Mistborn-Soulbearer

[Radium he/him]

So something I've been thinking about for the past week or so since I saw @IlstrawberrySeed post about Mistborn-Ferrings (Half Borns), is how would a Mistborn-Soulbearer work? 

Would they be able to store their ability to use allomancy in general or only be able to store one allomantic ability at a time?

I'm just curious as to how it would work since I've been reading a lot of posts about F-Nicrosil and diving into the cult

[Trusk'our he/him]

17 minutes ago, Radium said:

So something I've been thinking about for the past week or so since I saw @IlstrawberrySeed post about Mistborn-Ferrings (Half Borns), is how would a Mistborn-Soulbearer work? 

Would they be able to store their ability to use allomancy in general or only be able to store one allomantic ability at a time?

I'm just curious as to how it would work since I've been reading a lot of posts about F-Nicrosil and diving into the cult

As we understand it right now, they'd be able to Store the ability to use each power in a Nicrosilmind, which they could later Tap to increase their power just as with any other attribute. 

That's a pretty powerful ability, if you ask me.

[Radium he/him]

1 hour ago, Trusk'our said:

That's a pretty powerful ability, if you ask me.

Definitely seems powerful and efficient

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

They could also Compound for near-infinite Investiture. 

Other possibilities could be that they might be able to store away abilities granted by Hemalurgic Spikes and keep them permanently via Compounding. They might be able to use this to gain access to all powers. Plus powers of other worlds if they could figure it out.

They could also potentially be able to form Perpendicularity by Compounding and filling an enormous metalmind, though Brandon has said it doesn't necessarily need to be a Nicrosilmind. Either way being able to form Perpendicularities at all is incredibly useful for Worldhopping. Could even go to worlds that don't have a stable Perpendicularity of their own like Lumar or Threnody.

Either way, there's a whole lot of potential in this combination.

Edited March 27, 2024 by JustQuestin2004

[Trusk'our he/him]

10 hours ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

They could also Compound for near-infinite Investiture. 

Technically, yes, but powers are almost certainly more Invested than other Feruchemically viable attributes so Storing them would not only be faster but Compounding them (which is essentially just hooking your Allomantic powerline up to your Feruchemical battery) would be less effective, as more nicrosil needs to be Burned to get the same percentage of usable attribute as another Feruchemical power.

I suppose if you had lots of nicrosil to Burn and some duralumin to speed the process up it could be useful though, especially if you needed a big boost fast.

Actually, come to think of it, Tapping nicrosil augments your base power, right? So a pewter/duralumin/Steelpush while Tapping nicrosil would multiply the output by whatever the rate of your nicrosil was, potentially making it vastly more powerful.