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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6795710" data-attributes="member: 2067">I can totally see how that could make effects like the Wand of Wonder (and the Chaos Sorcerer!) pretty unwelcome. Were I in your shoes, I'd probably just say, "Not in this game, folks!" and not worry too much about trying to round-hole that square peg. Seems like the design intent of those elements (wacky unpredictable crazy magic!) doesn't quite gel with the kind of game you're running, despite the players' comfort with it. Alternately, if you'd like to dip a toe into the crazy side, maybe do an alternate table (for the WoW and maybe the chaos sorcerer, if someone's playing) full of cosmetic effects. Stuff like growing leaves or being the center of growing grass or turning blue or losing all your hair. Stuff that can screw with a social encounter perhaps, but nothing you're really tempted to use in combat. The players who like random weird stuff can get it ("The enemy commander suddenly has trouble speaking as sparrows erupt from his mouth"), but since there's zero chance of doing anything combat-useful they're encouraged to use it more to mess with minor NPCs when they're bored or to fail a Persuasion check HARD than they are to try and do something heroic with it.</blockquote>