hi AGAIN mods! i have two nerf-related questions here.
1) bartimaeus technically doesn't have to eat – as a djinni, human food has no nutrition for him. he has talked about eating lesser spirits or humans, but he's kind of fussy and doesn't really like to eat humans, and spirits obviously won't be available either.
i mentioned above that bart is weak to being on earth for too long, but i think the best way to fix that would also work as a handy way to nerf his other slightly OP thing – he technically doesn't have to sleep. in canon he's weak to being on earth for too long because he's no longer in his home world, where he's able to rest and heal, so i feel like making him need to sleep would be an easy way to combat that weakness and it balances out pretty well. i would be super happy to have "needing to eat regular human food" also apply to this if that works for you guys!
2) as a djinni, bartimaeus has access to the seven planes of existence, which are like superimposed on top of each other and allow him to see things that regular humans can't, for example any kind of magic that is invisible on the first plane, the true forms of people who have disguised themselves with magic, and the "auras" of magical people and objects. i don't even know if the seven planes would exist in meadowlark, but if they do i'm not sure how best to nerf bart here, since it seems kinda OP to me in a game context, unless the displaced's powers don't count as the magic that bartimaeus is used to.
thanks in advance mods, i hope you guys are having a good day! :^)
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1) bartimaeus technically doesn't have to eat – as a djinni, human food has no nutrition for him. he has talked about eating lesser spirits or humans, but he's kind of fussy and doesn't really like to eat humans, and spirits obviously won't be available either.
i mentioned above that bart is weak to being on earth for too long, but i think the best way to fix that would also work as a handy way to nerf his other slightly OP thing – he technically doesn't have to sleep. in canon he's weak to being on earth for too long because he's no longer in his home world, where he's able to rest and heal, so i feel like making him need to sleep would be an easy way to combat that weakness and it balances out pretty well. i would be super happy to have "needing to eat regular human food" also apply to this if that works for you guys!
2) as a djinni, bartimaeus has access to the seven planes of existence, which are like superimposed on top of each other and allow him to see things that regular humans can't, for example any kind of magic that is invisible on the first plane, the true forms of people who have disguised themselves with magic, and the "auras" of magical people and objects. i don't even know if the seven planes would exist in meadowlark, but if they do i'm not sure how best to nerf bart here, since it seems kinda OP to me in a game context, unless the displaced's powers don't count as the magic that bartimaeus is used to.
thanks in advance mods, i hope you guys are having a good day! :^)