le Redoutable
Ich bin El Glouglou :)
... or is it far too heavy load for a Wishmaster ?
D&D General Can we Wish for Max Hp ?
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GMforPowergamers
Legend
I generallly don't allow the wish itself to be a gameest mechanic (so no wishing for more hp) but I do allow the player to explain out of game the intent.
so if a player cast wish saying "I wish I was tougher" then out of game said "Can I just max all my d6's for hp" I would most likely come back with a no... but I WOULD let that wish reset them to average hp+1 per level (so for d6s that would be 5's) if they already had less hp.
best wish I ever saw was a character that was a chosen in FR... he took wish as his 1/day 9th level spell and had alot of fun with it... "I wish we had a dry place to stay" "I wish you wouild shut up for a minute" but his best was when our barbarian said something dumb and I don't think it was even on purpose "Damn it I wish you were smarter" everyone stopped and stare jaw agap... I said "Well that's +1 int for him and your wish for the day"
so if a player cast wish saying "I wish I was tougher" then out of game said "Can I just max all my d6's for hp" I would most likely come back with a no... but I WOULD let that wish reset them to average hp+1 per level (so for d6s that would be 5's) if they already had less hp.
best wish I ever saw was a character that was a chosen in FR... he took wish as his 1/day 9th level spell and had alot of fun with it... "I wish we had a dry place to stay" "I wish you wouild shut up for a minute" but his best was when our barbarian said something dumb and I don't think it was even on purpose "Damn it I wish you were smarter" everyone stopped and stare jaw agap... I said "Well that's +1 int for him and your wish for the day"
MarkB
Legend
Your second example provides another possible solution to the first. If someone wants to be tougher, don't mess with re-rolling their HP, just boost their Constitution.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Recent threads have made it very clear you should never wish for anything.
le Redoutable
Ich bin El Glouglou :)
so does Wish transports you to another Dimension, where things are easier for you ( and your comrades ) ?
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
I've never tried this as a player but my long-standing wish idea to give myself more hit points would be to point to the highest hit-point person in the party and simply wish to, without affecting the tough person in any way*, have at any time my physical resilience at its best match hers at its best.
* - this clause is in to, obviously, stop the wish from reducing her maximum hit points to match mine.
The flaw in this, for which I've yet to think of a workaround, is that if the tough person dies I'd get dragged down with her as her "best" - and thus mine - would be zero or worse.
beancounter
(I/Me/Mine)
I don't view wishing for max hp to be OP. I would allow it.
After all, it is possible (very unlikely, but possible) for someone to naturally roll their max hp each time they level up.
After all, it is possible (very unlikely, but possible) for someone to naturally roll their max hp each time they level up.
MarkB
Legend
Only if you wish it to.
I had a player in 1E who had his magic user do this. Admittedly it really wasn't that big of a boost since you capped at 10 HD, gaining only 1 HP per level after that. He considered raising his Con score, but at that point it would have required 10 wishes to raise it. Turned out to be a pretty good Wish, since he took the brunt of a Red Dragon's breath weapon in the next session.
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