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From: hutch@shark.UUCP
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Subject: Re: using wishes to permanent spells
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 15:29:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 25 15:29:57 1984
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<When you wish upon a star. . .>

Actually, any DM worth her salt WILL distort a wish phrased

	"I wish the very next spell I cast upon myself will
	 be permanent"

since the attempt to invoke the wish is an attempt to cast a
spell upon oneself.  It would probably only mean that the
player permanently detects of high-level magic.  It might be
the case that any spells the player casts upon itself become 
permanent, but invoke the 10 years lifespan reduction clause
as a side-effect.

The careful player WOULD phrase it differently, maybe even
paying to have an Augury or similar predictive spell performed
in order to prevent such disaster.

Hutch