1 Frustration Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, Adonalsium'sSpren said: Or would it blow up? Theoretically yes, but water, Ettmetal, eh. Also we'd have to get another Mistborn wouldn't we.
2 Karger he/him Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) These are not mutually exclusive. Mistborn can burn both atium and Trellium(there is a WoB somwhere) so they should be able to burn ettmetal. However it will probably blow up before it can be burned successfully. Also you double posted this thread by accident. Edited April 1, 2020 by Karger 1
0 Adonalsium'sSpren Posted April 1, 2020 Author Posted April 1, 2020 Just now, Booknerd said: Theoretically yes, but water, Ettmetal, eh. Also we'd have to get another Mistborn wouldn't we. Yes we would, thank you for the answer!
0 Frustration Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 Just now, Adonalsium'sSpren said: Yes we would, thank you for the answer! No problem 1
0 Adonalsium'sSpren Posted April 1, 2020 Author Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, Karger said: These are not mutually exclusive. Mistborn can burn both atium and Trellium(there is a WoB somwhere) so they should be able to burn ettmetal. However it will probably blow up before it can be burned successfully. Also you double posted this thread by accident. Sorry for the double post, my wifi sucks with the lockdown here everyone is using it. Thanks for the answer!
0 Honorless he/him Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Some people suspect that Ettmetal's Allomantic ability is exactly what we see them being used for with Southern tech: to copy other Allomantic metals. Edited November 10, 2020 by Honorless
0 RShara she/her Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Adonalsium'sSpren said: Sorry for the double post, my wifi sucks with the lockdown here everyone is using it. Thanks for the answer! You can hide the double posts or Report them to the mods, and they'll merge them for you (I already did that for you this time ) Also, if it seems like your post hasn't gone through, it's a good idea to refresh the page and see if the post went through anyway. A lot of times, it does! (Can you tell I have this problem often too?) Also, let me introduce you to our wiki, www.coppermind.net. Most of what we know about the Cosmere is there, and a lot of the questions you're asking can be found there too The coppermind editors are really thorough and amazing! Edited April 1, 2020 by RShara 1
0 Rosharan A.C. he/him Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 11 hours ago, LifeBeforeDeath said: What is ettmetal? I wasn't sure either, but I found an entry about ettmetal in the coppermind.
0 Raphaborn Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 On 09/11/2020 at 7:45 AM, LifeBeforeDeath said: What is ettmetal? Harmony's godmetal. It is part of the Malwish Airships prime box, and replicates Allomancy (and maybe Feruchemy).
0 One_Armed he/him Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 Maybe he can make a capsule that would be water proof and use it like that.
0 Weltall Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, One_Armed said: Maybe he can make a capsule that would be water proof and use it like that. If the metal isn't in direct contact, you can't burn it. It's why you can't coat one viable metal with another and burn both at once. Coating the metal with a shell of something unburnable would presumably work the exact same way, with the added fun factor that you won't be able to sense when that shell dissolves to the point the metal is burnable until it's too late and you end up with a literal case of explosive indigestion. Coating harmonium in a burnable metal and making a thin patch that reduces as much as possible its surface area (and thus exposure to water) might buy you a bit of time to get access to the metal to try and burn it before it explodes in your stomach if you can burn away that thin bit first, with the benefit of being more controllable. I think you'd want an unsealed goldmind handy before even thinking about testing it, though. 1
0 +Krox he/him Posted November 18, 2020 Posted November 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Weltall said: If the metal isn't in direct contact, you can't burn it. It's why you can't coat one viable metal with another and burn both at once. Coating the metal with a shell of something unburnable would presumably work the exact same way, with the added fun factor that you won't be able to sense when that shell dissolves to the point the metal is burnable until it's too late and you end up with a literal case of explosive indigestion. Coating harmonium in a burnable metal and making a thin patch that reduces as much as possible its surface area (and thus exposure to water) might buy you a bit of time to get access to the metal to try and burn it before it explodes in your stomach if you can burn away that thin bit first, with the benefit of being more controllable. I think you'd want an unsealed goldmind handy before even thinking about testing it, though. Pop in some duraluminium and burn through it all in one insane burst of whatever will happen. I do second your goldmind-thought though..! 1
0 Frustration Posted November 18, 2020 Posted November 18, 2020 My personal answer is to alloy it, and burn the alloy, as that will theoretically be more stable
0 +Krox he/him Posted November 19, 2020 Posted November 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Frustration said: My personal answer is to alloy it, and burn the alloy, as that will theoretically be more stable Would you still have the same effect though?
0 Frustration Posted November 19, 2020 Posted November 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Krox said: Would you still have the same effect though? Not likely
0 LifeBeforeDeath Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 4:46 PM, Frustration said: Not likely Yeah, alloys are generally quite different from their pair.
0 +Krox he/him Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 My point exactly! You could potentially get something else, which in itself might be interesting though - so the idea is worth exploring!
0 Kingsdaughter613 she/her Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Put it in the earring hole and burn it from there?
0 +Krox he/him Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 16 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said: Put it in the earring hole and burn it from there? That is intriguing! I'd use it quickly though, alkali-metals can react with the water on your skin and will make hydroxide which isn't good for you
0 Weltall Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 On 11/24/2020 at 6:29 AM, Kingsdaughter613 said: Put it in the earring hole and burn it from there? Brandon has talked about needing to get the metal 'into your spirit' so it would depend on if Brandon considers that 'good enough' and then if the allomancer themselves can perceive that as a metal reserve and attempt to burn it, which is probably a Cognitive trick. We do have WoBs about burning hemalurgic spikes in your body but they don't specify whether all spikes would work or if he was just thinking about things like chest spikes. I'm pretty sure we never get any indication from Vin that she sees her earring as a viable metal reserve (as a spike, it's definitely made of a burnable metal) which gets back to the perception thing; if it's possible then it must require the allomancer to first realize that it's an option. 1
0 The Titan God he/him Posted December 25, 2020 Posted December 25, 2020 To summarize, if you could find a way to burn ettmetal without it blowing up then yes, a Mistborn could burn ettmetal.
0 Raven Wilder Posted December 27, 2020 Posted December 27, 2020 What about a kandra who was given Allomantic abilities? Their bodily processes are weird enough, I could buy that they could take ettmetal into whatever counts as their stomach without bringing it in contact with moisture.
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