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<blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 3045119" data-attributes="member: 20805">No, you are right. It does not mention skill ranks. However, without the meta-game terminology of DnD, would you ever hear someone way &quot;I wish I had the swimming ability..&quot;?Perhaps &quot;I wish I could swim like a fish&quot; or &quot;I wish I could swim better&quot; or &quot;I wish I still fit into my bikini..... &quot; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />what is 'meta' about that statement is that a non-gamer would not phrase the wish in that manner. A gamer, using the lingo of the game, could.One of the major contentions I have witnessed about Wishes is that it becomes a point where the perception of DM vs Player is highly pronounced. This is why I tend to not have wishes, and when they do exist {due to running a published module} I stick to as clean and literal interpretation as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even then I have had players destroy a Ring of Wishes simply to keep the other players from making a wish <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;Of course, my home-brew games don't have any issues with this as the only source of wishes is the ever-famous &quot;I want to make a deal&quot; rule of mine.. go ahead, sell your soul <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" />and incidently... ability is indeed a game term.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Primitive Screwhead, post: 3045119, member: 20805"] No, you are right. It does not mention skill ranks. However, without the meta-game terminology of DnD, would you ever hear someone way "I wish I had the swimming ability.."? Perhaps "I wish I could swim like a fish" or "I wish I could swim better" or "I wish I still fit into my bikini..... " :lol: what is 'meta' about that statement is that a non-gamer would not phrase the wish in that manner. A gamer, using the lingo of the game, could. One of the major contentions I have witnessed about Wishes is that it becomes a point where the perception of DM vs Player is highly pronounced. This is why I tend to not have wishes, and when they do exist {due to running a published module} I stick to as clean and literal interpretation as possible. Even then I have had players destroy a Ring of Wishes simply to keep the other players from making a wish :) Of course, my home-brew games don't have any issues with this as the only source of wishes is the ever-famous "I want to make a deal" rule of mine.. go ahead, sell your soul :] and incidently... [i]ability[/i] is indeed a game term. [/QUOTE]

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