some misc. questions

[mvincent]

3rd wish: a single-ton, young gold dragon

Oooo... nice one.

 

[mvincent]

Off topic, but always wondered: Could you wish for a second pair of functioning arms?

Can you wish for it? Certainly.
Will you get polymorphed into a cockroach? Hard to say.

 

[Arkhandus]

Off topic, but always wondered: Could you wish for a second pair of functioning arms?

Congratulations! You just became a Gorillon. With the mind of a Gorillon. Hey, those people you were adventuring with, they're starting to look mighty tasty.....

Or: a new pair of arms sprouts out of your shoulders. And start to strangle you, trying to tear themselves free with the rest of the second You that the Wish created inside your body........

 

[SRD]

Thanx for the replies guys. As for the Noble Djinni, I saw that the word "wish" was in italics in the MM but I hadn't known that it meant "look up "Wish spell"".

 

[green slime]

Thanx for the replies guys. As for the Noble Djinni, I saw that the word "wish" was in italics in the MM but I hadn't known that it meant "look up "Wish spell"".

The italics generally means that it is a game specific magical effect: either a spell, or a magical item. It is, as far as I am aware, entirely consistent throughout the entire documentation of the game (SRD, PHB, DMG, MM....).

 

[UltimaGabe]

Thanx for the replies guys. As for the Noble Djinni, I saw that the word "wish" was in italics in the MM but I hadn't known that it meant "look up "Wish spell"".

It's cool. In general, though, VERY few things (to my knowledge) are left that vague. It would be incredibly uncommon for a classic D&D monster or adventure or whatever to have a passage that simply says, "The PCs can get something awesome here" without saying anything else. Simply saying "He can grant three wishes" without specifying what that means would be unheard of in the rules-lawyer world of D&D.

 

[Deset Gled]

Off topic, but always wondered: Could you wish for a second pair of functioning arms?

There was a spell in Savage Species that gave you extra arms. As a DM, I would have the Wish duplicate that spell effect.

 

[UltimaGabe]

There was a spell in Savage Species that gave you extra arms. As a DM, I would have the Wish duplicate that spell effect.

It was Girallon's Blessing. It's reprinted in the Spell Compendium.