[RPG] every way a character can gain access to the Wish spell other than magic items

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According to what I’ve seen, Arcana clerics, wizards, bards (through the Magical Secrets feature), and sorcerers are the only classes/subclasses that can learn or prepare the wish spell.

Are there any other options available to be able to cast the wish spell as a caster, without using magic items?

Best Answer

You've pretty much got them covered

Wish only appears on the wizard and sorcerer spell list, and the only other classes that can access those spell lists for level 9 spells are the bard through Magical Secrets and the Arcana Domain of the cleric.

The only other way for a character to gain the effect of wish is through Divine Intervention. This cleric feature says:

Imploring your deity’s aid requires you to use your action. Describe the assistance you seek, and roll percentile dice. If you roll a number equal to or lower than your cleric level, your deity intervenes. The DM chooses the nature of the intervention; the effect of any cleric spell or cleric domain spell would be appropriate.

Wish could be chosen as the nature of the intervention (in fact, it can even be a domain spell to Arcana Domain clerics via the Arcane Mastery feature, a distinction explored by this question)

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