I’ve never understood Wish to be constrained to the limits of what a mortal can do.
D&D General Can a Wish spell move a moon to cause an eclipse?
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Paul Farquhar
Legend
I think you are vastly overestimating how difficult an eclipse is. A tennis ball can cause an eclipse if it is close enough to the observer. There is no need to move any moons.
Mecheon
Sacabambaspis
Eh? Wish really doesn't have limits outside of stat boost related stuff
Just FYI but like, in actual solar eclipses, they'll affect like 100 miles at tops. Solar eclipses are always a regional thing. Unless its a lunar eclipse but outside of 'oh hey blood moon', lunar eclipses don't really get as much fancy stuff to 'em
Being a regional thing isn't really a downside on this because, that's just what it is. If its a solar eclipse then its a regional thing that's going to last, at most, 6 minutes
pawsplay
Hero
Well, it's cast by mortals. So explain yourself, please?
That’s what I’m thinking. Why would I want to knock the orbit of moons out of whack and immediately leap to massive destruction when simpler answers exist?
pawsplay
Hero
It has a lot of limits. In AD&D, the limit was, "More likely to kill you or trap you in time than to actually be useful." In 5e, the limit is, if it it exceed the power of a normal spell or certain very specific things, it might not work as expected, and can burn out your ability to cast it forever. So while the premise is "do anything," Wish is actually pretty much defined by its limits.
From the spell description: 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.
It’s a spell that can alter reality. If the spell can alter reality, how is that “almost anything in the sight and grasp of a mortal being?”
In short, your statement didn’t make sense.
pawsplay
Hero
That's exactly what that says. Altering reality, to "almost anything." I don't understand your confusion.
Let me ask you this: is "I wish Moradin was a halfling thief of middling experience?" a valid Wish?
I don't know - can a God do that in your game?
My confusion comes from the original portion of your post that I quoted. If a wish can alter reality, how is that different from what a God, i.e. Zeus in your example, can do?
Can Zeus make Moradin a halfling thief of middling experience? Can Zeus shorten the year by two days?
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