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I thought the pixie we saw was kind of crude? Was it just me? Am I a prude?

I almost wish they kept her in the lantern.

Eh I didn't think it looked crude, but I thought the character model seemed haphazardly and poorly constructed. Like an the character's design was an afterthought.

I thought so too, but I guess she'd been trapped in a lantern for Gods' know how long... XD

I missed that scene…

What do you mean by “crude”?

Yeah, I guess I can see what you mean.

lol, guess I'm just simple. I liked the golly me oh my stuff. Then she comes out all gruff and sounding like she wants a shot of whiskey and an already burning marlboro.

damn iVe waTched PFH 4 timeS and DonT rememBer seeing no PiXie

Basically, just an unexpected fart joke from an NPC.

Thank you.

You're not the only person to fail a perception roll, don't worry..

I was more annoyed by the 'successful' lore check telling the player that Pixies were sometimes malicious, so you never know... when that is categorically not true, and it's an intrinsic and fundamental part of the nature of pixies that they abhor violence and confrontation, and are good-hearted creatures - mischievous at times, but by definition never malicious. If they wanted to use a creature that might be helpful or might not, and create that sense of risk, then they should not have used a Pixie for it.

It did indeed come across as more of Larian trying to inject their own brand of crude toilet humour and cheap laughs at the expense of the world and the story, at least to me.

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I've been wondering about that part, too. Like you said, 5E Pixies can be mischievous, but they are not described as being malicious.


And if a Pixie specifically is needed for this lantern to work, but they wanted to create a sense of risk for the player, maybe they could have added an insight check, that the pixie seems to be quite angry (understandably so, I would be angry if I were imprisoned in a lantern).

Feys can be like that

I agree that the moral compass of fey beings in general is entirely different from other humanoids (a blue/orange axis instead of the black/white) - their moral framework is so utterly alien that "good" or "bad" cannot really be applied.

But (at least in the 5E monster manual) pixies in particular are described as mischievous, but not in a malicious way, their pranks are described as harmless (and I guess the MM uses the human definition of harmless, not a fey one 😄). The description makes them appear as benevolent, while still being little pranksters.

Another possibility could be to simply state that they can be mischievous in the lore check - and leave the definition of that up to the interpretation of the player.

Oh yeah. I remember looking at her and thinking "Man, they really didn't care about making her look good".
She looked like a reject from an attempted character creation joke. High contrast hair color and all.

I feel like if you're going for a potentially malicious pixie, then that's probably the right look. I'm more concerned about the apparent lore clash. I've said for a while that Larian don't really care about the lore, so this turn doesn't shock me.

Yes, her model looked somehow unfinished. There is so much attention to detail in other models, so I hope that's not the final version of the pixie.

Are you talking about her looks, or her behaviour?

Bcs ... if its behaviour, i dont know what kind of pixies you know, but here in mid-Europe pixies are known as the worst pins in the ass that ever not even existed.

Also unsure if by crude you're referring to behaviour or appearance. For behaviour it made enough sense for me. While they have typical behaviours that comes with being fey they're still intelligent beings with individuality yes? So this one being "unpleasant" isn't that much of a stretch imo. As for the appearance, it did feel unfinished and unpolished but that makes sense as it didn't really seem like this was the release candidate build.