kroen Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 I think it is. Just look at what it does: Increases strength Increases alertness Increases agility Increases balance Increases reflexes Increases running speed Increases pain resistance Increases heat and cold resistance Speeds up healing The fact it burns relatively fast hardly balances it imo. Now a metal like atium for example is supposed to be overpowered, as it's a god metal and an extremely rare one at that. But pewter?
Phantom Monstrosity Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) Not really. While it has a laundry list of effects, it isn't a real 'game changer'. It also doesn't really increase alertness - that's tin. A lot of those effects are pretty redudtant as well. Someone using emotional allomancy has an entirely different tool, and your normal defenses don't work against them. Against a pewter thug you just have to use ten guys instead of one. A coinshot can fly, making all your castle walls useless. A thug still can't get past them. Edited April 15, 2013 by Phantom Monstrosity
kroen Posted April 15, 2013 Author Posted April 15, 2013 by alertness I meant that it negates the need to sleep
Phantom Monstrosity Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 by alertness I meant that it negates the need to sleep Yeah, but if you do you end up paying for it later. Pewter is basically the only metal that causes backlash after you've used it.
Vortaan he/him Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Yeah, but if you do you end up paying for it later. Pewter is basically the only metal that causes backlash after you've used it. Well, besides Marsh's very good reasons for burning bronze instead of copper. Pewter is handy, but honestly being a Feruchemist gives you most of the same abilities.
Sirscott13 he/him Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 I think that in comparison to feruchemy the metal offers more for your buck so to speak, but allomantically it has some pretty bad side effects if burned too much. It pushes your body, and it is almost to easy to push it too far. As far as being a warrior though, thugs are in high demand. What I think pewter would most over power though is if used in conjunction with feruchemy. Pewter allows one to store speed, wakefullness, health, energy (Maybe if you live off pewter [could be dangerous]), and even strength, but compounding makes the storage pointless.
Observer Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Pewter makes you faster, stronger, and better at everything you do physically. A well placed bullet, and it doens't mean jack squat. So no, I don't find pewter any more OP than any other metal. 1
Voidus Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 It's a matter of perspective really, Pewter doesn't really increase speed that much, it increases endurance so you can maintain a flat out sprint almost indefinitely. In a sense Steel or Iron also increase your speed, Vins horseshoe trick enables a lot faster speed than flat out Pewterdragging and with no side effects. In a sense Steel or Iron also increase your strength, given an anchor you could throw someone away who's heavier than you are with Steel.
Vortaan he/him Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 It's a matter of perspective really, Pewter doesn't really increase speed that much, it increases endurance so you can maintain a flat out sprint almost indefinitely. In a sense Steel or Iron also increase your speed, Vins horseshoe trick enables a lot faster speed than flat out Pewterdragging and with no side effects. In a sense Steel or Iron also increase your strength, given an anchor you could throw someone away who's heavier than you are with Steel. I guess the major advantage of pewter is that caught barehanded with just your metals, you have a better chance against most opponents as a Thug than a Coinshot. However, with guns becoming prevalent on Scadrial, maybe that's not as big an advantage anymore.
Galavantes Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 It's a matter of perspective really, Pewter doesn't really increase speed that much, it increases endurance so you can maintain a flat out sprint almost indefinitely. In a sense Steel or Iron also increase your speed, Vins horseshoe trick enables a lot faster speed than flat out Pewterdragging and with no side effects. In a sense Steel or Iron also increase your strength, given an anchor you could throw someone away who's heavier than you are with Steel. Pewter does increase your speed. Not just running speed, but actual movement. It's mentioned directly several times in the text. Spook was shocked at how quickly his arm moved while catching a bottle he dropped. It's not as dramatic as what feruchemy can achieve but it's still significant.
Sirscott13 he/him Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Pewter does increase your speed. Not just running speed, but actual movement. It's mentioned directly several times in the text. Spook was shocked at how quickly his arm moved while catching a bottle he dropped. It's not as dramatic as what feruchemy can achieve but it's still significant. not to mention when wayne was using his time bubble the pewter arm was moving faster than the rest of the bad guys confirming to wayne that he was definitely a pewter arm but the koloss blood would not give him speed. pewter enhances physical speed like a feruchemist but a feruchemist has no upper bounds
Voidus Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Pewter does increase your speed. Not just running speed, but actual movement. It's mentioned directly several times in the text. Spook was shocked at how quickly his arm moved while catching a bottle he dropped. It's not as dramatic as what feruchemy can achieve but it's still significant. That's why I hedged by saying 'much' Yes it does but not by the kind of factor you get out of feruchemy or even by the same kind of degree which it enhances your strength by. But on Spook that could just be an increase of reflex speed, not physical speed.
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