Wish vs. Miracle

[LGodamus]

they way i do the wish screwing is this:

There is no screwing if the PC casts the spell or uses a spell storing item:IE ring of wishes...he is using his own raw power to get what he wants..

the screwing comes in when you get a powerfull creature to "grant" your wish says a genie that is bound ...no one likes being bound so they stick to the wording but add in the screwing as extra to pay for binding them, the only other screwing comes in when trying to get wishes from a sentient evil item.......if they take one of these wishes they deserve what they get

 

[James McMurray]

The only time I have twisted wishes when running is if a) the grantor is evil or chaotic and b) the wish does not go along with the grantor's goals.

For example, while running Return tot he Temple of Elemental Evil (3.0 style) the party found an efreet and freed it in exchange for 3 wishes. The first one had the party wishing for an item that could hurt the demi-lich they were going to have to fight. The efreet was pretty pissed at the demi-lich for capturing it, so it granted the wish tot he best of its abilities by creatinga mace that would explode (not damaging the wielder) when it his the lich. It was basically a one-shot +5 weapon.

The second wish was to move a statue that was covering a concealed door. The party was afraid that it was trapped or that the thing would animate if they got near it. The efreet quickly granted the wish, by teleporting the statue 1,000 miles away, and approiately one mile in the air above a temple of Pelor. The party got what they wanted, the efreet got what it wanted, and nobody in the group even knew they'd been used to kick a god of good in the jewels.

I hav no idea what the third wish was for, but I don't recall screwing the party ver on it, so it must not have been major, or I'm misremembering and there were only two wishes granted.