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about changing forms
Topic Started: May 12 2008, 12:07 PM (2,915 Views)
Apollo
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No. :no:
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Dansariki
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Ahahaha...
Idk, even if it kills what dignity he had left, it would be funny...
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May 19 2008, 10:29 PM
I'd love to see that...Bartimaeus yelling charge to a whole bunch of prairie dogs... :D

That would be awesome. all hail king prairie dog!

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Kinda like saying king idiot...
"Out of all the idiots, you're their King..."
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Or something like this-
'All prairie dogs were big & stupid, but as Bart was the biggest & stupidest of the lot, he was their king'.
That line is from HP (PS).
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
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Vinr Alfakyn
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My Barti is not stupid. *sniff*

lol And the form has no effect on the voice, really, they can change that if they wish.
Edited by Vinr Alfakyn, Jun 27 2008, 02:45 AM.
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Ahahaha...
Idk, even if it kills what dignity he had left, it would be funny...


Who needs dignity when you have prarie dogs? :D
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lolz.
True Vinr, thats why spirits can be lions (or pararie dogs) and speak english.
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Back to topic - imps & foliots can't change form, right?
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Only has a few forms that it can take on the first few planes. Such as a midget boy. They don't have enough intelligence to change freely into any form
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yes..
i dislike imps..they annoy me.
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Yeah, the whole changing forms concept is confusing sometimes. The forms Barty takes doesn't seem to be restricted by the 'size' (or whatever) of his essence. He can compress himself down to a flea, or strtch himself out into that giant flying roc thing that he used to spitit away Kitty from the wolves in Golem's Eye :hmm:

And the lower spirits either can't or won't change shape very often. Then there are stubborn higher spirits that adamently stick to one form (Faquarl's ample sized chef or Jabor's big Jackal headed thing of death)

Barty said himself you can judge the intelligence of a djinni by how many forms it takes. But of course he'd say that :magic:

What were everybody's favourite of Bart's forms? I'm sorry we only saw his fabled 'Serpent of Silver Plumes' form once, in GE. That was AWESOME!

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And :welcome: to you. We're not completely insane (I feel I need to tell the new members this, they always seem to be scared off).

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Only has a few forms that it can take on the first few planes. Such as a midget boy. They don't have enough intelligence to change freely into any form


Never really thought about it before, but that actually makes sense.
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Ahhh.
Hmm.
Not so much as intelligence.
As I've said before, the most idiotic spirit is still a faster (if not s intuitive or creative) thinker than any of us.
What lower spirits lack is ability.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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And ability is related to intelligence;
We are able to learn to walk.
We are able to learn to speak
We are able to learn to write.
And a crap load of other abilities that we LEARN to do.
I don't really think spirits are any different.
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