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Subject: Re: interesting uses of wishes - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 17:29:47 EDT
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ecn-ee!kechkayl    Oct  9 09:38:00 1983


	One real gripe I have with the use of wishes is the almost 
obscene panting desires most DM's have to pervert them. A large
proportion of the DM's I have played with love to do this. What I
would like to know is this: What makes you think that a wish is 
intelligent????????? From reading the spell description, all I get
is that it is a 9th level m-u spell that will do a wide variety of
things. No matter how many times I read it, I never seem to see an
intelligence rating for the spell. It's not as if each wish is a new
AI program to try out. When I DM, I tend to run mechanical wishes. The
player casts the spell and tells me what he wishes for and how he wishes
it done. If it is within the scope and power of a 9th level spell, the
wish will do it. If it isn't, the wish probably won't do anything.
(Unless of course I know that the player is attempting to grossly 
pervetrt the rules) The wish spell has no mind, and it can't think of
such things at teleporting a sword of cold to the palace of the ruler 
of the elemental plane of cold, just so it won't break. I tend to like
to have the player give directions of how he wants the wish accomplished,
and then if it is possible, fine. 

				Oh, well, enough ranting.

					Thomas Ruschak