning the wizard into a Troll, complete with the mental attributes. The second two make the troll slightly stronger, by shifting points from intelligence to strength. Just because the list is given in the PHB doesn't mean that the efreet summoned has to choose one of those interpretations of the wish. Heck, it could even just wish for the wizard to be targetted by bull's strength, then animal affinity, then get a temporary chance to wear a belt of strength +6. There is no way to word a wish that an intelligent evil creature cannot twist, and that does not use game mechanics. And if you start gating and killing efreet, you're likely to bring the wrath of the entire City of Brass down upon your head. Do you really want to tick off a city full of creatures that can grant wishes? "Excuse me, Mr. kobold, sir? If your first wish is read directly from this sheet of paper, I will grant you two more wishes." The genie hands the kobold a sheet of paper with a highly detailed wish that is sure to bring extreme suffering to a certain foolish wizard. I don't think that DMs should wantonly try to distort wishes, but if something like this were tried, he'd be not only within his rights, but also highly justified ingame to bring the character that attempted it's career to an abrupt and unpleasant end. [/QUOTE]

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