Making a wish

[Nebseb]

So here is the deal.
I'm playing a
Human / Shade
Rogue 5/Wizard 1/Shadowdancer 2

I just ran across a
Nightwalker Bow
- weilder controlled by Nightwalker cr 16
- on hit dc24 save against fear for 1d8 rounds
- Plane Shift Shadow 1/day
- contageon at will
- fiinger of Death 1/day
- Confusion 3/Day
- Hold Monster cr19


so uber bow right...except the facr that I don't want o be controlled by an evil creature.
I'm chaotic netural.

My DM said that I could always make a wish to have the creature that controlls me be chaotic netural and wish for it to change to that creature.

Or I could come up with a better solution. Long term we are going to be fighting a bunch of demons and things in the abysmal plane.

So i'm trying to figure out a better wish or idea of how to make this bow useful now and long term.

the creature that controlls it can be CR 16 - 18

any ideas out there?

Thanks

My current wish i've come up with is as follows:

I wish to be in control of any creature tied to this nightwalker bow in my possession; creatures tied to this bow are to be from the planar realms; also that control is to happen anytime i see fit for as long as I see fit.

 

[Thanee]

That is something, noone here can answer for you, really.

That's between you and your DM. He is the one who will judge the effect and whether it is within the power of a wish or not.

But if I was in the situation, I would probably try to find a way to remove that particular ability from the bow completely.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Nebseb]

problem is that if i remove the creature tied to the bow, the bow becomes just a bow, its the creature tied to it that gives the bow its abilities.

 

[coyote6]

What kind of Chaotic Neutral? Maybe find a powerful slaad (either a type, or an individual slaad) to tie the bow to. If you lean towards good, and the rest of the party does, too, you could go with a CG planetar.

 

[Starfox]

Have the controlling creature Imprisoned. If it cant act or communicate, the control is meaningless.

 

[Dausuul]

Making up your own wishes is playing with fire. It's a rare DM who can resist the temptation to twist the wording... it's like dangling a string in front of a cat.

It sounds as if the DM is trying to offer you an "out" by allowing you to wish for a controller who shares your outlook, which presumably means you stay in control of your character. Unless your DM is a complete rat bastard, the safe thing to do is take the offer and make the wish he suggested.

The munchkin thing to do is come up with a wish of your own, qualify it with ten pages of clauses and restrictions, and hope you can outthink your DM.

But a real gamer would make up his own wish without any fancy legalese--"I wish that the creature linked to this bow cannot control me!"--and then pick up the bow and prepare to take whatever the DM dishes out.

 

[Umbran]

My current wish i've come up with is as follows:

I wish to be in control of any creature tied to this nightwalker bow in my possession; creatures tied to this bow are to be from the planar realms; also that control is to happen anytime i see fit for as long as I see fit.

Let's be frank - the bow is extremely powerful. Generally speaking, great power comes with strings attached.

The, "any time I see fit, for as long as I see fit," means, "never," for all practical purposes. Control that you can ignore any time it doesn't suit you is not control at all. You are attempting to weasel out of the strings - to gain power without paying the price.

That usually doesn't end well.

 

[coyote6]

As an example of Umbran's warning -- you say "anytime i see fit for as long as I see fit". So, you're cruising along, controlling the nightwalker, and everything is fine. Then someone hits you with a spell or effect, and you are blinded or even merely dazzled, for one measly round. Guess what? Your vision is no longer clear, so you are no longer "seeing fit" -- and your control is broken, and now the nightwalker reasserts his control of you. His first command is "pluck out your right eye"; now you are permanently visually impaired, and thus permanently not seeing fit, and your wish is wasted.

I'd just pick a boss you can work for & with, and wish he/she/it was the bow's source.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I assume if you change the creatre controlling the bow, the DM will change the powers of the bow accordingly, so that may not be the best option.

A better choice in my mind is to wish that you, as wielder of the bow, control the Nightwalker that powers the bow.