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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bauglir" data-source="post: 1075577" data-attributes="member: 6982">The trouble with a lot of these twists is that you give what is wished for, then more that is not wished for (which seems a bit arbitrary).  To me, in order to properly twist it you need to work only with what you've been given.Note also that wishing for too much does not have to result in bad things happening.  It may simply not work as expected.  Remember that 5000xp (or the chance at a wish) wasted is plenty bad enough."I wish I held the hand of vecna"The caster appears standing next to a bemused Vecna, holding his right hand.In the case of wishing for artifacts, let them have the artifact.  Chances are its original owners can track it down under their own power, without needing to be zapped there by the wish..Wishing for the death of a greater god?  That one's a bit trickier.  Maybe said god Wished eons ago that he might never be killed by a Wish, and so the Wish fails.Personally I approach it by having the Wish automatically apply other spells in an attempt to get the job done."I wish to hold the sword of Kas"Discern Location to find the swordPlane Shift then Teleport to place the caster within reach of the sword.If any of these spells don't work for some reason (perhaps the sword is protected from divinations somehow?) then the wish will fail.</blockquote>