Heightened Illusory Object: could a bard create an accompanying orchestra?

[Visandus]

Since Illusory Object at 2nd level includes sound, and you could fit a compact-ish orchestra into a 20 foot square, would it be fair to allow a Bard to summon up an illusory orchestra to accompany them on a performance requiring more instrument noises than the one they are playing could produce?

From reading the spell description I can't see any obvious wording that would rule this out, so I'd be inclined to allow it (not the least because it's cool for the Bardic performance aspect), but wanted to get the thoughts of others.

EDIT: obviously the orchestra couldn't move from their position, but they could animate naturally per the spell description.

[mrspaghetti]

Visandus wrote:

Since Illusory Object at 2nd level includes sound, and you could fit a compact-ish orchestra into a 20 foot square, would it be fair to allow a Bard to summon up an illusory orchestra to accompany them on a performance requiring more instrument noises than the one they are playing could produce?

From reading the spell description I can't see any obvious wording that would rule this out, so I'd be inclined to allow it (not the least because it's cool for the Bardic performance aspect), but wanted to get the thoughts of others.

EDIT: obviously the orchestra couldn't move from their position, but they could animate naturally per the spell description.

I think for an actual orchestra you'd need to use Illusory Scene, since it explicitly includes up to 10 discrete creatures or objects while Illusory Object does not.

With Illusory Object, you'd have to create some kind of imaginary composite instrument that plays itself to get an orchestra-like sound. At least, that's how I interpret it.

[Visandus]

mrspaghetti wrote:

I think for an actual orchestra you'd need to use Illusory Scene, since it explicitly includes up to 10 discrete creatures or objects while Illusory Object does not.

With Illusory Object, you'd have to create some kind of imaginary composite instrument that plays itself to get an orchestra-like sound. At least, that's how I interpret it.

Good catch on Illusory Scene! Thanks!