mullman Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Just a little theory i have. If you were to steal spooks tin while he was a savant then the savant part would also be carried over. Because being a savant has to do with a modified spirit web then it would make sense that it would be taken with a spike then given to to whoever recieves the spike. This also makes for a good method of a much longer lasting spike by the time a normal spikes abilaties deteriorates to being useless a savants spike would be at a normal power. Feel free to blow this theory to peices. 1
Clockwork he/him Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 I think one of the blurbs before the chapters actually say it changes them physically, not spiritually.
Voidus Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 I'm inclined to agree, though I think it might change things like bindpoints slightly.
Yata he/him Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I am with Chasmfield about the physical change, probably you will stole his "base Allomantic Power".
Voidus Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I am with Chasmfield about the physical change, probably you will stole his "base Allomantic Power". Hemalurgy still steals physical traits. 1
mullman Posted February 23, 2016 Author Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Hemalurgy steal steals physical traits. With that being said you could become a savant without going through the regular process. So you could potentially become a savant of any metal with only two spikes. Also you could physically disable someone by making them a savant of a metal they they cant use. Imagine being spiked with tin savantism, all of a sudden you cant use any of your senses. Edited February 23, 2016 by amulligan99
natc Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Isn't savantism a case of spiritual damage, and not really a trait? Edited February 24, 2016 by natc
Bugsy he/him Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 Isn't savantism a case of spiritual damage, and not really a trait? Yeah, I was under the impression that it sort of widened the canals of investiture in your spirit web, allowing for the power to flow more easily. I don't see how it would be transferred over by a spike, as spikes more tack on extra spiritual pieces, rather than transferring the damage of savanthood
baby he/him Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 So, if spikes are 'tacking on' parts of other spiritwebs, and becoming a savant slowly widens the rips, would a spike of some metal (don't really know which) kind of fix the damage? Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeird thoughts.
Voidus Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 Isn't savantism a case of spiritual damage, and not really a trait? No reason that it couldn't be transferred, negative traits are still traits.
Stormgate he/him Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Savantism is caused--I believe--by using Allomancy to crack a Spiritweb to allow more Investiture to flow through. You may be able to steal physical attributes and Investment (Allomancy, Feruchemy, Etc.) but I seriously doubt the ability of Hemalurgy to steal cracks that it itself forms. 1
mullman Posted March 4, 2016 Author Posted March 4, 2016 Savantism is caused--I believe--by using Allomancy to crack a Spiritweb to allow more Investiture to flow through. You may be able to steal physical attributes and Investment (Allomancy, Feruchemy, Etc.) but I seriously doubt the ability of Hemalurgy to steal cracks that it itself forms. I think your forgetting about atium. As stated in the coppermind atium can steal any property. Potentially you can steal anything including the cracks in a spirit web.
natc Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 But what would adding damaged "genes" to a person even do if their own copy of that gene is functional? It shouldn't quite have the same effect. It would do something (assuming the whole crack manages to exist over a single bind point in the first place) the same way stacking cstrength into one person causes all those side effects, but what is eventually expressed in the physical realm is not necessarily the same "phenotype" as a normal savant.
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