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<blockquote data-quote="IcyCool" data-source="post: 2199370" data-attributes="member: 20308"><p>As others have mentioned, Efreeti are always lawful evil. They enjoy twisting the rules. Why would they trust said wizard when he offers them the benefits of one wish? Maybe if he had the wizard dominated I could see it. Also, depending on the wish, the wish itself might pervert the wisher's intent (as per the description of the Wish spell).</p><p></p><p>In answer to your question as to why every semi-competent wizard isn't binding and Efreet and forcing wishes out of him I have two things to say:</p><p></p><p>1. The Efreet is under no obligation to grant said wish. If it does, the wizard has either offered something damn good in return (something more than a potentially empty promise), or the Efreet is getting ready to mess with the wizard. I'd imagine that with a long lifespan (possibly immortal), finding amusement becomes a high priority.</p><p></p><p>2. Not too many wizards will get the chance to perfect this tactic via trial and error, so they'd better get it right the first time.</p><p></p><p>That said, if a player of mine bound an Efreet, managed to convince it to grant him a wish, and worded said wish in such a way (sadly, it would probably be a 30-page legal doc) that it couldn't backfire, then good for him, he gets a wish. Was it free? Heck no, that's a whole lot of work to go through. Could he just spend the xp, and get a standard wish from the list in the description of the Wish spell without all that trouble? Yep. Is it free? Nope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IcyCool, post: 2199370, member: 20308"] As others have mentioned, Efreeti are always lawful evil. They enjoy twisting the rules. Why would they trust said wizard when he offers them the benefits of one wish? Maybe if he had the wizard dominated I could see it. Also, depending on the wish, the wish itself might pervert the wisher's intent (as per the description of the Wish spell). In answer to your question as to why every semi-competent wizard isn't binding and Efreet and forcing wishes out of him I have two things to say: 1. The Efreet is under no obligation to grant said wish. If it does, the wizard has either offered something damn good in return (something more than a potentially empty promise), or the Efreet is getting ready to mess with the wizard. I'd imagine that with a long lifespan (possibly immortal), finding amusement becomes a high priority. 2. Not too many wizards will get the chance to perfect this tactic via trial and error, so they'd better get it right the first time. That said, if a player of mine bound an Efreet, managed to convince it to grant him a wish, and worded said wish in such a way (sadly, it would probably be a 30-page legal doc) that it couldn't backfire, then good for him, he gets a wish. Was it free? Heck no, that's a whole lot of work to go through. Could he just spend the xp, and get a standard wish from the list in the description of the Wish spell without all that trouble? Yep. Is it free? Nope. [/QUOTE]
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