I hope this is the right category to post this. I have been thinking of making some Bionicle fanfics eventually though I always seem to be too busy to start. Anyways I have thought of some revamped Kanohi powers lately, and I am wondering if these ideas sound balanced enough.
For the mask of elemental energy instead of a one time use it would increase the user’s elemental recharge speed like a noble versions would recharge it twice as fast while the great version would do it five times as fast. So it is not like they can use their elemental powers none stop but I do think it is an improvement.
For the mask of clairvoyance it would work more like a mask of psychometry by needing to touch an object or being and the visions are random. Also if used on themselves they would only get a first person view instead of a third person view like on others so it would be less effective on themselves to a degree to prevent it from being potentially overpowered.
For the Felnas I was thinking of it being activated with energy pulse like blast being used to disrupt a natural power. The other things like only natural powers being affected, it always works with beings with one natural power, and it only works on an active power of beings with many natural powers would be the same. The energy pulse idea is the touch requirement always seemed a bit self destructive since the user would be close to a being’s disrupted power. Plus the energy pulse idea makes it seem like an EMP attack plus it would be less overpowered than just doing it at a distance.
For a mask of undeath while it can still turn a dead user into a undead after death it would have a day to day use. While it stores energy from the user that energy can be used while alive. Specifically if the user is poisoned, none fatally injured, or diseased it can keep them going by using the absorbed life energy making them seem zombie like. The mental sluggishness from absorbed life force would not impact them during combat. It also makes their eyes and heart light dim during this. For a Makuta they can use the mask but only the while alive applications. Specifically it would help them when they get exhausted from making kraata or if they were weakened by light based attacks.
For the Mohtrek that was a bit harder. I thought of it making past records of its user but somebody has done something like that since they believed a regular Kanohi shouldn’t allow time travel since the Vahi can’t do that, which I agree with. I was thinking of adding the stipulation that the duplicates needed more orders to compensate for the lack of drawbacks but I feel this isn’t immoral enough.
Personally I wanted to revamp the Mohtrek since the whole alternate timeline creation upon death aspect never sat well with me. The other idea I had was simply giving it a paradox limit so the user can be injured but never be killed to alter the time stream or create alternate timelines. So fatal injuries would be undone but that duplicate would automatically be sent to the past after this. Personally I think this is how it should have been in canon.
However the idea I chose instead is somewhere in between in a sense. Specifically the temporal duplicates are made from timelines that would never be. So the copies cannot use their Kanohi because the user has made the choice to use it already. When the copies are unsummoned their memories that are not a duplicate of the user’s would be added to the user’s memory. This is due to the copies don’t have a timeline or past to go to. This can be distressing after a fight since while they know their memories are not their own and they can differentiate between them they do feel like they should check themselves for injuries. It can be quite jarring if a copy dies but these memories cannot affect the user during a fight since they would be focusing on the now instead of the past.
I hope these ideas seem interesting and balanced enough, and I would be happy to hear your opinions.
