Wishing for feats, legal?

[kkoie]

So, what do you think? Do you think it is viable for a player to "wish" for a feat? My innitial thinking is no, my player is saying it ought to be similar to wishing for stat increases, a limit of 5.

K Koie

 

[jollyninja]

how many characters ever get more then five wishes in a campaign? better they use them for feats then magic items i say.

 

[Crothian]

Wish is the most powerful magic in the game. If you want to wish for a feat, be my guest. In fact, I'd encourage it over a stat increase or a clever use any day of the week.

 

[Tylias]

sure. Why not? I'd limit it to 2, though.

If you're a "mean, no free lunch" kind of DM, you can make it happen in nasty ways, though - manipulating this is as easy as manipulating any other wish. Nonhuman characters could be changed to human, gaining the extra Human feat while losing their racial abilities. Humans who aren't Fighters may find one of their class levels replaced by 1 level of Fighter, for the extra feat, etc.

This is heinous and evil, however - but then again, feel free to use it against heinous and evil characters/players

Me, if I like my players, I'd be inclined to let them have up to 2 wish-granted feats.

 

[kreynolds]

I don't have a problem with it. But if you're in my game, you had better word that wish awfully carefully, know what I'm saying?

 

[Ma'varkith]

I would allow it, but I would not allow the Feat gained in such a way to count as a prerequisite for another Feat, Prestige Class, etc.

 

[kreynolds]

I would allow it, but I would not allow the Feat gained in such a way to count as a prerequisite for another Feat, Prestige Class, etc.

That's odd. So...they would have to buy the feat again? The XP is wasted? The cost to get wish cast is wasted? The trouble to find the ring/scroll/wand/whatever is wasted? Sounds kind of harsh.

 

[Umbran]

Other: The issue is not resolved by the rules. It is therefore the dicision of the individual DM.

 

[Mal Malenkirk]

Darius the Monk: I wish to be able to move with such swiftness that I could reach a giant without giving him a chance to smack me over the head with his big club. Altough I guess that if there were more than one giant it would be okay if the other ones could take a swing at me, but the guy that is my target must be too stunned by me speed to do anything!

DM: I take it you want the spring attack feat?

Player of Darius the Monk: Well, yeah.

 

[Draxus the Tainted]

My take on this is that a character wouldn't be able to wish for a feat because to a character a feat doesn't exist. It's like Attack Bonus's and AC...the characters have no idea what these things are it's like one PC asks another PC what level he is. In game it doesn't exsist. Character's don't know what feats are, the player gives them the feat that goes along with the characters fighting style, kinda like he bettered a new technique or became better with his weapon. For a character to even be able to wish for a feat he would have to word it right. In example, a character that wanted to gain the Quick Draw feat would have to say: "I wish to be able to draw my weapon faster." or for something like Weapon Focus: "I wish to be better skilled with my weapon."
In conclusion a character can't directly wish for a feat but can wish to be better skilled at something!