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<blockquote data-quote="Viktyr Gehrig" data-source="post: 1329140" data-attributes="member: 9249">1) Extend hand, as if to request a high-five.2) Slap the DM across the face.3) Repeat as needed.&nbsp;At this point, I am beginning to believe that this procedure is the only possible way to combat the execrable idea that the only safe way to cast Wish is to hire a lawyer to word it for you. Monkeys' paws can be entertaining in fiction, but they're a stupid, stupid way to play a game, and are a symptom of an adversarial approach between the DM and the players-- and, as all such adversarial situations, the DM can abuse your Wish no matter how perfectly you worded it.&nbsp;Even originally, the Wish spell was only supposed to be twisted if the caster tried wishing for something well beyond the means of a 9th level spell. As I hear more and more about lawyerific players getting Wishes twisted by malevolent DMs, I am forced to conclude that future descriptions of this spell should be quite explicit that, instead of twisting the Wish, the appopriate response to an outrageous Wish is to have the spell fail.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Viktyr Gehrig, post: 1329140, member: 9249"] 1) Extend hand, as if to request a high-five. 2) Slap the DM across the face. 3) Repeat as needed. At this point, I am beginning to believe that this procedure is the only possible way to combat the execrable idea that the only safe way to cast Wish is to hire a lawyer to word it for you. Monkeys' paws can be entertaining in fiction, but they're a stupid, stupid way to play a game, and are a symptom of an adversarial approach between the DM and the players-- and, as all such adversarial situations, the DM can abuse your Wish no matter how perfectly you worded it. Even originally, the Wish spell was only supposed to be twisted if the caster tried wishing for something well beyond the means of a 9th level spell. As I hear more and more about lawyerific players getting Wishes twisted by malevolent DMs, I am forced to conclude that future descriptions of this spell should be quite explicit that, instead of twisting the Wish, the appopriate response to an outrageous Wish is to have the spell fail. [/QUOTE]

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