Wish question

[swordsmasher]

If I cast Wish to turn my dragon opponent's scales into the texture of strawberry jam, would the dragon get a saving throw?

Also, would I have to bypass the dragon's spell resistance?

 

[Patlin]

I'd treat this as if it were mimicking Polymorph Any Object, which is a similar spell if not the same effect. I believe both SR and a save would therefore apply...

 

[Artoomis]

There is a choice.

If you wish this to be non-risky wish then, yes, SR and save applies.

If you want to take the big risk, then SR and saves don't apply, but, something may go horribly wrong.

You might try for the same effect but for a very short duration (say, 2 rounds). I might be inclined to allow that, but it would be a DM judgement call for sure.

 

[boolean]

If you want to take the big risk, then SR ans saves don;t apply, but, something may go horribly wrong.

The Half-Ooze template is in Savage Species, right?

 

[werk]

If you want to take the big risk, then SR ans saves don;t apply, but, something may go horribly wrong.

Very, very tough strawberry jam?

 

[cmanos]

OK, its the texture of strawberry jam, but the actual hardness remains the same...

Hmm....half-ooze dragon....

 

[Xereq]

texture of strawberry jam, protective qualities of 10ft thick alchemicaly hardened adamintite

wish always has a certain twisted duality to it

 

[Michael Silverbane]

I'm going to agree with Patlin, here... that the wish, as suggested by the OP, would allow a save and SR.

I would, however, like to add that the wish would be much more flavorful if it made the dragon's scales taste like strawberry jam, instead of feeling like strawberry jam.

Later
silver

 

[Pyrex]

Yep. I'd fit it under the 'Replicate a spell' option, posit the hypothetical existence of an 8th level 'Negate Natural Armor' transmutation spell (probably Fortitute Half) with SR.

 

[Kristivas]

I wonder why wish gets so screwed in 3.x compared to AD&D? Before, when you made a wish, it was reality-bending. Now, there are TONS of limits and drawbacks and such.

If my group had a ring of three wishes in 2nd ed and we used one to wish a dragon's scales turned into jelly, then it would be writhing about on the floor in a giant puddle of grossness. There wasn't a saving throw with wish back then, it was a wish!

I can see a geenie popping out of a lamp and saying "Yes, I can grant you a fortune.. the limit of which is 25,000 gold pieces."