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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 4:30AM
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Oct 14, 2004
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Hello all, now here's food for a philosophical debate.
My characters one week old infant had received a wish spell granted through a deck of many things.
What would be the result of it?
A) nothing, the cards power was wasted as the infant is not able to out a wish. It would be like granting a wish to an animal or plant.
B) the first feeling it has of wanting/desiring something would manifest the wishspells effect. Incase of the infant that would either be needing food, needing mom, needing sleep or simularities of that.
C) the wish spell stays dormant until the child has a clear notion of what the wish spell involves and must make a clear desire of using that one time wish in particular before her wish will be granted.
D) something else.
For those wondering how a one week infant could even get in such a position: my character, the mom, was forced to draw a card from the deck of many things. The card read that she was required to draw another card, and its effect would be bestowed on the person she loved most.
- Neely
(X marks the topic prohibited to my players.)
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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 4:38AM
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Apr 14, 2010
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This is the first thing that came to mind  It's not very hard to figure out what that baby would wish for!
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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 6:35AM
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The kid's wish would logically need to be very simple, basic-needs kind of stuff, so any drama involved will have to be about how the wish is fulfilled. Either A. Nothing happens because the wish is fulfilled in a reasonable manner or B. Something goes wrong with how the wish gets fulfilled...
Examples:
- If A., he gets a bowl of mashed 'nanners magically appearing on the table. No drama.
- If B., the kid "decides" that he wants Mommy to be there all the time, so at the very least she's teleported to the kid every time he cries, or, if it's really bad, every time the kid wants Mommy, he gets one. A new one. Mommy clones are popping into existence at an alarming rate...
(They did an episode of Charmed where the toddler Wyatt decides to use his powers to bring his toys to life and his favorite dragon starts flying around San Francisco attracting attention.)
Spoiler:
Show
I am the Magic Man.
(Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.)
I am the Lawnmower Man.
(I AM GOD HERE!)
I am the Skull God.
(Koo Koo Ka Choo)
There are reasons they call me Mad...
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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 6:56AM
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you could go for whats logical, or you could go for whats amusing
every PC starts lactating
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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:08AM
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I think it would be cooler for the kid to be growing up knowing she had this one wish she could make. It would have to be almost a ritual to activate the true power. Plus, the PC would have to keep their child safe, as many less scrupulous persons would see the child as an item, like a ring of wishes, and would try to take them to steal the wish.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:32AM
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The infant wishes for the same thing I wish for: Breasts.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 1:39PM
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Adult level intelect and speach (or telepathy)?
Wanting big people to understand you could be a logical first want.
See snarf quest where the darkside death leach wished people could understand it.
See The Freshman comics were the beaver school mascot wanted people to know what it wanted.
The sea looks at the stabillity of the mountian and sighs.
The mountian watches the freedom of the sea and cries.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 3:35AM
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Hehe! There are some really funny solutions here, sudden lactating PC's ranked nr 1 with me. Especially given all the PCs are female.
The DM left it all up to me what I would do with it. Either the wish activates immediatly, resulting in something trivial or funny, but nothing that leaves a big footprint on the party or his campaign.
Or if I should feel to leave it dorment for later, then his campaign would be have come to an end and be none of his concern.
Just for the sake of story I think I'll go for the idea merb said, there is so much potential in that for future plays, I would feel stupid to have the wish go wasted to lactating PC's *chuckles*
- Neely
(X marks the topic prohibited to my players.)
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 8:39AM
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Date Joined:
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Hello all, now here's food for a philosophical debate.
My characters one week old infant had received a wish spell granted through a deck of many things.
What would be the result of it?
A) nothing, the cards power was wasted as the infant is not able to out a wish. It would be like granting a wish to an animal or plant.
B) the first feeling it has of wanting/desiring something would manifest the wishspells effect. Incase of the infant that would either be needing food, needing mom, needing sleep or simularities of that.
C) the wish spell stays dormant until the child has a clear notion of what the wish spell involves and must make a clear desire of using that one time wish in particular before her wish will be granted.
D) something else.
For those wondering how a one week infant could even get in such a position: my character, the mom, was forced to draw a card from the deck of many things. The card read that she was required to draw another card, and its effect would be bestowed on the person she loved most.
I immediately thought... B.
Then I thought things best not posted, lol.
Then I imagined the baby wanting desperately to reach that spot on the ceiling.
Then I imagined the child growing up with arms so long he has a 15 foot reach laying down.
A rogue with a bowl of slop can be a controller.
WIZARD PC: Can I substitute Celestial Roc Guano for my fireball spells?
DM: Awesome. Yes.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 8:43AM
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Jun 20, 2012
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I think it would be cooler for the kid to be growing up knowing she had this one wish she could make. It would have to be almost a ritual to activate the true power. Plus, the PC would have to keep their child safe, as many less scrupulous persons would see the child as an item, like a ring of wishes, and would try to take them to steal the wish.
Yeppers! I can see the party scrambling to compete for the highest Diplomacy check already.
A rogue with a bowl of slop can be a controller.
WIZARD PC: Can I substitute Celestial Roc Guano for my fireball spells?
DM: Awesome. Yes.
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