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RivCA t1_jccbxc0 wrote

Reply to comment by ave369 in [WP]The Wishmaker's Key. It's like the Monkey's Paw, but instead of just flat out granting your wish (and doing it in the worst way possible), it only opens up the most reasonable opportunity to get what you wished for. by xxDubbz

I think I have a new item for D&D games. I love this concept, and the wizard just wishing for a decent cuppa joe was the perfect way to end this.

Now the question is, when the wishmaker gets their wish, what happens to the key?

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MeusRex t1_jccczyf wrote

It switches places with a random key like object anywhere in existence.

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masev t1_jccdqvr wrote

"Damnit, I wish I had the key I was looking for instead whatever this thing is!" says the new owner

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Falling--TearofStone t1_jcci9ul wrote

To be fair, (pun that I wish was intended) the owner did nothing to get his key switched, so here it WOULD actually flat out grant it in all fairness and just “reroll” which key it switches with.

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techno156 t1_jccy2t0 wrote

Either that, or they'll put it down, and "lose" the magic key, finding the one they were looking for.

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thsscapi t1_jce2w3u wrote

This makes for a great way for the key to grant its wishes: providing you a key to a place you'd have to be and guaranteeing you'll appear at the right time. But to make it fair, you'd have to put in the effort to find the right lock that the key opens.

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MeusRex t1_jcenku6 wrote

That's great. Just imagine: I wish I were rich. You get the key to a sewer entrance. You walk around in the sewer and notice a glimmer of light coming from cracks in old brickwork. You glimpse through the cracks and you see piles of gold and platinum coins. You get a pickaxe and punch a hole through the brickwork, you fill your bag and you vanish into the night.

The next morning you hear that someone robbed the bank.

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xxDubbz OP t1_jcde5eq wrote

i imagined it would glow, break in half, then teleports elsewhere to grant someone else's wish (though somehow repaired)

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xxDubbz OP t1_jcdggpd wrote

Or breaks in half and then another random key somewhere turns into the Wishmaker's Key, like one of the replies above

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