So a Commoner gets a Wish granted...

[JoeBlank]

And here is the thread where suggestions were made for RangerWickett's wish scenario:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75693

Lots of good stuff there.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Sorry, can't resist to test them against the wish-grant-o-meter

Enough wealth to last a lifetime without ever working again.

Easy, take away the money he needs for his medicine.

No man to ever die in war again.

Have you read the Avatar series (FR Novels). There, they discribed a time where the god of death gave up this part of his portfolio. Noone died in the wars that raged at that moment, either. This doesn't mean that they weren't hurt, or maimed, or mutilated...

Someone to take care of all the village's widows and orphans.

I'd rather wish for the stamina to care for the widows myself

Everything the wisher touches to turn to gold.

"Hm... what do I turn to gold first?" *scratches headDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN*

To be heralded in songs sung across the many lands.

He only wanted to be song about. "Gather 'round, people, and listen to the ballad about the bloke who wasted his wish"

To never again have to watch as people the wisher knows are slaughtered.

Simple. Blindness does it.

To be *really* attractive to the survivng female population of the village.

So we do think on the same lines. I'd prefer the stamina, though: They'll be lonely enough without some supernatural compulsion, and you'd need time to recover.

For all leaders of all nations to know the true pain of war as a deterrent to them ever waging it again.

Didn't we speak about Devils and evil folk? "Hey, you know what? I never realized how much misery I cause when I go to war. LETS START ONE NOW" *manical laughter*

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For the village and an area covering all the farms around it to be a zone where no violent actions may be taken.[/QUOTE]
Poor people starving cause they can't harvest or grind the grain

To be an all-knowing sage who powerful adventurers, kings, and even the gods themselves consult for advice.

Hm.... if you revel in attention, but I think I'd settle for a quite life, not for all kinds of folk trampling my lawn and pestering me about some trivial matter.

The world's largest collection of hats.

Can't go wrong with that.

A lifetime's supply of the best ale ever brewed.

Hm... get a barrel, drink yourself to death. Cheap one

To know what the meaning of life is.

Better be prepared to face the deepest depression known to man...

Something else that radically alters the nature of reality for the worst and that the PCs then have to undo.

I think I like this one best: "Listen, I can't think of anything that sounds witty but will drag us kicking and screaming into the 9th circle of hell. Can't we just assume I asked something really stupid and you screw us right away?"

I bet whatever genie will be asked this will hang himself cause you spoiled all his fun

 

[Ashrum the Black]

All my friends and neighbors are dead. I get a wish?

Okay, I wish to forget. I want to never remember what I've lost, how much I hurt. I want to start over with a clean slate and begin again with my life. I wish my family to forget as well, but not each other.

Or, I wish for the power to make sure that if my friends and neighbors are threatened again, I can protect them and keep them from harm. This shall not happen again.

Or, I wish for peace. Peace to reign across the land (or kingdom) for as long as my decedants draw breath.

Or, I wish that the hordes of the underworld be locked away from the world for all time, never to be able to enter our world and cause pain and suffering again.

Or, I wish for a good life for me and my family. For the weather to never destroy our crops and bandits to never rob us of our goods. I wish that my family and I could live out our lives in peace, without having to worry about the injustices of the world.

Or, I wish this all had never happened. The wars, the death, the pain. I wish for it all to go away.

I like these because I can see a lot of interesting plot developments come about if any of them were granted. They also don't make the commoners into money grubbers, but into real people that may have seen and perpetrated things that no may should ever have to. Seems more real to me than, "gimme all the money in the world"

 

[Rel]

*Puts pinky finger at corner of mouth, Dr. Evil style...*

"One THOUSAND gold pieces!"

 

[Altalazar]

I'd wish for everyone's life to follow the same sort of pattern as the worst Sit-Coms. Then I'd sit back and watch the carnage.

 

[Zappo]

Sorry, can't resist to test them against the wish-grant-o-meter

Easy, take away the money he needs for his medicine.

Have you read the Avatar series (FR Novels). There, they discribed a time where the god of death gave up this part of his portfolio. Noone died in the wars that raged at that moment, either. This doesn't mean that they weren't hurt, or maimed, or mutilated...

I'd rather wish for the stamina to care for the widows myself

"Hm... what do I turn to gold first?" *scratches headDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN*

He only wanted to be song about. "Gather 'round, people, and listen to the ballad about the bloke who wasted his wish"

Simple. Blindness does it.

So we do think on the same lines. I'd prefer the stamina, though: They'll be lonely enough without some supernatural compulsion, and you'd need time to recover.

Didn't we speak about Devils and evil folk? "Hey, you know what? I never realized how much misery I cause when I go to war. LETS START ONE NOW" *manical laughter*

Poor people starving cause they can't harvest or grind the grain

Hm.... if you revel in attention, but I think I'd settle for a quite life, not for all kinds of folk trampling my lawn and pestering me about some trivial matter.

Can't go wrong with that.

Hm... get a barrel, drink yourself to death. Cheap one

Better be prepared to face the deepest depression known to man...

I think I like this one best: "Listen, I can't think of anything that sounds witty but will drag us kicking and screaming into the 9th circle of hell. Can't we just assume I asked something really stupid and you screw us right away?"

I bet whatever genie will be asked this will hang himself cause you spoiled all his fun

KaeYoss, if I ever play in one of your campaigns, remember me to Wish for my worst enemy to have a Wish granted.

 

[Datt]

That any loved ones I had that died be brought back to life. After all a wish is a bit stronger than a resurrection.

 

[buzzard]

Or, I wish for peace. Peace to reign across the land (or kingdom) for as long as my decedants draw breath.

In the last Northworld book by David Drake this wish was treated in a rather interesting fashion. A tyrannical king is given a device which can essentially grant him wishes. He make a wish for peace in his kingdom. This amounts to any of his subjects who dare to oppose him become dominated as his servant. I suspect this hwo this wish would come out. Ok choice if you have a good king. Bad news if he's not so good.

buzzard

 

[Graywolf-ELM]

That any loved ones I had that died be brought back to life. After all a wish is a bit stronger than a resurrection.

This one is quite Evil. They'd all die again horribly, gasping for air, and clawing the coffin/earth to get above ground.

 

[Matafuego]

Thanks a lot for the replies!!
There's some great ones that I had never even consider!

Unfortunately some are way off the power of the Archangel (he can't ressurrect anyone, nor could the Gods for that matter) but thanks nevertheless.
I knew I could trust you in my Commoner brainstorm