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<blockquote data-quote="Tovec" data-source="post: 5330791" data-attributes="member: 95493"><p>In our games we have always made a few basic assumptions about how Wish (especially from the non-spell source) works.</p><p></p><p>First, wish as the spell-like ability or being cast by anyone other than a arcane caster using the 9th level spell does NOT follow the same rules laid out in the 9th level spell description.</p><p></p><p>Second, wishing a wish must be done in character and in game. Meaning no long legalese to try and make your wish come out correctly.</p><p></p><p>Third, the DM should whenever possible follow the straightest and easiest path to the wish as it was said. Meaning if the wisher wishes for someone to fall in love with them then the outcome should be the person falling in love with the wisher. That being said it may be temporary, false-love (some kind of enchantment or illusion) or any other sort of downside. It also may be that the wish simply fails. Such as, in the case that you wish to be the most powerful creature ever, even more powerful than the king of the gods, blah blah blah.</p><p></p><p>So, back to your original (OP) questions.</p><p></p><p>If you want to be granted more magical powers or higher use of the powers you already possess then ask the DM if this is possible. If it is then just try and simply think how to wish for them. Probably starting with something like.. I wish my natural spell-like abilities to be increased.</p><p></p><p>It is not unheard of for wish to grant contingency [spell] or grant new spell-like abilities.</p><p></p><p>The abilities listed under your third question seem the most likely and easiest outcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tovec, post: 5330791, member: 95493"] In our games we have always made a few basic assumptions about how Wish (especially from the non-spell source) works. First, wish as the spell-like ability or being cast by anyone other than a arcane caster using the 9th level spell does NOT follow the same rules laid out in the 9th level spell description. Second, wishing a wish must be done in character and in game. Meaning no long legalese to try and make your wish come out correctly. Third, the DM should whenever possible follow the straightest and easiest path to the wish as it was said. Meaning if the wisher wishes for someone to fall in love with them then the outcome should be the person falling in love with the wisher. That being said it may be temporary, false-love (some kind of enchantment or illusion) or any other sort of downside. It also may be that the wish simply fails. Such as, in the case that you wish to be the most powerful creature ever, even more powerful than the king of the gods, blah blah blah. So, back to your original (OP) questions. If you want to be granted more magical powers or higher use of the powers you already possess then ask the DM if this is possible. If it is then just try and simply think how to wish for them. Probably starting with something like.. I wish my natural spell-like abilities to be increased. It is not unheard of for wish to grant contingency [spell] or grant new spell-like abilities. The abilities listed under your third question seem the most likely and easiest outcome. [/QUOTE]
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