I messed up and gave my players a wish.

[Talakeal]

"the genie gives up and revoke your wish. I hope you guys are happy"

IC the genie is bound on the mortal plane until it grants a wish, any wish, although I suppose it would be reasonable for it to go out and find a new master because it got bored of waiting.

OOC I am not sure if I want to "be the bad guy" in this situation because I know damn well the players will unite against me and agree that I screwed them if I do something like this.

[Cikomyr]

IC the genie is bound on the mortal plane until it grants a wish, any wish, although I suppose it would be reasonable for it to go out and find a new master because it got bored of waiting.

OOC I am not sure if I want to "be the bad guy" in this situation because I know damn well the players will unite against me and agree that I screwed them if I do something like this.

Just give them a final deadline, and they lose the Wish if they don't proceed before then. Allow for majority rule and outlaw player veto, so Bob can't be the *******

[Talakeal]

Just give them a final deadline, and they lose the Wish if they don't proceed before then. Allow for majority rule and outlaw player veto, so Bob can't be the *******

And if its a four way tie?

[Cikomyr]

And if its a four way tie?

The Genie goes away :-P

Too bad!

[Galithar]

And if its a four way tie?

Give them an additional 60 seconds to agree. Failure to agree at that point and you roll a d4 twice. The first identifies which party member (if relevant) the wish will affect. The second chooses the wish that takes effect. This way they have to decide or have a good chance of having a useless wish. (Doesn't do much for Bob to get the wish about having their soul saved from a demon/devil or whatever... I'm having trouble remembering player details at the moment :P )

Edit: My actual advice is to just ignore it until they agree and then poof genie shows up and grants it. You don't want to add dysfunction to your group. They have enough trouble getting along as is it seems lol

[tyckspoon]

OOC I am not sure if I want to "be the bad guy" in this situation because I know damn well the players will unite against me and agree that I screwed them if I do something like this.

At least they'd be agreeing on something.

[zinycor]

IC the genie is bound on the mortal plane until it grants a wish, any wish, although I suppose it would be reasonable for it to go out and find a new master because it got bored of waiting.

OOC I am not sure if I want to "be the bad guy" in this situation because I know damn well the players will unite against me and agree that I screwed them if I do something like this.

Say to them as the genie.

"Look, I see you are having problems picking a wish, May I suggest [Insert wish] or [Insert wish]. I understand if you don't want any of those, but sadly, my time also has value and I will look for someone else who can decide on a wish if you don't dicede in the next hour."

Then give them an actual hour and if they do not agree, have the genie leave.

[Mordaedil]

I'd say just leave the wish as a float for if they get into a seriously bad situation. Just let them decide to use it when they feel like it and don't stress about it being used right here and right now.

[King of Nowhere]

At least they'd be agreeing on something.

the winner!

[Talakeal]

Well, they made a wish.

I had the genie tell them that she wasn't going to hang around any longer and if they didn't make the wish it would find someone else.


They voted, and agreed on wishing for power for the whole group. I think they wanted XP, but when I asked how they are going to phrase the wish in character and they settled on "I wish the party was stronger."


So, I gave the entire party a +1 bonus to their strength scores. Not exactly what anyone wanted, but it works well enough and nobody was actively upset by it.

[Lord of Shadows]

So, I gave the entire party a +1 bonus to their strength scores. Not exactly what anyone wanted, but it works well enough and nobody was actively upset by it.

There... now that wasn't so hard, was it?
On to the next challenge!

[jintoya]

How anticlimactic... But, problem solved

[zinycor]

Good job, good to hear your party agreed on a wish in the end.