Through The Living Grub He/Him Posted October 25, 2023 Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) If you can burn a metalmind and get more out of it than you put in, what happens when you burn a spike? Side note, if Inquisitors are burning steel and run out of the flakes they swallowed, do they burn the spike? Anyways, can you get more power out of a spike, or can you permanently graft the power to your soul? @Trusk'our @alder24 any other Hemalurgic experts? Edited October 25, 2023 by Xiahida 1
alder24 Posted October 25, 2023 Posted October 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, Xiahida said: Side note, if Inquisitors are burning steel and run out of the flakes they swallowed, do they burn the spike? They could but they didn't do that, intent matters. Spoiler RoboChrist If you have a Hemalurgic spike made of atium, that grants atium Allomancy, could you use the spike itself as a source of atium to burn? Brandon Sanderson Briefly. Skyward Pre-Release AMA (Oct. 30, 2018) 15 minutes ago, Xiahida said: If you can burn a metalmind and get more out of it than you put in, what happens when you burn a spike? Anyways, can you get more power out of a spike, or can you permanently graft the power to your soul? You need to burn a spike that matches your identity. However it is extremely painful to burn spikes that are inside of you. Spoiler Maru Nui What happens when you burn a Hemalurgic spike? Brandon Sanderson Burning a Hemalurgic spike would have the effect of splicing your spiritual DNA to that of the person's that is in the spike, which would have some very strange consequences. Tor.com Q&A with Brandon Sanderson (Jan. 10, 2011) Spoiler Questioner If you burn a Hemalurgic spike, would it graft the piece of stolen soul onto your soul? Brandon Sanderson No, but it would have... There are some interesting effects there. Shadows of Self Chicago signing (Oct. 12, 2015) Spoiler 17th Shard Can you burn the spikes? Like, Allomantically? For example, could they burn the steel in their head spikes? Brandon Sanderson I considered that and I eventually decided that they could, but it would be an excruciating process that would probably knock them unconscious simply by doing it. 17th Shard Would they be able to tap? Brandon Sanderson Would they tap them? They can use them as metalminds, yes. 17th Shard Interview (Oct. 3, 2010) Spoiler Czanos Would anything interesting happen if an Allomancer Burned a Hemalurgic spike, or a Feruchemist Tapped one? Brandon Sanderson Er, well, it’s possible. But you’d have to be burning a Hemalurgic spike that killed you and took your power… Just like you can’t gain anything by burning a metalmind unless you infused it yourself. #tweettheauthor 2009 (July 8, 2009) Spoiler Questioner (paraphrased) Would you be able to get any kind of additional power from burning a Hemalurgic spike? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) There would be power there, but you wouldn’t be able to access it. Like burning someone else’s metalmind. American Fork High School Signing (Dec. 12, 2019)
Trusk'our he/him Posted October 25, 2023 Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Xiahida said: If you can burn a metalmind and get more out of it than you put in, what happens when you burn a spike? Side note, if Inquisitors are burning steel and run out of the flakes they swallowed, do they burn the spike? Anyways, can you get more power out of a spike, or can you permanently graft the power to your soul? @Trusk'our @alder24 any other Hemalurgic experts? There are a few WoBs on this at different times that seemingly contradict one another, but from what I can guess, only a spike that has a compatible Identity with that of your own (made from your Spiritweb or with a Blank Identity) could be burned under most circumstances, though era 1 levels of Hemalurgy might be able to pull it off as well because Identity contamination is largely bypassed with it. Burning said spike can be used to splice the Hemalurgist's sDNA to that contained in the spike, but like Compounding you could probably choose to use it as a source of Allomantic fuel instead (though doing so may prove fatal if the spike is in a vital location and is burned away enough). This means that a Steel Inquisitor could probably burn some of their spikes in a pinch, though it could prove dangerous and it would probably be quite painful. As for permanently fusing a power to one's soul, I don't think that will work. I'll see if I can find the specific WoB at some point, but it was asked at some point and the answer was a no. EDIT: never mind, @alder24 beat me to it Spoiler Tor.com Q&A with Brandon Sanderson - Arcanum (coppermind.net) Maru Nui What happens when you burn a Hemalurgic spike? Brandon Sanderson Burning a Hemalurgic spike would have the effect of splicing your spiritual DNA to that of the person's that is in the spike, which would have some very strange consequences. Spoiler #tweettheauthor 2009 - Arcanum (coppermind.net) Czanos Would anything interesting happen if an Allomancer Burned a Hemalurgic spike, or a Feruchemist Tapped one? Brandon Sanderson Er, well, it’s possible. But you’d have to be burning a Hemalurgic spike that killed you and took your power… Just like you can’t gain anything by burning a metalmind unless you infused it yourself. Spoiler Skyward Pre-Release AMA - Arcanum (coppermind.net) RoboChrist If you have a Hemalurgic spike made of atium, that grants atium Allomancy, could you use the spike itself as a source of atium to burn? Brandon Sanderson Briefly. Edited October 25, 2023 by Trusk'our
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