Wishin' is fo' suckahs...

[werk]

Let me try, this looks fun...

I wish the opposing army to suffer from severe diarrhea every day they advance towards my city!

All (creature type of the army) suffer sever diarrhea all the time with no ill effects.

I wish a horde of Flumph with gastrointestinal distress pass by the army.

Happens, no ill effects.

I wish the footware worn by the army to shrink 2 sizes!

Feet shrink too!

I wish the army to dissert, the members running off to form a circus.

The army writes a dissertation (couldn't resist) and form the smartest circus ever! Then return more powerful and wealthy than ever.

I wish my brother George were here

George appears...but has been turned inside out.

I wish for world peace (No - not world piece! Ah, damn!)

PARADOX! Reality ceases to exist.

How about: I wish for one, solid, 4' thick plate of steel to be created over the entire army, and just the army, which is subject to gravity.

 

[Pielorinho]

How about: I wish for one, solid, 4' thick plate of steel to be created over the entire army, and just the army, which is subject to gravity.

The army's already subject to gravity--why bother putting that in there, and not making the steel plate subject to gravity?

In these cases, I think it's best to play to the DM in some respects. The ideal Wish in this case is going to severely harm the army, giving your side a major advantage, but won't be the end of the scene.

If the spell's parameters are too squishy for you, it might be better to choose a different spell entirely: this spell is probably the squishiest one in the game in terms of its effects, and consequently puts more control in the DM's hands than just about any other.

Daniel

 

[Beholder Bob]

All (creature type of the army) suffer sever diarrhea all the time with no ill effects.

..Blech! Can you imagine being the last guy in the lineup of soiled soldiers - - slosh, slosh, splorch!

....I wish a horde of Flumph with gastrointestinal distress pass by the army....

Happens, no ill effects.

You have never smelled Flumph gas, have you. I was thinking hysteria, blindness, premature balding, and the permanent loss of the sense of smell.

....I wish the footwear worn by the army to shrink 2 sizes!...

Feet shrink too!

Just think of the jokes about the poor men - you know what they say about the size of a man's foot...

....I wish the army to dissert, the members running off to form a circus.....

Doh - the curse of spell check not knowing what I meant.

....I wish my brother George were here...

George appears...but has been turned inside out.

Oh no, not my brother George! Aaagh! Go ahead and kill me army, life is just not worth living with an inside out George!

How about: I wish for one, solid, 4' thick plate of steel to be created over the entire army, and just the army, which is subject to gravity.

About a thousand miles out, these plates form in space. They slowly get pulled in by gravity. More specifically, I'd not allow this wish, any more then I'd allow the wish 'lethal contact poison coats the face of every member of the opposing army'.

BB

 

[JimAde]

Let me try, this looks fun...
How about: I wish for one, solid, 4' thick plate of steel to be created over the entire army, and just the army, which is subject to gravity.

Fine. The army is subject to gravity. The levitating plate of steel blows over your city where it hovers, blotting out the sun and destroying morale.

 

[Beholder Bob]

The army and people of the opposed land become obsessed with freedom, stopping all they are doing and dedicate themselves to freedom from oppression, fighting to become a democracy!

Or - I hope their home team loses the next 7 matches! Hah, that's kicking them where it hurts!

BB

 

[werk]

The army's already subject to gravity--why bother putting that in there, and not making the steel plate subject to gravity?

If the spell's parameters are too squishy for you, it might be better to choose a different spell entirely: this spell is probably the squishiest one in the game in terms of its effects, and consequently puts more control in the DM's hands than just about any other.

Yeah, I was talking about the steel plate being subject to gravity...darn it, foiled again!

Wish is too squishy for me, but as a DM, I think I should be prepared to handle it since it is usually the first 9th lvl a mage picks.

 

[werk]

...wish 'lethal contact poison coats the face of every member of the opposing army'.

Ooo, I like that one!

 

[Beholder Bob]

Ooo, I like that one!

!!! but....but... !!!

More specifically, I'd not allow this wish, any more then I'd allow the wish 'lethal contact poison coats the face of every member of the opposing army'.



BB

 

[Ferret]

I wish that all of the opposing armies possesions appeard 40 foot above them.

I wiash the opposing army were on the plane of fire.

I wish the opposing army did not have arms.

I wish I had a lawyer.

 

[Beholder Bob]

I wish the opposing army did not have arms.

Uh, a disarmament wish?

I wish I had a lawyer.

Thats just getting ugly!

BB