alder24 Posted February 21, 2024 Posted February 21, 2024 23 minutes ago, Crow said: I don’t know if anyone has said this one yet but if I were twinborn I would want to have A-electrum and F-zinc because from what I know about the powers (which given isn’t much I am new to the whole cosmere theorizing thing) it would give you some inhuman reactions maybe the ability to dodge bullets that would have hit you. F-zinc doesn't increase your physical speed. It allows you to think faster - that's it. A-electrum allows you to see a few seconds into the future. It wouldn't really be a reaction, rather you would simply move out of the way before a bullet is fired. Spoiler Alteroden With [Feruchemical] zinc, you get mental speed. How is that any different from [Feruchemical] steel, except without [physical] speed? Brandon Sanderson I think of the mental speed actually turning you into... Let's say you sped up your body, and you wanted to figure out some really complex equations. Alteroden So it lets you have intuitive leaps. Brandon Sanderson Right. It basically turns you into Ken Jennings. That's how I imagine it. Kurkistan So it's not like bullet time? Brandon Sanderson No... It'll bullet time a little bit, it certainly will, because you're thinking faster than everyone else, but it has applications beyond bullet timing. Bullet time is really-- Kurkistan That’s steel’s thing? Brandon Sanderson That’s kind of steel's thing. They kind of overlap on that one, because the steel thing... But yeah. It's more like "I think fast, but my reaction speed is not sped up". Shadows of Self Chicago signing (Oct. 12, 2015)
Crow he/him Posted February 21, 2024 Posted February 21, 2024 32 minutes ago, alder24 said: F-zinc doesn't increase your physical speed. It allows you to think faster - that's it. A-electrum allows you to see a few seconds into the future. It wouldn't really be a reaction, rather you would simply move out of the way before a bullet is fired. Reveal hidden contents Alteroden With [Feruchemical] zinc, you get mental speed. How is that any different from [Feruchemical] steel, except without [physical] speed? Brandon Sanderson I think of the mental speed actually turning you into... Let's say you sped up your body, and you wanted to figure out some really complex equations. Alteroden So it lets you have intuitive leaps. Brandon Sanderson Right. It basically turns you into Ken Jennings. That's how I imagine it. Kurkistan So it's not like bullet time? Brandon Sanderson No... It'll bullet time a little bit, it certainly will, because you're thinking faster than everyone else, but it has applications beyond bullet timing. Bullet time is really-- Kurkistan That’s steel’s thing? Brandon Sanderson That’s kind of steel's thing. They kind of overlap on that one, because the steel thing... But yeah. It's more like "I think fast, but my reaction speed is not sped up". Shadows of Self Chicago signing (Oct. 12, 2015) Yes I know I was thinking the ability to process what is happening to the shadows would give you said reactions
strmblsd he/him Posted March 11, 2024 Posted March 11, 2024 One I think would be particularly powerful is a steel compounder infinite speed pretty much allowing ultimate assassin to show and then with steel pushing allowing to practically fly...it would be unstoppable
alder24 Posted March 11, 2024 Posted March 11, 2024 39 minutes ago, strmblsd said: One I think would be particularly powerful is a steel compounder infinite speed pretty much allowing ultimate assassin to show and then with steel pushing allowing to practically fly...it would be unstoppable Unfortunately that's not how it works. Firstly, it's not really infinite. Secondly, Feruchemical speed doesn't affect Allomantic pushes and pulls, because Feruchemy stores physical speed - the speed of your muscle movement - not how fast you fly, which is what Allomancy does. You don't move a muscle while using Allomancy. But tapping speed increases your metabolism and that increases the rate of your burning, giving you more power - so your Steelpushes would be stronger. Spoiler ElephantEarwax Would tapping Feruchemical speed cause you to burn metals faster as your whole body speeds up? Brandon Sanderson Yeah. I think it probably would. I don't know if we've gotten to that interaction yet, but it probably would. Good question. If it's speeding up... Yeah, I think it would. Good question. If you're in a speed bubble and doing it, it's totally going to do it, and there's some analogies there. Starsight Release Party (Nov. 26, 2019) 1
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