Wish
- Available classes: Wizard, Sorcerer
- Casting time: 1 action
- Range/Area: 1 mile (40-foot sphere)
- Duration: Instantaneous
- Damage/Effect: Buff
- School of magic: Conjuration
- Attack/Saving throw: None
- Components: V
- Spell at DnD Beyond
This spell is considered one of the most powerful spells in the multiverse of Dungeons & Dragons – some even call it the most powerful spell a mortal can cast. In principle, you can duplicate any spell of up to level 8, regardless of whether you can normally cast it or not. You do not need components for this.
As if that weren’t useful enough, you can also create objects, exchange one of your feats, completely heal a group of up to ten creatures, give them permanent resistance to a chosen damage type, or make them immune to a chosen spell or magical effect for 8 hours.
However, the most powerful effect is the fact that you can alter reality with this spell – and that is extremely powerful both in combat and in role-playing.
In combat, you can ensure that a roll of your choice must be repeated if it occurred during the last round. You can choose whether the roll must be made with advantage or disadvantage and whether you want to take the new result or keep the old one. Events that occur afterward adapt to the outcome of the new situation.
Outside of combat, you have the opportunity to wish for anything you want. Be as precise as possible in your phrasing – your game master decides whether your wish comes true or not.
Whether you want to correct a mistake, gain an ability, acquire an outrageously expensive item, receive infinite gold, or resurrect lost loved ones – your wish has few limits, as long as your game master allows it. It should be noted: the greater the wish, the greater the chance that it can also fail.
However, the spell also has its price if you choose a different approach than duplicating a spell. You should weigh this thoroughly. Because you take 1d10 necrotic damage every time you cast any new spell for each level of the spell after you’ve cast Wish, until you complete a long rest. This damage also cannot be reduced or negated. Additionally, your Strength score drops to 3 for 2d4 days.
However, the worst price is that every time you cast Wish, there is a 33% chance that you will never be able to cast the spell again. Nevertheless, Wish is probably the most powerful spell you can cast in DnD.
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