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Subject: poll regarding wording of wishes
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Date: Tue, 11-Oct-83 15:52:39 EDT
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There seem to be two logical ways for a DM to run wishes. The first way is
for the DM to ask the player what his intent/purpose for the wish is. The 
DM asks any questions he desires until he's confident he knows exactly what
effect the player wants. Then the player words the wish. Now the DM makes
his decision on the wish(obviously dependent on the reasonableness of the
wish). After all, a wish brings into being what the person wills for(assuming
a reasonable wording and effect), not some random permutation assigned to 
the player's words that suit the warped mind of the DM.
  
The second way has the player wording the wish with no clarifications given to 
the DM. A wish stands or falls by the words alone(reasonableness is taken into
consideration here also). The powers that grant the wish have no idea what the
player's actual desires are. So the DM acting for the powers assigns some
meaning to the words and then these are carried out. After all, a wish brings
into being exactly what is asked for, and if the words are ambiguous in any
way, watchout because anything can happen.
  
Now to the poll. I'm very curious as to which method is more popular. From
the other articles in this news group, I get the feeling wording is everything,
but we'll see. Please mail responses to me and I'll post a summary. Comments
are welcome. Refer to the methods as number 1 and number 2(1=will 2=wording).
  
Question 1: As a DM, would you run wishes more similar to method 1 or 2?
  
Q2: As a player, which method would you prefer your DM use? 
  
Q3: As a player, which method is usually implemented by your DM's?
  
Q4: Which method do you think should be used(from an unbiased viewpoint)?
 
Q5: Which method do you think Gygax had in mind for a wish?