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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 2120565" data-attributes="member: 892">I need some advice on the wording of a wish.  First, some background.  My character is a Warlock, and has the ability to make a ranged touch attack called an Eldritch Blast which does 4d6 damage.  My DM has rules for fumbling.  When I last rolled a "1" to hit, I had to make another roll.  It was a natural "2" and I ended up killing one of my already-wounded companions.  My character has the opportunity to have a wish granted him by some being with flaming hair (an efreeti, though my character does not know this) who mentions a boon for a "price" (as yet unknown).  I assume that the "price" has to do with the DM being able to twist the words of any wish I make (One wanna-be dragon disciple sorceror made a wish to know more about his heritage, and I think that his character is now effectively "possessed by" or "in the mindset of" a dragon ancestor, but I am not sure about this).Now I do not want to turn this thread into a discussion about the merits or demerits of Warlocks, or the merits or demerits of fumble rules.  There are many other fine threads for that sort of thing.What I do want is advice on how to word my wish so that there is no obvious way to screw me.  Here is what I have so far, as two canadidates:"I wish that, for each particular eldritch blast that I fire that accidentally hits either myself or one of my friends, the particular eldritch blast in question be transformed into a ray of harmless and non-blinding light, without affecting my ability to cause damage with other eldritch blasts that I fire.""I wish that, whenever a particular eldritch blast that I fire would otherwise hit either myself or one of my friends, the blast would not fire and I would lose the ability to fire an eldritch blast for 3 seconds."(I don't have and will never get Quicken Spell-like ability, so am not worried about losing multiple blasts).So are there problems with either of these wordings?  I think I favour the first one, but there might be an evil loophole that I missed.</blockquote>

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