Questions tagged [wish]
For questions about concepts in tabletop role-playing games that are referred to as "wishes". This typically refers to genie-style magic wishes that can be used by player characters or NPCs.
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Can Heroic Inspiration apply to Wish's 33% chance?
So, Heroic Inspiration allows a player to reroll any die after rolling it: If you (a player character) have Heroic Inspiration, you can expend it to reroll any die immediately after rolling it, and ...
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Can I use the Wish Spell to change my Class ( Wizard 18, Warlock 2 to Wizard 19, Warlock 1)?
I'm currently thinking about how to build an Abjuration Wizard with the new 2024 rules, and the only way to have a reliable (resourceless) source of temporary hp seems to be using the Fiendish Vigor ...
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What do Detect Magic and Identify reveal about the target of a "basic" Wish? [duplicate]
Suppose I cast wish, duplicating the effect of sympathy, targeting a rock. If someone later casts detect magic, what school of magic would they detect on the rock (e.g. Conjuration or Enchantment)? If ...
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How long does it take to use 3 Efreet Wishes?
I have a problem with how unspecific the wording "1/day—grant up to 3 wishes" is. What does this mean from a mechanics standpoint? Is granting a Wish mechanically identical to casting a ...
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What happens when an Artificer infuses an item within an anti-magic field while immune via Wish?
Relevant Text: Wish You grant up to ten creatures you can see immunity to a single spell or other magical effect for 8 hours. Antimagic Field Magic Items. The properties and powers of magic items ...
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Which kind of evil will I should assign to an immortal character? [closed]
I've been playing a D&D campaign with some friends for a while, we made 4 sessions already and between these sessions, there's strange man who appears to aid or guide them towards an objective. ...
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What specifically can’t the Wish spell do?
Other than what’s described in the text of the wish spell, are there any things that wish specifically cannot do? The one example I know involves mind blank: Until the spell ends, one willing ...
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To what extent can I use wish? [closed]
I am playing a level 19 Fiend Warlock in a campaign, and the wizard has wish. Would wishing for each of the 4 party members to gain two levels in any class they choose be under the extent of wish? The ...
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Is what my DM did impacting player agency in a negative way? [closed]
Our party infiltrated Ravenloft in a Curse of Strahd campaign. One of the party managed to steal a beholder eye from Strahd that he was using to control a group of beholders and use them as his ...
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2 votes
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Stress of the Wish Spell [duplicate]
In the Wish spell, related specifically to the stress you suffer from not replicating a spell of 8th level or lower, it states the following: The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect ...
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Grant infinite use of polymorph (to humanoid only) to familiar?
I am wondering if there would be an option to grant the familiar the ability to polymorph itself into a humanoid form (just like what dragons do), which could be interesting story-wise. The closes hit ...
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Wish casting stress: How fast is recovery while resting?
Part of the description of the wish spell: The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. ... In addition, your Strength drops to 3, if it ...
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Does the Wish spell allow me to cast a lower-level spell (that normally targets a willing creature) on an unwilling creature?
Wish allows casting a lower-level spell 'without meeting its requirements'. A major restriction to many spells is that it can only be cast on a willing creature. Can I use wish to avoid this ...
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2 votes
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D&D 5e Can Wish change the composition of Simulacrum? [duplicate]
Simulacrum is made of ice, right? So, would it be possible to turn that ice into mithril or adamantine with a wish spell? If possible, will this Simulacrum be able to behave normally like a golem? If ...
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5 votes
1 answer
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When duplicating lower-level spells with Wish/Primal Phenomenon/etc., what level is the duplicated spell?
When duplicating spells with the L10 spells of each tradition, are those cast at their lowest level or is it possible to heighten to the highest level allowed, based on their type (i.e., duplicating ...
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