How to Compound

[EmeraldPaladin he/him]

I know the effects of compounding, that is, that it makes you more powerful. However, i never felt like the books gave an amazing job at explaining exactly how it works. I know it has something to do with storing in a metalmind, then burning it to get an increased effect, but of what exactly? does it increase the feruchemical effect when you burn it? or does it increase the allomantic effect? both? maybe Im just being dumb (to be fair, i haven't read the books in a while), but could someone explain more how compounding works?

Edited September 14, 2017 by gaberz24

[Yata he/him]

14 minutes ago, gaberz24 said:

I know the effects of compounding, that is, that it makes you more powerful. However, i never felt like the books gave an amazing job at explaining exactly how it works. I know it has something to do with storing in a metalmind, then burning it to get an increased effect, but of what exactly? does it increase the feruchemical effect when you burn it? or does it increase the allomantic effect? both? maybe Im just being dumb (to be fair, i haven't read the books in a while), but could someone explain more how compounding works?

When you burn a metalmind to Compound, you gain ONLY the Feruchemical Effect of the metal but more than the amount actually stored in the metal itself (the books say something like tenfold but we don't know how much exactly).

In the end Compounding allows only to accumulate Feruchemical Charge faster than usual and a Compounder can't do anything a regular Feruchemist could do (with the proper time) without Compound.

This is a fast explaination, if you have some specific doubt ask it....just there are already tons of topic on Compounding, try to search one of them

[EmeraldPaladin he/him]

@Yata ok, that makes a lot of sense, thanks

[Calderis he/him]

@gaberz24 Oversleep (Overstorm currently) gave a pretty detailed explanation of the mechanics in this thread if you want more info.

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by Calderis