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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6682970" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>I have never myself had to deal with a player who didn't treat a Wish spell as if it were his law school final exam.</p><p></p><p>As a player, there's only one time I didn't deal with a wish as if it were my law school final exam. </p><p></p><p>In that one time, our party had gotten *pasted* by some big nasty (I think it was Stradh - he got the drop on us and it didn't go well). The only two PCs standing were my Wizard, and another player's deep gnome illusionist. I was carrying a scroll of Wish, and it seemed like the only way to save our bacon. The DM (reasonably) did not give me forever to craft a bullet-proof Wish, as Stradh was still around and going to whup our spellcasting but otherwise wimpy butts. So, I aimed for the most benign wording I could come up with in two minutes. Something to the effect of, "I wish my compatriots and I were alive and well in the Village of <whereveritwas>."</p><p></p><p>The GM couldn't find a way to screw us with that. So, he decided to screw with us. He realized that my PC was the longest surviving character in the campaign. Pretty much every PC who had lived or died with this group over the years of play that got us to 12 level or so in 1e had been a "compatriot" of my PC. So, they *all* showed up, whether they had been alive or dead, busy or retired. While almost all of them were on good enough terms with my spellcaster, they weren't all on good terms with *each other*. And some of them were a little miffed and confused at having been dragged out of their beds, or from fighting monsters elsewhere in the world, and so on. It quickly devolved into a village-wide barroom brawl until the mage and illusionist could bring order to the proceedings.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, the two had been wondering where they were gong to get people to man their stronghold while they were away. This solved the problem. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6682970, member: 177"] I have never myself had to deal with a player who didn't treat a Wish spell as if it were his law school final exam. As a player, there's only one time I didn't deal with a wish as if it were my law school final exam. In that one time, our party had gotten *pasted* by some big nasty (I think it was Stradh - he got the drop on us and it didn't go well). The only two PCs standing were my Wizard, and another player's deep gnome illusionist. I was carrying a scroll of Wish, and it seemed like the only way to save our bacon. The DM (reasonably) did not give me forever to craft a bullet-proof Wish, as Stradh was still around and going to whup our spellcasting but otherwise wimpy butts. So, I aimed for the most benign wording I could come up with in two minutes. Something to the effect of, "I wish my compatriots and I were alive and well in the Village of <whereveritwas>." The GM couldn't find a way to screw us with that. So, he decided to screw with us. He realized that my PC was the longest surviving character in the campaign. Pretty much every PC who had lived or died with this group over the years of play that got us to 12 level or so in 1e had been a "compatriot" of my PC. So, they *all* showed up, whether they had been alive or dead, busy or retired. While almost all of them were on good enough terms with my spellcaster, they weren't all on good terms with *each other*. And some of them were a little miffed and confused at having been dragged out of their beds, or from fighting monsters elsewhere in the world, and so on. It quickly devolved into a village-wide barroom brawl until the mage and illusionist could bring order to the proceedings. Thankfully, the two had been wondering where they were gong to get people to man their stronghold while they were away. This solved the problem. :) [/QUOTE]
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