soulcastJam he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Does a hemalurgic spike lose power whenever it is outside a body? For example, if you receive a spike in a non deadly place and then take it out for a year, will it be decreased in power when you put it back in, or does that only happen before the first placement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 From what we understand, Hemalurgic Decay happens whenever a Spike is not connected to flowing blood. What we don't know is the rate/pattern of Decay. I suspect it's a half-life system, so a Spike will retain a weak charge for an extremely long time, but that only has modest evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulcastJam he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I got ninja'd by another thread, so I should continue my thoughts over there. However, I believe you are incorrect about the flowing blood unless you assume that Vin's ear is always bleeding when she removes her earring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arook he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 It may be that flowing blood is needed to create the connection and rip the hole in the Spirit web but once formed it can be removed and replaced with no additional discomfort. How ever piercings do heal overtime and it may be that every time she put it in she had to tear the ear lob a little to get it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 It's a tricky issue. According to HoA, it's flowing blood, but when you rip out an eye Spike the unfortunate pincushions don't bleed to death. I guess a more proper wording would be "in contact with the Spiritual wound created when the Spike first contacts flowing blood" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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