11-18-2019, 10:40 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2019
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Lesser Wish question
In ITL Expanded, Lesser Wishes were introduced. It states that a character between adventures can purchase one for 500 XP. Is this a hard limit? ie; Can you have more than one on tap, but only get one between adventures? Or is it the case that you can only have one available at any given time?
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11-19-2019, 12:20 AM | #2 | |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Lesser Wish question
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In original TFT, wishes that weren't used immediately were bound into magic items, which could usually be used by whoever held the item. One approach might be to assume these Lesser Wishes work the same way, though the new XP rule doesn't say how in the game world a character would get these wishes. |
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11-19-2019, 06:52 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: North Texas
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Re: Lesser Wish question
I find it much simpler to re-characterize Lesser Wishes as something more meta-game like 'hero tokens' or 'boons'... less baggage since they don't need to be stored in an item (so they can't be lost or stolen) and you avoid the whole question of demon involvement.
Greater Wishes, on the other hand, should remain unchanged. Those should have in-game consequences.
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11-19-2019, 09:30 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Lesser Wish question
My interpretation of the rules was that you could only 'hold' one lesser wish earned by XP at a time. But perhaps I over interpreted the intent.
By the way, I really like this addition. Lesser Wishes existed in the original edition of the game but were only accessible by magical means rather than XP expenditures. It was a great idea to provide non-wizards with the means of holding a quasi-magical get out of jail free card. |
11-19-2019, 11:05 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Oct 2019
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Re: Lesser Wish question
Maybe treat it like a magic item of it's own under the Rule of Five? ie; You can have a single "lesser wish item slot" that can have up to 5 wishes?
It's probably academic since 500 XP isn't going to come about in a session anyways unless the GM is doing something unusual with awards. |
11-19-2019, 11:19 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: North Texas
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Re: Lesser Wish question
Not in one shot, no, but the intent of all XP-based rewards is that your are saving up your points until you have enough to 'purchase' what you want (be it an attribute boost, new talent or lesser wish, etc.).
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11-19-2019, 03:05 PM | #7 | |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Lesser Wish question
My reaction is that I like it well enough IF it is used as intended / described, i.e.:
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And I don't like the insta-complete healing option, either. Especially not if used deliberately and without any effort to have it have some in-world explanation. In a setting where the god you worship sometimes has bestowed miraculous healing, sure, but in the absence of a reason, I wouldn't want that. On the other hand, the lesser uses (re-rolling a disastrous roll, or getting a limited yes/no intuition about something, or pulling off something clever that requires a bit of genius and good fortune), I think could work seamlessly in my GM style, and might likely even charge much less XP for. |
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11-19-2019, 04:12 PM | #8 | |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: North Texas
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Re: Lesser Wish question
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11-19-2019, 04:18 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: Lesser Wish question
That same 500 XP would buy you 33 healing potions, so what sort of incident will leave your body intact enough for a Lesser Wish healing but is more than 33 points? (500 Gold == $5000 which is more than 33 times the $150 cost of a healing potion.)
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11-19-2019, 04:50 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Lesser Wish question
Uhhhh....does not compute.
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