Jakkobz he/him Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 Why everyone thinks that Aluminum is cancel all Investiture, if feruchemists can freely charge it with Identity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Slimy_Slider Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 Aluminium is Investiture Resistant, yes, but the rules aren't exactly concrete. The Metallic Arts are weird anyway and things differ from place to place in the Cosmere. Off the top of my head, I'm going to say that it's to do with Feruchemy being an internally powered and closed system of magic. Because they aren't drawing power from anywhere or manifesting that power externally, just pushing their own qualities around time, things work a little differently from say, Allomancy or Surgebinding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Calderis he/him Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Because we've been told it's true. Quote Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] So, we know that things can be Soulcast into aluminum. But can aluminum itself be Soulcast into something else? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] It resists all forms of Investiture trying to change it to things. source Quote Ironeyes We know aluminum affects mental magic and emotional magic. Would it affect the hole in your soul that’s created by Hemalurgy? If you had an aluminum spike, would that make it easier, less easy, or no difference for Ruin to take control of you? Brandon Sanderson Aluminum resists Investiture generally, even when it’s not Invested itself. Ironeyes (Brandon hems and haws a little so Ironeyes clarifies the question) Would an aluminum spike make it harder for a Soother to take control of you? Brandon Sanderson An aluminum spike would have no effect on a Soother’s ability. They wouldn’t see it there. yulerule Did you make aluminum resistant to Allomancy so that you could do the tinfoil hats? Brandon Sanderson No, but once I did, I was like that’s a cool idea. I made aluminum resistant to it because I wanted something to be magically inert in the Cosmere. It was a happy accident. source The Metallic Arts seem to get around this somehow, I'm Feruchemy's case by not changing the metal isltself, but just storing the power (hemalurgy would do the same) but Allomancy... I have no clue how aluminum can destroy itself. I think all of these effects are still only possible due to Scadrial's Focus being metal. Edited June 22, 2018 by Calderis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Why everyone thinks that Aluminum is cancel all Investiture, if feruchemists can freely charge it with Identity?
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