[RPG] How much should you pay a wizard for casting your Wish spell scroll for you

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I have a human fighter who possessed a wish spell scroll. He had an NPC wizard use the wish spell scroll to undo a nasty spell-like effect on one of the other characters. The wizard wants just compensation for casting the wish spell from the scroll, which he could have used on himself.

The fighter got the spell scroll because a different wizard rewarded him with a wish, but he could not decide what to wish for so the spell was scribbled on a scroll. The idea was that a trustworthy wizard, for a nominal fee, could later read the scroll for him when he decided what he wanted to wish for.

Now that the scroll is cast and the wizard who cast it is demanding payment, I can’t find how much this service is worth. I figure it should be listed somewhere and that the fighter would have some idea of a fair price to start negotiations from, but I can’t find any such price list.

Best Answer

RAW, there is no answer. From some sources, possibly at least 810 gp

There are two scenarios to cover: stressful Wish casting or not; whether to create some effect, or the Wish is used to duplicate a spell of 8th level or lower. In the case of non-stressful casting, it is clear that the only cost to the Wizard is his time, which can be analogous to the plain old spell casting costs as described in the next paragraph. In the case of a stressful casting, which is likely what the use of a Wish scroll warrants, there is the added risk to the caster that they can never cast Wish again, as well as the penalties they take over a number of days. A caster that can cast such a spell would likely require compensation for their time, meaning paying for a day or more of lost casting, crafting or adventuring time.

We can see that by looking at the answers (and a comment) in this question, there is a suggested formula that fits all suggested spell casting costs as a service.

Instead of monetary value, some sort of quest may be more relevant, as such a high level caster likely has as much gold as they want.

Ultimately, it is up to you what this wizard thinks their time is worth, but there is no hard and fast rule in 5th edition that I am aware of of that governs the cost of spell casting as a service.