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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8618093" data-attributes="member: 1465">Do I understand right that you limited Wish in a way that basically this will be the one and only time it can be cast by this character?There is already a very strong limitation by the PHB rules:&quot;The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you.&quot; (...) &quot;Finally, there is a 33 percent chance that you are unable to cast wish ever again if you suffer this stress.&quot;but here you're making it happen for certain the first time. I don't know what is the average number of times you can use it by the PHB, but before you meet this fate you can keep using Wish at least to duplicate lower-level spells, which IMHO is what anyone should be doing (especially a Sorcerer) to get the most out of Wish, until the day when Wish truly becomes a dealmaker to &quot;save the day&quot; (and maybe the year, or the century as well).On the other hand, I wouldn't want Wish to be used for permanent character boosts of that magnitude. IIRC in some past editions it could be used to get a +1 ASI, but that in 5e isn't worth a Wish IMHO. I would allow it however for temporary boosts, even if they appear gamebreaking. So instead of looking for a &quot;punishment&quot; (horrible idea) I would look for a limitation: have the target PC gain a grandiose boost that lasts long enough to cover the boss battle, so that they can indeed &quot;save the day&quot;, and then go back to normal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8618093, member: 1465"] Do I understand right that you limited Wish in a way that basically this will be the [B]one and only time[/B] it can be cast by this character? There is already a very strong limitation by the PHB rules: "The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you." (...) "Finally, there is a 33 percent chance that you are unable to cast wish ever again if you suffer this stress." but here you're making it happen for certain the first time. I don't know what is the average number of times you can use it by the PHB, but before you meet this fate you can keep using Wish at least to duplicate lower-level spells, which IMHO is what anyone should be doing (especially a Sorcerer) to get the most out of Wish, until the day when Wish truly becomes a dealmaker to "save the day" (and maybe the year, or the century as well). On the other hand, I wouldn't want Wish to be used for permanent character boosts of that magnitude. IIRC in some past editions it could be used to get a +1 ASI, but that in 5e isn't worth a Wish IMHO. I would allow it however for [B]temporary[/B] boosts, even if they appear gamebreaking. So instead of looking for a "punishment" (horrible idea) I would look for a limitation: have the target PC gain a grandiose boost that lasts long enough to cover the boss battle, so that they can indeed "save the day", and then go back to normal. [/QUOTE]

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