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Q&A Do you incur the Wish penalties for using Wish for one of the alternative uses outlined in the PHB?

Yes. As stated in the spell description (and as you include in your answer): The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. Emphasis...

posted 3y ago by Fie‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Fie‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Fie‭ · 2022-01-10T21:15:50Z (almost 3 years ago)
Minor changes.
  • # Yes.
  • As stated in the spell description (and as you include in your answer):
  • > The stress of casting this spell to produce **any effect other than duplicating another spell** weakens you.
  • Emphasis mine. Since the listed alternatives are *not* duplicating spell effects, you would suffer the stress described, as well as the accompanying risk of losing the ability to cast *wish*.
  • If you wish to avoid this risk. you may still attempt to replicate such effects as best you can, but your results may vary, such as the third level *protection from energy* providing only *one* target with resistance to one amongst a limited set of damage types...for one hour.
  • # Yes.
  • As stated in the spell description (and as you include in your answer):
  • > The stress of casting this spell to produce **any effect other than duplicating another spell** weakens you.
  • Emphasis mine. Since the listed alternatives are *not* duplicating spell effects, you would suffer the stress described, as well as the accompanying risk of losing the ability to cast *wish*.
  • If you wish to avoid this risk. you may still attempt to replicate such effects using another (8th level or lower) spell, but your results may vary, such as the 3rd level *protection from energy* providing only *one* target with resistance to one amongst a limited set of damage types...for one hour.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Fie‭ · 2022-01-10T21:14:34Z (almost 3 years ago)
# Yes.

As stated in the spell description (and as you include in your answer):

 > The stress of casting this spell to produce **any effect other than duplicating another spell** weakens you.

Emphasis mine. Since the listed alternatives are *not* duplicating spell effects, you would suffer the stress described, as well as the accompanying risk of losing the ability to cast *wish*.

If you wish to avoid this risk. you may still attempt to replicate such effects as best you can, but your results may vary, such as the third level *protection from energy* providing only *one* target with resistance to one amongst a limited set of damage types...for one hour.