tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post8555385111644628690..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: What's a Wish Worth?Tenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-86689084104327892422013-04-30T00:42:07.445-04:002013-04-30T00:42:07.445-04:00So, a magical disruption of reality has to be &quo...So, a magical disruption of reality has to be "reasonable"?<br />Give me a fucking break!Patrick Mallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906639025904535922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-64529209018868718612013-04-29T11:33:14.312-04:002013-04-29T11:33:14.312-04:00I recall a tale that I was told by a gamer in a gr...I recall a tale that I was told by a gamer in a group of ages past where another player really screwed the pooch on a wish.<br /><br />Bear in mind that the setting was High Fantasy, Swords and Sorcery and, probably D&D given the time period from which the tale comes.. They wished for a shotgun! A friggin' shotgun! I don't know what they were thinking or, if they'd just been watching too much Armies of Darkness but that was their characters hearts desire at that moment in time (despite the obvious fact that his character should have no idea what a shotgun even was). Regardless, he wished for it and he got it!..<br /><br />If only he'd have wished for some shells to go with it..<br /><br />It doesn't really progress the question at hand but, I figured I'd share it none the less.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274323575564614637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-76490960518719082412013-04-29T10:39:45.763-04:002013-04-29T10:39:45.763-04:00I think that's misreading Tenkar's intent....I think that's misreading Tenkar's intent. It seems to me that he's not trying to be personally subjective, but rather to imply a "reasonability curve" within the game world itself where the closer you get to the unreasonability asymptote, the more unsavory the response becomes.RMDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814715698091101060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-3033483488549569222013-04-29T01:04:48.141-04:002013-04-29T01:04:48.141-04:00Basically, you didn't convince me that you don...Basically, you didn't convince me that you don't change the rules by which you GM if they wish for something that you don't like. In fact, you all but confirmed it.<br /><br />So saying "I wish I had all the gold in the world" would change the way you treat the wish? Does wishing for something banal leave the player with a not-getting-fucked-over wish, or just a not-getting-fucked-over-<i>as-much</i> wish? Or only if the wish is phrased to upset the world with far-reaching ramifications, then the wish becomes a getting-fucked-over wish? And what if they wish for something that <a href="http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Chicken,_He_Clucked" rel="nofollow">has worldwide ramifications but is truly banal</a>?Patrick Mallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906639025904535922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-12697857434269209792013-04-28T20:17:50.511-04:002013-04-28T20:17:50.511-04:00I probably didnt explain myself fully.
My party e...I probably didnt explain myself fully.<br /><br />My party expects to get fucked - that is their previous experience with wishes, no matter how small or greedy, they expect to get fucked.<br /><br />I've never done that to players, except in the "i wish i had all of the gold in the world" type of crap. Heck, I never went into it last night with the idea of screwing with them until they mentioned it, as i know my players, and they are more likely to wish for a rez scroll with no failure chance than a million GPTenkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-90373845845008668942013-04-28T20:13:31.391-04:002013-04-28T20:13:31.391-04:00Ugh! I hate hearing somebody say they'll "...Ugh! I hate hearing somebody say they'll "only screw the players if they are being extremely greedy or foolhardy" because that's like saying "the rules change depending on how much I like what you're doing."<br />Either it's a monkey's paw wish or it's a straight up wish. Tell them how you're going to interpret and adjudicate the wish before they speak it, instruct them to phrase the wish within the fiction, and then don't fucking pull the rug out from under them if they use what you've given them just because it was something you thought was tawdry or banal. Patrick Mallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906639025904535922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-23155991233257304332013-04-28T18:28:09.791-04:002013-04-28T18:28:09.791-04:00Wishes are like a cup of coffee with a rot grub at...Wishes are like a cup of coffee with a rot grub at the bottom. Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.com