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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 7970289" data-attributes="member: 1210">Or, more likely, as was one of the stated goals of 5th Edition, they simply used natural language and counted on the DM to make rulings and apply common sense in adjudicating. Here's the thing- the "everything is a requirement" approach that leads to being able to cast sequester on the Abyss doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make sense because it places wish so far above any other 9th level spell that it's ridiculous. It doesn't make sense because it allows for nonsense, such as casting water breathing on a target that is neither a creature nor something that breathes. Or for casting sequester on the Abyss. It doesn't match up with the precedent that wish is just another 9th level spell- and I find the argument that the spell is in the game not to be used by pcs to be pretty flimflam; if that was the case, why would it be in the Players Handbook?If there was an explicit in-game definition of what "requirements" are for casting a spell, I imagine we'd have seen it quoted by now. But there isn't. In my judgment, in the context of wish, the bottom line is this- you have already cast the spell (wish), and if you use it to ape another spell, then you don't have to cast another spell, because wish is doing the work. I would consider requirements to include things necessary to cast the spell, which are almost entirely components; but sometimes, in certain cases, might include things like having to cast it in a certain location, at a given time of day or year, under the right alignment of stars, with good intentions, etc. Does the spell say, "To cast this, you must ______"? If so, that's probably a requirement. Range, duration, targets, attack rolls- I think it's a real stretch to try to interpret any of these as requirements for a spell. I certainly wouldn't include them.</blockquote>

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