F-Nicrosil what the???

[SomePog]

So i was rereading era 2 and when i got through the bands of mourning it occurred to me that when accessing stored investiture it grants someone that ability, for example if there was an unkeyed nicrosil mind containing the ability to burn steel anyone could become a coinshot, simple, but what happens if you draw out or even compound an insane amount of that specific power? could u gain so much raw steel investiture that its comparable to a duralium push???

i originally thought this cus of how elend who had a purer strain of mistborn powers was inherently stronger than vin assumedly because he had more raw investiture than vin???

just wanna clarify if im right or maybe i misunderstood F-Nicrosl as ik they are very unexplored powers thanks

 

 

[Trusk'our he/him]

3 hours ago, SomePog said:

So i was rereading era 2 and when i got through the bands of mourning it occurred to me that when accessing stored investiture it grants someone that ability, for example if there was an unkeyed nicrosil mind containing the ability to burn steel anyone could become a coinshot, simple, but what happens if you draw out or even compound an insane amount of that specific power? could u gain so much raw steel investiture that its comparable to a duralium push???

i originally thought this cus of how elend who had a purer strain of mistborn powers was inherently stronger than vin assumedly because he had more raw investiture than vin???

just wanna clarify if im right or maybe i misunderstood F-Nicrosl as ik they are very unexplored powers thanks

F-nicrosil has been hypothesized to just as you suggest; get enough of it, perhaps through Compounding, and you could gain access to enormous amounts of power through augmented Allomancy, such as being able to make all of your Steelpushes act as if under duralumin.

However, it seems that the medallions themselves are somewhat more restrictive in what they can accomplish than natural nicrosil Feruchemy.

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Skyward Pre-Release AMA (Oct. 31, 2018)

Calderis

Does the nicrosil portion of the medallions function identitically to how a Soulbearer Ferring would use Nicrosil? 

Brandon Sanderson

Not exactly. The medallion is a little more restrictive, for one thing.

It is also mentioned that the nicrosil medallions may act more like a Coppermind, so tapping more from them at a quicker rate may simply not enhance your power beyond its set amount. This could also apply to all nicrosil Feruchemy, but we don't have enough information right now to tell decisively (but most people are routing for nicrosil enhancing Allomancy, it would seem ).

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General Signed Books 2018 (Oct. 15, 2018)
 

Pagerunner

When you tap the nicrosil portion of a medallion, will it run out over time? Or is it like a coppermind, where something discrete is taken, used, and returned?

Brandon Sanderson

Good question! Like a coppermind.

Hope that explains it well enough for you!

Edited September 15, 2023 by Trusk'our