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  1. That's not weird, that's a sniper. Seems like a valid profession to want to play. Also, to note, technically speaking, every misting can burn two metals. Namely, their normal metal (say, Tin) and Lerasium. But short of house rules (no reason you can't) or hemalurgy, there's no useful way to have a two-metal allomancer. The reason is basically that if you are kind of well connected to Preservation, you get one ability, but if you are a little closer than that, you get them all. Sort of like how email programs have "reply" and "reply all," or how modern English Language has a pronoun for one person or many persons, but not one for just two (Old English does have a dual pronoun, to note). The real reason is that it worked better for the story that way. Originally, I believe, Sanderson was going to only have mistborn, but that made them seem too common, so he went with something lesser, and still wanted to have specialties, as a holdover from when the first book was a heist novel.
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  2. Perhaps a simple example will explain the relevant differences: Mass is what you have the same of no matter where you go. In orbit, on the moon, on Jupiter, you have the same mass. In normal physics, it is what determines your acceleration in response to given forces. In F=ma, m is the mass. Weight is the total force that you feel due to gravity. You have less weight on the surface of the moon than you do on Earth. On an earth-like planet, it can be approximated as F=mg, with 'F' the weight, 'm' the same mass as in F=ma, and g being planet- and surface-dependent. Another important concept is pressure. Pressure is the force per unit area. Pressure is typically what causes slicing damage; the total force is not very high, but it is only on a small part of the material. The material gives. A little extra mass in the part that gives would technically increase its resistance, but likely not enough to make a life-saving difference. Changing mass would be consistent with the statements: "bullets still go through me" and "I weigh less". It would also be consistent with the statement "Bullets, on average, tend to do less damage, as do long falls. But bullets are still plenty dangerous, thanks the same." Changing weight (e.g. the lashing with the planet) would also keep the first two statements, but the third would become false; bullets would be exactly as dangerous as before. Long falls, on the other hand, are more complicated.
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  3. I would like to announce that the voting for Ludum Dare is over, and i've scored higher than i have with any of my previous year entries!
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  4. I'd like to help about the links :-). Steelheart- Cover The Rithmatist - Excerpt
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  5. I'm proud to proclaim that that's what she said.
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