Editing Pixie (section)

==[[Dungeons & Dragons]]==
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Appearing in primarily D&D as [[NPC]]s, pixies are often played as tiny flying assholes. In combat they are not very tough, but they tend to stick back and befuddle the [[PC]]s with magic and fairy dust. That said, D&D also has a tradition of pixie PCs.

===BECMI===
The first such appearance was all the way back in Basic edition, where they were one of the many fey race-classes presented in "Tall Tales of the Wee Folk". As a PC, pixies were the "fightiest" of the small fairy folk; they could use magical items as if they [[Fighter]]s, and were mostly combat-orientated, in comparison to the more [[wizard]]ly [[sprite]]s. They could fly, though they needed at least a round of rest for every three rounds spent flying, and could not only become invisible like most faeries, but attack foes and ''remain invisible'' in the process, something unique to them.

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===AD&D===
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Pixies subsequently appeared in [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], as part of the "Complete Book of Humanoids". There, they had the following statblock, which actually made them in many ways ''more'' magical than they had been in Basic! In fact, this was part of a general switch-over that took place in 2nd edition, where Pixies became the "magical fairies" and [[Sprite]]s became the "warlike fairies".

::Ability Score Range: [[Strength]] 3-14, [[Dexterity]] 8-19]], [[Constitution]] 7-16, [[Intelligence]] 6-18, [[Wisdom]] 3-16, [[Charisma]] 3-18
::Ability Score Adjustments: +1 Dex, +1 Cha, -1 Str, -1 Con
::Class & Level Limits: [[Fighter]] (7), [[Rogue|Thief]] (12)
::Alignment: Any Neutral
::Natural Armor Class: 5
::Can become invisible and polymorph self at-will.
::Can cast Know [[Alignment]] 1/day.
::Can cast Create Illusions with both auditory & visual components 1/day, which sustains itself until actively dispelled.
::Can inflict Confusion with a touch 1/day if the target fails its Save vs. Spells, which is permanent until the pixie deigns otherwise or the victim receives a Remove Curse.
::Can cast Dispel Magic 1/day.
::Can cast Dancing Lights 1/day
::Can cast ESP 1/day.
::Can attack whilst invisible without returning to visibility, forcing enemies who cannot detect invisible creatrues to suffer a -4 penalty to their attack rolls.
::Can Fly with Movement Speed 12 and Manueverbility B.
::If targeted by a Dispel Magic that succeeds against an 8th level effect, the pixie is forced to remain visible for 1 round.
::Requires ''twice'' the normal XP amount to advance in level as a human of the same class.
::Height is 2' 6".

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===3e===
In 3e, pixies appear with both monster and PC stats in the [[Monster Manual]].

::Ability Score Modifiers: -4 Strength, +8 Dexterity, +6 Intelligence, +4 Wisdom, +6 Charisma
::Size: Small
::Base Land Speed 20 feet
::Fly speed 60 feet (Good Maneuverability)
::Low-Light Vision
::Racial Skill Bonuses: +2 to Listen, Search and Spot.
::Racial Bonus Feat: Dodge
::+1 Natural Armor Bonus
::Spell-like Abilities: All of these abilities can be used 1/day and with a Caster Level of 8th. ''Lesser Confusion (DC 14), Dancing Lights, Detect Chaos, Detect Good, Detect Evil, Detect Law, Detect Thoughts (DC 15), Dispel Magic, Entangle (DC 14), Permanent Image (DC 19, Visual and Auditory elements only), Polymorph (Self Only)''. 1 in 10 pixies can also use ''Otto's Irresistible Dance''.
::Damage Reduction 10/Cold Iron
::Greater Invisibility (Su): A pixie can become invisible as a free action and remains invisible even when it attacks.
::Spell Resistance 15 + Class Level
::Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan
::Bonus Languages: [[Elf|Elven]], [[Gnome]], [[Halfling]]
::[[Favored Class]]: [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sorcerer]]
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +4, or +6 if it has ''Otto's Irresistible Dance''.

Pixies are unique among things with LA+4 in that they only have one hit die, so they benifit from the easily overlooked line that "Creatures with 1 or less HD replace their monster levels with their character levels" and players don't have to worry about their ECL being clogged with a bunch of worthless bullshit monster levels. Flight, small size, natural greater invisibility, and a decent array of Spell-Like Abilities on top of high ability scores are actually worth +4 LA in some instances, and they'd make badass rangers or rogues.

===Pathfinder===
[[Pathfinder]] Pixies are among the few OGL monsters that had significant changes from their 3.5 counterpart. Instead of relying purely on their size and invisibility to not die instantly, Pathfinder pixies received three additional hit dice to make them take a hit and hit targets easier. This and the death of LA makes them no longer suited for PC use.

===4e===
The pixie wouldn't appear as a PC race again until, ironically, 4th edition. Joining the [[Satyr]] and the [[Hamadryad]] in "Heroes of the Feywild", they're notorious for being one of the few 4e races you can honestly describe as being overpowered as fuck. With a small size, natural flight, only minute penalties due to size regarding strength and carry weight, Pixies make for ideal [[Ranger]]s. Even worse: Heroes of the Feywild contains a character origin that allows your Rangers to ride their animal companion if said companion is at least one size bigger. And given that Pixies are Tiny this means that they can ride a bird companion, [[Powergamer|allowing your Ranger to fly around outside of the reach of your enemies and keep shooting them with your bow.]]

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===Gallery===
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pixie 1e.jpg|1e
nixie grig pixie 3e.jpg|3e. Pixie on right
pixie sylph brownie grig 4e.jpg|4e. Pixie on left
Pixie_5e.jpg|5e
pixie B1.png|Pathfinder
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