Choose a ferring

[Twenty@20 he/him]

I am really divided between a Sparker and an Archivist. One complements the other. Before exams put all books in your copperminds and store as much mental speed and reasoning power in zincminds. I expect in modern day Scadrial feruchemist candidates for any exam will be checked for metalmind just for the sake of fair play or perhaps they won't have to appear for any exam ever.

I think I will go with copper, just because storing mental speed is going to be frustrating.

Edited October 31, 2014 by Twenty@20

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Honestly, I think Metal detectors will be developed a good thirty years faster than we developed them on earth. There are so many situations that are rendered dangerous/Unfair/obsolete by Allomancers and Feruchemists.

[Pathfinder]

Honestly, I think Metal detectors will be developed a good thirty years faster than we developed them on earth. There are so many situations that are rendered dangerous/Unfair/obsolete by Allomancers and Feruchemists.

It would be interesting to see how they manifest. On one hand I was going to say they wouldn't because you would instead get seeker guards, or hemalurgic seeker machines negating the need to check for all metal. It would just react if the metal was being burned/tapped. But then I remembered there still would be guns anyway, so a general metal detector as well would probably be a good idea lol

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Plus Seekers haven't yet learned to sense Feruchemy, which is reportedly very hard to do.

[BreathTaker he/him]

Scardian Metal detectors could just be Coinshots and Lurchers. The only problem with that idea is that Aluminum cant be sensed. 

[Pathfinder]

So pretty much high profile cases will have to be severely enforced. First there will be chromium leechers to destroy any reserves already in the body. Then there will be the metal detector for any weapons and vials of metals on you. And finally during the trial, seekers situated throughout the room to verify no one is burning metals some how smuggled in. 

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

The Wigs the Judges wear will be laced with Aluminum as well.

[Pathfinder]

Assuming Wax ever brings the Set to justice, i have a feeling that is how the trial will look lol

[BreathTaker he/him]

It has too much thought put in to it... which is exactly why it will probably be in the book. The thing is, there is still the Ferrings to worry about.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

That's what the Metal detectors are for. They look for Metal minds, while Seekers look for Allomancers.

[BreathTaker he/him]

Duh, sorry. I'm focused on how to make Chouta.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

Ooh, so many choices.

 

Steel: My thoughts went to quicksilver from days of future past. This would be epic.

 

Tin: hide-and-go seek all time champion seeker. And undefeatable Quidditch seeker as well, now that I think about it.

 

Chromium: This really appeals to me. I could store for a while and then not have to bother studying for my multiple choice finals.

(what, me, a lazy college student? I don't know what you're talking about. It's not like I completely relate to the point new one made about Subsumer ferrings.)

 

And Speaking of Subsumers,

Bendaloy: This would be the greatest. My meal plan would finally be be sufficient!

Plus can you imagine if I combined this with Lift's ability to convert food into investiture?

I'd be unstoppable...

[Redbird he/him]

Although now firesoul is looking really cool  , also the ability to resist temperature change would be great, i could save money on heat and a/c and wear whatever I want which, would be quite nice.

Edited November 1, 2014 by Redbird3000

[Kobold King he/him]

Although now firesoul is looking really cool  , also the ability to resist temperature change would be great, i could save money on heat and a/c and wear whatever I want which would be quite nice.

 

Yeah, it seems the merits of Firesoul Ferrings is a matter of... heated debate.

[Cstryon he/him]

Yeah, it seems the merits of Firesoul Ferrings is a matter of... heated debate.

This post was so cool.

[Redbird he/him]

What is odd is that no one has made a strong argument for pewter.

[Moogle]

What is odd is that no one has made a strong argument for pewter.

 

Physical strength is neat, but not really a concern for most people. If you look over the responses, people seem to pick metals based on their daily lives... college students want bendalloy/electrum, asthmatics want cadmium (I was actually really intrigued by this response, as I'd never considered a use for the metal before besides swimming), copper helps for students as well, etc.

 

How often in daily life do you find yourself needing super strength? Seems like the sort of people who'd want that aren't posting on 17th Shard.

 

Really, this thread has been an eye opener. I remain shocked by how much interest people have in Feruchemical bendalloy, for example.

[Kobold King he/him]

Physical strength is neat, but not really a concern for most people. If you look over the responses, people seem to pick metals based on their daily lives... college students want bendalloy/electrum, asthmatics want cadmium (I was actually really intrigued by this response, as I'd never considered a use for the metal before besides swimming), copper helps for students as well, etc.

 

How often in daily life do you find yourself needing super strength? Seems like the sort of people who'd want that aren't posting on 17th Shard.

 

Really, this thread has been an eye opener. I remain shocked by how much interest people have in Feruchemical bendalloy, for example.

 

It really has been interesting.

 

If I'm not mistaken, I'm both the only farmer to post on this thread and the only member to have listed Feruchemical pewter as an honorable mention.

[BreathTaker he/him]

I think I mentioned it too. I have a pretty decent need for Pewter most of the time but I picked Tin because I'm practically blind and hate wearing contacts, plus my taste buds are pretty much shot so it would be cool to get the whole flavor of some foods and not have to make it crazy spicy or salty to taste it.

[Redbird he/him]

That was actually a sad attempt at another pun. Although picking one to overcome disabilities ,such as cadmium for asthmatics or bronze for any sleeping disorder is something I never even considered.

[Lord Tavash Shar]

Bronze would be amazing for people with Narcolepsy and Insomnia equally...... I had never thought of that. 

[Pathfinder]

so here is a question that has been nagging in my brain that hopefully you can all help me with. I recall Brandon saying somewhere that you cannot store while sleeping. Now if I am remembering correctly, it was in regards to gold and storing health. Is that rule only for gold, or all feruchemal abilities? If it is for all abilities, then how would bronze work? If your storing wakefulness then you be would an insomniatic zombie, unable to sleep otherwise you would stop storing. If you stored to help you sleep, once you pass out, you'd stop storing and wake up, resulting in insomnia again. Is there something I am missing?

 

edit: also for gaspers, if you have asthma, and storing is like an asthma attack due to hyperventalating, would you need to always have a doctor near by when you store so you don't die? 

 

I don't mean to pop peoples bubbles, i just like understanding abilities, which is why i love brandon's magic systems and this forum so much

Edited November 1, 2014 by Pathfinder

[Lord Tavash Shar]

Storing Bronze the Feruchemist becomes drowsy and storing enough will send them into a trans like state. This trans is not True sleep and the Feruchemist comes out of it nether more nor less tired then when it started. Its also worth noting that while storing in a bronze mind Other types of Feruchemy are disrupted and there traits cannot be stored, This is very similar to the disruptive effects of storing investiture in a Nicrosil mind.

 

The other point on gaspers is actually one thing I noticed as well. Funny enough I have ideas about that. I would actually try to do physical training while storing the very attribute I was training. This would mean that as my physical ability advanced so to would my fulcrimic ability.

You spend years Storing pewter while you have been training and no one will ever notice the increase so long as they do not see you asleep. Mean while you can get a suden "Boost" to your abilities simply by stopping your storing of an attribute.

The same 10 pound weight/300 pound's of lift because you simply stopped storing. 

Edited November 1, 2014 by Lord Tavash Shar

[Redbird he/him]

Well if you can control the rate of filing a cadmiummind, it would be breathing a little harder to be able to breathe at all later. Also it seems the oxygen can be introduced into the bloodstream, which means even if the lungs are having issues you don't die.

[Scriptorian he/him]

My first choice has always been Electrum (I read Alloy of Law first, so I knew about it before I was supposed to...). Then I got diagnosed with a hypomanic disorder, so I could pretend that I actually was one  .

It would still be really cool to have- it would certainly beat any stabilizer medication-but it would only really optimally work if my moods were balanced 50/50, when its closer to 80/20 on the depression side. Still a sweat power though.

 

Edit: I know! I'll just Compound Electrum!

 

As for my second choices, I don't think there's anything that hasn't been said. Brass, Zinc, Bendalloy, etc.

 

P.S. I think there's a typo on the poll. I'm pretty sure that Atium Ferrings aren't Seers, that would be Atium Mistings. A quick Google search says we don't have name for the Ferring.

Edited November 3, 2014 by Serendipity