Atium Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 If a mistborn were to drink liquid Iron for example (Without it solidifying) would they still be able to burn it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man moomba Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Able to? Yes. Without dying? Probably not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikey357 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Considering the melting points of most of the metals in the Allomancy chart a person most likely dies before the metal gets to a place that it can be used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistcloaked Mountains Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) What if it's in a container with thick enough walls to allow you to swallow it without burning yourself. Or if you use gold to heal yourself simultaneously. Edited January 1, 2019 by MistCLOAKed Mountains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, MistCLOAKed Mountains said: What if it's in a container with thick enough walls to allow you to swallow it without burning yourself. Then you are not able to burn the metal because you aren't actually touching the metal, just the container. 1 hour ago, MistCLOAKed Mountains said: Or if you use gold to heal yourself simultaneously. Maybe then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 The state of the metal does not affect it's viability for the metalic arts. The metalic arts do not provide any special protection against the properties of the metal. If you have protection against the dangers of the metal, it is still viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainKing Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, HSuperLee said: The state of the metal does not affect it's viability for the metalic arts. The metalic arts do not provide any special protection against the properties of the metal. If you have protection against the dangers of the metal, it is still viable. I actually think that the state of the metal effects the metallic arts. The power(investiture) is shaped by the metal decomposing into something(probably investiture), liquid iron has a different structure then solid iron, so if the lattice structure of iron helps shape A-Iron then it does effect the ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hwiles Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 20 hours ago, Atium said: If a mistborn were to drink liquid Iron for example (Without it solidifying) would they still be able to burn it? Liquid metals can be burned yes. Wayne demonstrates this trick by melting a lump of bendalloy in hot tea to make swallowing it easier. Bendalloy has a melting point of approximately 70C and tea is generally served at approximately 72C. This trick is useful because bendalloy burns so quickly that a relatively large amount is required for any kind of sustained use to be possible. (IE: Wayne needs to consume something like 10-100x the volume of metal that Wax does when preparing for a fight). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistcloaked Mountains Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 12 hours ago, hwiles said: Wayne demonstrates this trick by melting a lump of bendalloy in hot tea to make swallowing it easier. Bendalloy has a melting point of approximately 70C and tea is generally served at approximately 72C. When does he do this? I would think that once it touches the walls of his mouth and throat it would cool enough to harden again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 The heat transfer isn't that fast and it doesn't take long for a sip of tea to work its way down into your stomach. Technically the metal doesn't even need to make it all the way, just enough for the allomancer to perceive it as being 'inside' them; there's nothing special about the stomach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwordNimiForPresident Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 10:53 PM, Weltall said: The heat transfer isn't that fast and it doesn't take long for a sip of tea to work its way down into your stomach. Technically the metal doesn't even need to make it all the way, just enough for the allomancer to perceive it as being 'inside' them; there's nothing special about the stomach. That WoB is very interesting. Does that mean that an Aluminum misting who is actively burning their metal could vaporize bullets as they entered their body? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, SwordNimiForPresident said: That WoB is very interesting. Does that mean that an Aluminum misting who is actively burning their metal could vaporize bullets as they entered their body? They would have to be burning very very fast to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwordNimiForPresident Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, HSuperLee said: They would have to be burning very very fast to do that. I thought that burning any amount of Aluminum instantly wiped your metals. Does burning Aluminum wipe your Aluminum? Edited January 4, 2019 by SwordNimiForPresident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Yes, aluminum is consumed when it's burned and it burns quickly. When you burn it, you wipe all your metal reserves. Or at least, it seems that way, if you had a very large amount of metal in you and a smaller piece of aluminum the latter might burn away before it's finished working on your other metals. Edited January 4, 2019 by Weltall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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