[Esmeraude]

On a more serious note, why SHOULD a young character have penalties?

Because they're literally children who are more fragile..? It wouldn't make (a lot of) sense for it to be an AP nerf but you can't push the soft spot on a baby's head and expect anything good to come from it.

I'm making this suggestion because of the rampant number of kids who have been wilding out.

No one likes watching a child acting as fearless as an adult.

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surely jumpy isn't getting his ass beat by -10% dr kids tho

exactly. it's not out of self-interest.

Nerfing them or making them take more damage doesn't solve this issue.
Before most of the new kids existed the older ones weren't any better either...
When they walk up to demons and call them a pet, acting fearless vs monsters is weird.

Idk why this post is made now, but it's far too late to have my upvote and I don't see an issue of adults losing to kids unless they are weak?
Magi are meant to be unpredictable anyway, even if we don't want kid prodigy it isn't hard to beat them down when you are an adult with a hidden. (Or even without one.)