Scenario :
Due to the effects of a magical overload, there are people in my world who lose their magic. Those that don't go outright insane are left with damaged nervous systems and a high body temperature for the duration of their lives. This is supplemented by an increase in physical strength and endurance, partially due to increased ability to gain muscle mass, broken limiters, and magical handwaving stuff.

Potentially useful details :

• These people can still rarely have children, but the children will be born into and permanently be in this new state.
• They have no super healing, but there can be external healing factors applied to them. They're immune to any magical healing things, it has to be standard healing.
• Technology available is basically 1700-1800 USA

Question

The big question I have is how would it effect the human body to be in a long term state of mild fever (38.5-40 C) for the duration of their lives?

Primarily what would their mental state be like, and what body systems would be struggling the hardest due to increased core temperatures? Would anything physiologically need to change to allow them to survive for a long duration (10+ years)?

posted about 5 years ago

Nymn‭

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