Quote Originally Posted by Schwann145 View Post
Just a thought experiment more than anything, but as a DM, if one of your players with access to Wish wanted to use it for things that manipulate the mechanics of the game rather than the narrative, how would you handle this?

As an example, say a Sorcerer wanted to Wish for an additional 9th level spell slot. Sure, the character has no concept of "spell slots" but they do have a concept of limitations in their ability to cast and a desire to magically overcome them.
Or, as another example, perhaps a Barbarian got their hands on a Wish and wanted to gain an extra attack, above and beyond the two they gain by level 5, so they would have three attacks as part of an attack action.
Things like this that clearly break the intended balance of a class, but aren't unreasonable things for a character to desire.
Wish is one of those things that just takes a lot of experience and system mastery to handle well.

Like a barbarian wishing for faster or more precise weapon attacks? Sure whatever. Damage is the easiest thing to account for and barbs are in no position to risk taking it too far. (I'd probably do something like letting them turn one miss a round into a hit instead of just adding attacks. That is both more logical as a narrative wish request and doesn't just shift stuff up for no reason.)

Getting extra 9th lv slots on the other hand is risky as it allows power banking to occur with less effort. Safer to give a free cast of a list of spells or automatic max up casting of a certain spell. A meteor swarm is big but nothing compared to binding summons over and over.