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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 2692722" data-attributes="member: 7808">Personally, I really don't like the idea of allowing Wish to grant any permanent effects (the ability score bonuses are acceptable because of the limit to the number of them possible, but even then I don't think it's a good mechanic).  First of all, I don't consider xp loss to be permanent, any more than spending money is permanent, because its something the character will be earning continuously while adventuring.  Second of all, it ruins the challenge rating system.XP is supposed to be a measure of how powerful a player is.  The more XP, the higher the level, the more powerful the character.  This is then translated into a measure of how hard of encounters (CR) the character can face.  When you start paying XP to gain a permanent benifit, you are effectively making the character more powerful while lowering the CR of the creatures they face, so they'll gain XP faster.  It just a bad mechanic.  YMMV.</blockquote>