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Subject: Re: using wishes to permanent spells - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 12:45:00 EDT
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/***** uokvax:net.games.frp / sdcsvax!mr-frog /  7:38 pm  Jun 22, 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."
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Yeah, contrary to popular beliefs, a wish is NOT a license to screw a
player-character. Particularly greedy players should get what they ask
for, letter-by-letter, but that's about it. I've even seen a god (the
one granting the wish) appear once, pissed at a player's greed, and ask
"Are you trying to break me?"

The character promptly withdrew the wish.

	Jeff Bowles
	Lisle, IL