KIBITZER - WIP page
OVERVIEW
Kibitzer is a simple gremlin.
Give them some dirt to roll around in, a river to swim in, a tree to climb, or some soft grass to lie in... and they'e a happy little creature!
With this, they also have pretty much zero standards with regard to food. Good food is good! That's all there is to it.
They're fairly care free and open to trying new things. They’ll ask minimal questions, but they don’t tend to demand a full understanding before they jump into something. They always have a comment or quip about stuff, and they find ways to be excited about the mundane.
Kibitzer often speaks in a childish way, preferring to describe things simply and as they are, and maybe relating it to their own experiences. They take great joy in the little things, and value comfort above most other things.
They’re not exactly the picture of a hero, but they do carry a basic human care for others and an aversion to hurting people unnecessarily. They’re mischievous, not above cheating at games or vandalization or petty theft. They may or may not have a pretty big problem following authority too. Rules are made to be broken in secret. 😋
BASICS
| Age | Young adult |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | They/them |
| Height | 5 ft. |
| Build | Small, lil belly |
| Likes | Fruit, fish, summer and fall, swimming / bathing, wrestling, exploring, fishing, napping |
| Dislikes | Bullies, dissociating, killing or witnessing death, things that taste bad, isolation/loneliness |
| Hobbies | Playing in the river, doing stunts, sunbathing, sparring / play fighting, climbing trees |
| Residence | In a burrow with no electricity (their parents' burrow has electricity) |
| Philosophy | Don't care what's behind the curtain as long as life is good. |
| Most Used Phrases / Words | "Jeez", "Maaa" |
| Comfort Item | Their hoodie! |
| Fighting Style | Light on their feet, animalistic, use teeth for violence, use freezing magic for survival |
| Magic | They can create simple glowing lights that do no damage, and they can also use their gaze to freeze objects or people in place (limited depending on mass, resistance, magical power, and of course they have to blink at some point) - More info under the Magic category |
MAGIC / ABILITIES
Magic is a thing in this world. See the next box for further explanation on how magic in general works.
Freezing Stare
They can freeze/paralyze any object or living being they focus their gaze on, though they can’t hold this power forever of course. Blinking will cancel it, and it requires more energy to hold living things, things with more mass, or things powered by someone else’s magic. Their power could be rendered barely- or non-effective if they try to use it on someone with more powerful magic than them.
Lights
They can create tiny lights resembling fireflies, which only serve as pretty lights and don't do any physical damage.
HOW MAGIC WORKS
Magic isn't something one is born with, but something one can learn. Anyone has the capability of learning magic.
The most notable thing about the magic system is that the flashier a spell looks, the less it actually does. This is because, in theory, it takes about as much energy to add colors and pizazz to a spell as it does to give it its effects. So powerful healing and damage and mind control spells are actually shockingly invisible to the naked eye, whereas bright, loud fireworks will generally do no harm or change to anything they touch.