Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal creature can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter the very foundations of reality in accord with your desires.
The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of 8th level or lower. You don't need to meet any requirements in that spell, including costly components. The spell simply takes effect.
Alternatively, you can create one of the following effects of your choice:
- You create one object of up to 25,000 gp in value that isn't a magic item. The object can be no more than 300 feet in any dimension, and it appears in an unoccupied space you can see on the ground.
- You allow up to twenty creatures that you can see to regain all hit points, and you end all effects on them described in the greater restoration spell.
- You grant up to ten creatures that you can see resistance to a damage type you choose.
- You grant up to ten creatures you can see immunity to a single spell or other magical effect for 8 hours. For instance, you could make yourself and all your companions immune to a lich's life drain attack.
- You undo a single recent event by forcing a reroll of any roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish spell could undo an opponent's successful save, a foe's critical hit, or a friend's failed save. You can force the reroll to be made with advantage or disadvantage, and you can choose whether to use the reroll or the original roll.
You might be able to achieve something beyond the scope of the above examples. State your wish to the GM as precisely as possible. The GM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such an instance; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire might only be partly achieved, or you might suffer some unforeseen consequence as a result of how you worded the wish. For example, wishing that a villain were dead might propel you forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the game. Similarly, wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item's current owner.
The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you cast a spell until you finish a long rest, you take 1d10 necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can't be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength drops to 3, if it isn't 3 or lower already, for 2d4 days. For each of those days that you spend resting and doing nothing more than light activity, your remaining recovery time decreases by 2 days. Finally, there is a 33 percent chance that you are unable to cast wish ever again if you suffer this stress.
I assume since it says that you don't need to meet any requirements of the spell you cast, that includes casting time. That's pretty dope. Cast Resurrection in a pinch.
Can you use Metamagic options on spells you replicate with Wish? Being able to use Twinned Spell on any costly spell of 8th level or lower would be pretty insane. Once per day you could cast Clone on two of your party members. Second attempt on the big boss fight lol
if the spell spell your duplicating fits the perimeters of the metamagic your using then I think so
although for clone, you would have to have some sort of container
"I wish to swap seats and Character sheets/Dm supplies between me and the DM. Praise your new master."
DO NOT USE THIS TO REMOVE THE SOVEREIGN GLUE. Since that isn’t duplicating a spell effect you’ll get the stress and have a 33% chance of being unable to cast it ever again •_•
(Uh I don’t know how to delete a comment and I didn’t quote the person I was replying to. Ignore this)
Oh god.
Though if the (former) DM was one of the mean ones, you can finally get your revenge.
An ode to "Evil DM's":
In the lich's lair the wizard is the only one left standing. The lich stares at the wizard with an evil grin, and the wizard returns a cool gaze. The wizard utters a word of power, and the world begins to change. The earth shakes, the sky trembles. The wizard mutters something, but the words are lost to the wind.
A booming voice announces, shaking the cavern. "YOU MAY NOT ERASE YOUR FOE FROM EXISTENCE. THAT IS TOO POWERFUL A WISH. MAY YOU [rolls percentile dice] NEVER CAST WISH AGAIN!" The wizard collapses to the floor, drained.
Then, the lich gets out its Spell Scroll and casts Wish as well, and a booming voice shakes the cavern. "WISH GRANTED." Suddenly, the wizard disappears, having been transported to the Sun, where the wizard is incinerated instantly. The lich sits back in its throne and laughs, knowing that the DM is on its side.
The End.
To all of the people trying to destroy their DMs with this spell, remember that they can simply make the spell fail, or work only partially.
You did it. You won D&D. Now go wish your life away while we play an engaging, entertaining game.
We convinced our DM to let us use wish to tame a goblin. Who now will ride on a harness on the back of our fighter. And shoot crossbow bolts.
Cast wish...
"Erase the Wish spell from existence, in all realities, dimensions, past, present and future."
"What the hell did I just cast again?"
Wish #1 does nothing, as far as you can tell.
Wish #2 is granted, but it comes with the consequences you wished for in wish #1, and there's only one consequence that can truly be described as a "no negative". You and your allies are transported to the deepest part of the Positive Energy Plane.
Lame compared to the older versions of the game
How does the 33% chance to lose Wish get determined? Use a dice bot to roll a d3? What about offline? Not sure if I'm missing something but I don't see an explanation for that.
Who would win? Wish or Otiluke's Resilient Sphere?
If someone wished for no negative consequences upon casting wish I would just make the spell fail. None of the stress. Just as if it got hit with a 9th level counterspell.
Can the spell be used to create life forms? A baby for instance?
In general the wish spell supercedes anything that doesn't explicitly make an exception for it, such as Mind Blank (though that only prevents certain uses of Wish, you could still try wishing for the target to have no internal organs anymore).