Plaeggs he/him Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 I say yes, you can use tooth fillings as metalminds. I am not sure having them just touch your teeth is enough, teeth are semi-not alive to me, like hair or nails (as we know you can cut hair with a shardblade, so it is not alive alive realmatically speaking), then again I would also accept the argument that teeth are more alive than hair... I say yes, it is enough for the metal to touch your teeth. Would actually be an interesting way to hide that you are a feruchemist... Metalmind nails. Rawr
mullman Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 Forget about nails and teeth. You could screw metal plates on your bones. Not only would it reinforce your bones but you could always have access to a metal mind. Now with that being said I really want someone burning the mists to just keep pushing and pulling on their opponents different limbs.
Pathfinder Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 Forget about nails and teeth. You could screw metal plates on your bones. Not only would it reinforce your bones but you could always have access to a metal mind. Now with that being said I really want someone burning the mists to just keep pushing and pulling on their opponents different limbs. Dance my puppet dance! muhahahahaha 1
sheep Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 (If the loanshark takes my thumbs I can grow them back!) The loansharks traditionally demand a pound of flesh as payment. 1
ecohansen Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Going back to whether teeth are sufficiently alive or not, don't forget saliva. Saliva has as many as 8 million living human cells per mL, so it would definitely count as "alive", and since it is touching both the metalmind and living flesh, it should do fine. This does, however, raise questions. Since Rashek lost his powers after the bracers were bloodily ripped off, even though his blood cells would still be alive at that point, it seems that a body fluid would have to BOTH contain living human cells AND still be in contact with the ferruchemist's body in order to transfer Investiture from a metalmind. But what if you made a snail a Ferruchemist? The snail could leave his metalminds in a secure location, and leave an unbroken trail of living mucus connecting him to his powers. Snail-paths can in many ways still be considered a part of the snail: snails generally eat the mucus while backtracking on a trail, and have been found to leave chemical notes for themselves in the mucus: if in the morning they turned left instead of right, but thought that the right turn was also promising, they can leave a note for themselves to investigate it later. Snails can store their memories externally. Given how connected a snail is to its trail, I think there's a good chance that snail ferruchemists would have a big leg up on us measly humans. Edited March 3, 2016 by ecohansen
Cephandrius Posted March 4, 2016 Author Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) But what if you made a snail a Ferruchemist? The snail could leave his metalminds in a secure location, and leave an unbroken trail of living mucus connecting him to his powers. Snail-paths can in many ways still be considered a part of the snail: snails generally eat the mucus while backtracking on a trail, and have been found to leave chemical notes for themselves in the mucus: if in the morning they turned left instead of right, but thought that the right turn was also promising, they can leave a note for themselves to investigate it later. Snails can store their memories externally. Given how connected a snail is to its trail, I think there's a good chance that snail ferruchemists would have a big leg up on us measly humans. that would completely change the nature of this question on Quora: You get 10 million dollars, but for the rest of your life, there is a super snail following you, trying to kill you, what would you do? . I mean, imagine what it could do with the speed it could store! You'd have a few years of no worry, but maybe you go far away just in case, and then BAM! Shell in the face! Edited March 4, 2016 by Cephandrius
Pathfinder Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 that would completely change the nature of this question on Quora: You get 10 million dollars, but for the rest of your life, there is a super snail following you, trying to kill you, what would you do? . I mean, imagine what it could do with the speed it could store! You'd have a few years of no worry, but maybe you go far away just in case, and then BAM! Shell in the face! Once again showing how scary hemalurgy can be.......
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