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Grey Knight
2006-12-11, 09:59 PM
(NB: I have a specific Request For Ideas, but I've made the thread title more generic so's it can be used to deal with other similar notions as well.)
To start the thread off, I'm trying to think of a new name for limited wish, which just doesn't sit well with me for some reason. A few minutes' work with a thesaurus hasn't turned up anything of particular interest ("whim" was the best one), and so I turn to the Intertubes for inspiration.
Ideas?
Thomar_of_Uointer
2006-12-11, 10:05 PM
Aspiration?
The Demented One
2006-12-11, 10:21 PM
Will Made Real.
TheOOB
2006-12-11, 10:30 PM
Assert Arcana
The_Cowinator
2006-12-11, 10:37 PM
That One Spell where you Press the Button to Have what You want Happen, only not as Impressive
magic8BALL
2006-12-11, 10:43 PM
Minor Wish
...just a thought... sounds more impresive, but keeps it simple.
MandibleBones
2006-12-11, 10:46 PM
The Big Red Button
Will and Word
Wish Light
Diet Wish
Wish One: With Splenda!
Um... okay.
Minor Reality-Shaping Invocation?
Grey Knight
2006-12-11, 10:56 PM
8-ball's suggestion gave me an idea; what about changing the names of both spells, so that limited wish becomes just wish, and wish becomes greater wish? It'd be consistent with the other greater foobar spells.
TheOOB
2006-12-11, 11:07 PM
wish is an iconic name though, it would be more likely the limited wish would become lesser wish, like how lesser geas is to geas/quest.
Halcyon_Dax
2006-12-11, 11:07 PM
Just okay wish
or
Manifest Desire
TheOOB
2006-12-11, 11:09 PM
Manifest Desire
Ohh, me likes
Grey Knight
2006-12-11, 11:09 PM
wish is an iconic name though, it would be more likely the limited wish would become lesser wish, like how lesser geas is to geas/quest.
To be honest, I don't like lesser geas either. :smallwink: The "greater" gimmick doesn't work there, though. Accursed annoying alliteration!
AmberVael
2006-12-11, 11:17 PM
Shape Reality
Incarnate Will
Shift Reality
Though personally I like 'just okay wish' :biggrin:
Mewtarthio
2006-12-11, 11:46 PM
Just Manifest Desire
"Manifest" explicitly refers to psionics. Sorry. And psionics already has Bend Reality and Reality Revision.
...Y'know, I've always thought "Reality Revision" wasn't a very good name for a power.
Dhavaer
2006-12-11, 11:54 PM
...Y'know, I've always thought "Reality Revision" wasn't a very good name for a power.
Sod's Law of Arcane Appellation: the more innocous the name of the spell, the more appallingly dangerous it actually is.
Presumably this also applies to psionics.
Grey Knight
2006-12-12, 12:03 AM
Sod's Law of Arcane Appellation: the more innocous the name of the spell, the more appallingly dangerous it actually is.
summon fluffy bunny wabbit is banned in all civilized countries.
mikeejimbo
2006-12-12, 12:09 AM
How about Beg?
Please please please please work!
Grey Knight
2006-12-12, 12:19 AM
summon chocolate for DM?
Halcyon_Dax
2006-12-12, 12:52 AM
Marginally Less Spectacular Wish
or
Eh, Wish. You know?
or
ish
or
Lackluster Wish
Gralamin
2006-12-12, 01:09 AM
Bound Whim?
Confined Intention?
Restrained Will?
Cocktail Umbrellas
2006-12-12, 03:29 AM
I'm a fan of 'Beg' and 'Diet Wish' myself hehe.... otherwise,
Fixed Wish?
Restricted Wish?
Precise Desire?
On the same topic of naming spells: when a PC (or NPC) in any of your campaigns creates a spell, any of you cats actually follow the non written rule of naming the spell after the creator? IE: Melissande's Flaming Goblet or Tempros' Glitterstorm as opposed to just Flaming Goblet and Glitterstorm? Just curious...
In any case, best of luck with the limited wish renaming ^_~
Grey Knight
2006-12-12, 03:38 AM
On the same topic of naming spells: when a PC (or NPC) in any of your campaigns creates a spell, any of you cats actually follow the non written rule of naming the spell after the creator?
While not a cat, I do usually go with that approach.
One thing I like about "Diet Wish" is that it offers up a likely name for an intermediate-strength version: "Diet Wish with Lemon"
I'll stop talking now.
Dhavaer
2006-12-12, 03:57 AM
One thing I like about "Diet Wish" is that it offers up a likely name for an intermediate-strength version: "Diet Wish with Lemon"
So we should rename Prestidigitation 'Diet Wish with Lime', then?
Demented
2006-12-12, 06:01 AM
Bid
Bidding
Brief Wish
Low-Calorie Wish
Mini wish
Request (Seems more like a name for Lesser Miracle)
Strong Lucubration
Twist
Weaker Wish
If wishes were soft drinks....
Rama_Lei
2006-12-12, 07:01 AM
The wish formerly known as limited?
MandibleBones
2006-12-12, 07:34 AM
So we should rename Prestidigitation 'Diet Wish with Lime', then?
No, Prestidigitation should be renamed Caffeine-Free Diet Wish.
The wish formerly known as limited?
Heh. Symbol of Wish.
Mewtarthio
2006-12-12, 01:30 PM
Kinda Like Wish Except Not As Mind-Numbingly Powerful
AmberVael
2006-12-12, 01:31 PM
One thing I like about "Diet Wish" is that it offers up a likely name for an intermediate-strength version: "Diet Wish with Lemon"
I am stealing that. Totally. Its mine now.
Lord Iames Osari
2006-12-12, 01:39 PM
This thread makes me ROFL.
Grey Knight
2006-12-12, 03:21 PM
I am stealing that. Totally. Its mine now.
Every time you successfully cast diet wish with lemon, you receive one lemon in addition to whatever you wished for.
Triaxx
2006-12-13, 08:55 AM
How about:
Lesser reality changing spell which must be worded with excruciating care to avoid smart aleck DM's doing nasty things to you
Seriously though, I have a DM that if I don't specific a rainstorm raining water, I'm liable to end up dodging cats, dogs, and cattle. He twisted one wish around so we went from fighting a Kobold, to a dragon.
The_Cowinator
2006-12-13, 04:25 PM
That one Wish spell that you can't destroy the world with
Trust me, I've tried.
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