Wish question

dualj · Post by **dualj** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:35 am

Why is wish a wizard spell and not an illusionist spell? I thought Illusionists where masters of reality manipulation.

Metathiax · Post by **Metathiax** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:54 pm

Illusionists have a spell similar to Limited Wish named Distort Reality. If you feel they should gain access to Wish as well, just make it so.
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dualj · Post by **dualj** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:45 pm

Ahh yes, i completely forgot that you wont get hung for changing something like this with castles.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:35 pm

Wish is counter to the purpose of an illusionist, which is to manipulate the perception of reality... and not reality itself. Their higher level spells have quasi-real effects, and they can kill, but that is more a subjective result from the target than of the illusionist's ability to affect the real.

Every class doesn't have the same end-results. Druids don't get the same spells clerics have. Wizards and illusionists are different... wholly different.

If you want them to have a wish-like effect, I'd just use their AD&D version, but don't have a problem with C&C illusionist's lacking it.

Traveller · Post by **Traveller** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:45 am

I simply save myself the hassle and disallow wishes, limited wishes, distort reality/alter reality, and miracles. Unless of course, the delvers find that ultra rare ring of wishes or whatever that actually hasn't been used.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:49 am

*smiles* An illusionist version of wish could be fun though. The recipient could suffer through the illusion of his wish being granted.
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Traveller · Post by **Traveller** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:25 am

Ooh...and that might be fun too.
Delver: I wish I could fly.
Illusionist: Your wish is granted. (Properly phrases and casts the "wish").
Delver: Attempts to fly off a cliff, only to fly downward and smack into the ground 200 feet below (210d6 falling damage, average of 735 points).
Illusionist: Sings "I Believe I Can Fly" as the delver falls to ground.

One of the things I love most about C&C falling damage: it doesn't get capped.
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dualj · Post by **dualj** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:53 am

Now that's what I call fall damage. Any more dice and I might have thought you confused the dragon ball z rpg with C&C. A fake wish would be pretty cruel though lol.