Giving one person one wish per day doesn't change much giving everyone everywhere one wish per day, on the other hand, changes a great deal.DSMatticus wrote:Meaningless. So is an 8th level pearl of power, and for the purposes of this discussion (civil engineering through magic), it's almost exactly as useful. But since giving a player an 8th level pearl of power doesn't significantly alter the course of this discussion, neither does your 1/day wish.Lago wrote:Who cares if it's a 1/day object? It's unlimited over a large enough timeframe.
The point, I believe, is that you can have people crafting large numbers of these things and handing them out to commoners.