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From: steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer)
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Subject: Re: using wishes to permanent spells
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 15:54:16 EDT
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> 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

Its the standard (A)D&D bullsh*t again, dave.   In the system
wishes are the ultimate spells, able to accomplish anything.
Because this is the case, a Wish can be terribly misused.

How did good old Gary (ripoff) Gygax decide to "play balance"
this spell?   Instead of something reasonable, like aging, or
a power limit, he demands people play word games.  What cr*p!
If I wanted to be a lawyer, I'd go to court.   There is no reason
in the world, that once a 18th level Wizard has invested all
his power and technique into casting such a spell, that something
like a players "bad wording" could screw up a spells effects.

"I wish that joe dies" is NOT "Please put me in suspended animation
until a time when joe is dead", no matter how much that BS artist
says it is.

Try RQ's or EPT's "Divine Intervention" for a more reasonable
discription of a "wish spell".

Steven Maurer