OOC: Even if the piece of rock didn't damage him, you'd still be hurting Andy. He can't fight, certainly not on the level the other characters can, and that means he has to find other ways to be useful. This was one of the few things he could do to help, and by wrecking the device, you've negated that.<br/><br/>It's one thing to set up a comedy moment with another player, it's another to use your status as GM to wreck their efforts arbitrarily just for a cheap laugh. I have no problem with a certain amount of misfortune happening to Andy, but it should be balanced out by having a chance to do good things, win despite the odds occasionally.<br/><br/>As for the device itself, how do you know that it isn't something key to Thar and Ipthar's their character development or personal plot lines downstream?