precisely so essentially only humans can kill a golem full on as we don't have essence. Just got to avoid the large hands and you're there

Wrong. We could have essence, it's simply how the Golem was meant to work.
The Golem was created, designed for one thing- Destroying spirits. Not us.
If we had essences, they would be encased in our flesh, not making up our entire physical being, as it does in spirits from the Other Place.
Remember how Nouda's spirit was within Makepeace? How Bart, once inside Nat, didn't feel pain? Same principle. We could have a Marid's worth of power in our bodies, their essence, and, (assuming the power didn't kill us) we'd be fine.
Human bodies are apparently perfer carriers for Spirits from the Other Place, a coincedence and equalibrium I find appropriate.

Dansariki wrote: Wrong.

Don't be so rough Dansariki.
And I don't think we have essence in our bones. More like marrow.

I was saying if we did than blah blah so on and so forth.
Sorry. I'll be nicer. Maybe.

Oh good to hear.

Aither wrote: I dont think its unlikely to think that by some miracle (or accident) he killed 6 djinni at once. Maybe he shot a detonation, missed his target, the detonation got amplified by some artifact, hit a mountain, the mountain exploded killing 6 djinni. you never know.

Mightbe that's precisely what happened ;) .

Well if it was during his first few summons, then it could be that it actually did hit six djinn. Though it probably hit an artifact, blew up Babylon's Hanging Gardens and killed more then six djinn. Though he said an artifact was misused, oddly, I think he misused one in one of the few places Bart mentioned in PG.

I kind of got the idea that just by resting in the other place Bartimaeus' power would get back to normal, if say no one summoned him for hundreds of years, but he was so worn out after a whole trilogy with Nathaniel he was very tired.
As for the 6 djinn...maybe he lured them in front of a golem or something.

I would think that a thousand years could barely get his flamboyant power back. But a least he gets a good rest now that people think he's dead.

I really doubt he could ever "fell forests with a single breath" and so on... However, it does seem that when he was first summoned he was pretty powerful.

Actually, I'm pretty sure several feats would be true.
YES! HOT TOPIC!

Feats, yes. He is smart enough for that. I just think he would have to use brains instead of brawn and so on. I also don't get why he would actually want to blow down a forest, other than to show off.

Evarinya.
I do hope Bart gets his old prowess back. And I think he would. All he needs is a little rest. He's not human, he can't grow old.

Thanks. And I hope he gets back his power too, but I think it's so funny when he thinks he's so powerful and then something happens and you see he's really not.

Oh dear, I forgot to say welcome before. Sorry.

Evarinya wrote: Thanks. And I hope he gets back his power too, but I think it's so funny when he thinks he's so powerful and then something happens and you see he's really not.

I think someone should tell Bart that 'Pride comes before a fall'.

Yeah...but it would be hard to make him listen.

Very hard. Still someone of bart's stature ought to know that. But, everyone has a weakness & I think boasting is Bart's.

No question about it!

Do u know any other weakness of his?