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From: mr-frog@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dave Pare)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: using wishes to permanent spells
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Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 14:34:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 21 14:34:00 1984
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I'm really interested in that parenthetical remark in a recent
article by Ken Dalka.  He was talking about the wish "I wish that
the next spell I throw on myself would be permanent."  Then
he followed with " Yes, I'm aware that any DM worth his salt could
distort what I just said; you don't have to point that out too."
What I want to know is -- did Ken mean that a good DM SHOULD distort
such an attempt by a player to use a wish as if it were a permanent, or
that a DM could find some way to twist the wording around.  Ken,
what would you do if you were the DM?

Personally, I think that's a perfectly reasonable wish -- after all, folks,
wish IS a higher level spell than permanent.  I don't see any problem
with having a wish at MINIMUM be able to duplicate any other 1-9th level spell.
Unless the wording was really flaky, I can't see an reason to shaft a player
on a wish that asks for something so reasonable.


Dave Pare

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