Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Wishes -pg 143
Append to "(3) A wish can add 1 to any attribute of any character, as long as it does not raise that attribute over 14." the following: "And does not bring the sum total of all the character's attributes over 40."
http://www.hcobb.com/tft/house_rules.html#Magic

Do I have a second on this?

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Probably replace. Or just replace the entire thing with 'instantly provide any single advancement costing no more than than X xp'.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Having shredded this loophole, there's a few characters to fix also.

Tollenkar: ST 10, DX 10, IQ 20, wears a +5 DX ring.

Tarve: ST 9, DX 11, IQ 19, wears a +4 DX ring.

Porphyry: ST 16, DX 9, IQ 13, wears a +4 DX ring.

Winton: Staff is a 10 point lightning rod

And so on.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Seems wrong to put a limit on what a 'greater wish' can do, but then again, I also don't like the implied dependency on wishes for character advancement.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Replaced with the flat 500 XP reward.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

* Low-risk wishes that can raise stats imply that wizards who can do that will often have puffed up their stats as much as it allows.

To avoid that, you can:

* Make wishes have serious risks (more than RAW), so you get some people who risked it and won, at least a few times, but probably no one who risked it so much the odds say they'd almost certainly be toast.

and/or

* Reduce the ability wishes give to raise stats.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Apply the 'Rule of 5' to wishes on any one character.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Or maybe the spell itself is rare/controlled/lost/very new.

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Do you mean to have a separate limit of 5 wishes per character, or to count a wish (presumably an ongoing permanent effect like a stat change) against the limit of 5 magic items, so that a character that's used 4 wishes could only activate one magic item?

Re: Sorcery is the only sensible source of strength
 

Poof: You are a +1 DX enchanted human. Hopefully nobody will cast Dissolve Enchantment on you.