The literal genie is a very common trope: when you "make a wish" you get exactly what you wish for.
This is one of the explicit limits on the spell Wish from D&D - often called the most powerful spell in the game because its effect is "make a wish and it comes true."
(this is a thread about tech)
This is one of the explicit limits on the spell Wish from D&D - often called the most powerful spell in the game because its effect is "make a wish and it comes true."
(this is a thread about tech)
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This leads to a sort of arms race, very popular on theorycrafting forums, where players draft and redraft "bulletproof" wishes that the DM won't be able to twist in any way.
The prompt is a wish, and the perfect wish can do anything.
Except, of course, within the bounds of the spell's power.
Sort of like asking a human not to breathe.
It's not true in either case, but the story around it makes it seem so. Makes it seem like it can solve any problem - unless you understand how it works.
You also got a 1/3 chance to lose Wish forever