Taed,
I cannot say enough about having a pixie music box (mundane gear from Heroes of the Feywild). Nuff said.
OK - I don't have access to my DDI today - what does a pixie music box do?
Taed,
I cannot say enough about having a pixie music box (mundane gear from Heroes of the Feywild). Nuff said.
This “box” appears to be an acorn shell. When the shell is opened, a childlike chorus of pixie voices sounds from within it for the next six hours, drifting gently on the wind. At the end of that time, the pixie music stops, leaving only a plain, hollow acorn. While the music is sounding, natural beasts won’t approach or attack anyone in the sound’s area (a 20-square radius), heeding the pixies’ beautiful song and staying away out of respect for those magical creatures.
My only regret was that I picked the wrong kind of armor - I had armor that changed ongoing damage to regeneration, and never got hit with any ongoing damage.
Saracenus - that's pretty lame to pull in a tourney type game, I think. I've been gaming since the late 70s and If I "won" an encounter that way, I think I'd hang my head in shame, or else wear a bag over my head or something like that.
I think the owl bear would be the only one affected in the Kill the Wizard scenario, though. I don't think the barl-gura, black pudding or flesh golem would would be affected.
My only regret was that I picked the wrong kind of armor - I had armor that changed ongoing damage to regeneration, and never got hit with any ongoing damage.
We already dealt with the Pixie Music Box in the previous dino-based Lair Assault. In this Lair Assault, there are 5 creatures of interest, and I'd say that only 2 of them would be potentially susceptible to the Music Box. As with the previous Lair Assault, the DM needs to take into account issues of hostility and training before hand-waving and saying that the Music Box keeps them away. As a DM (which I wasn't for either Lair Assault), I'd have no problem saying that the Pixie Music Box has no effect in either scenario.
Taed,
I would walk away from your table. The rules are clear on how a pixie musicbox works and DM "improvisation" like you suggest is not in the spirit of Lair Assault. The social contract is, I bring the most broken stuff I can find and you try and kill my PC with everything at your disposal.
This is not D&D Encounters, Living Forgotten Realms, or some other organized play campaign where DMs are expected to "balance" things out so players have a good time.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
I would walk away from your table. The rules are clear on how a pixie musicbox works and DM "improvisation" like you suggest is not in the spirit of Lair Assault.
The social contract is, I bring the most broken stuff I can find and you try and kill my PC with everything at your disposal.
This is not D&D Encounters, Living Forgotten Realms, or some other organized play campaign where DMs are expected to "balance" things out so players have a good time.