Cam
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They can take shifts, and also are uniquely suited to not dying if flung off a turbine.
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By definition, compounding gives more than you put in. You compound to get extra something from an external source. Whether these extra memories are useful or relevant is a different question.
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As I said, I know it's not actually a swastika, but to someone who hasn't read Elantris, it's probably a little close. Thanks for hearing me out.
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Not with copper, but how else could it work, you get more "memory" then you put in Wait, have I not put Iron Turbine on here? I might have only discussed it IRL, So imagine a ferris wheel connected to a turbine, and in each wheelcar sits an iron ferring. As they go up, they store mass, as they go down, they tap mass. Fasts ensue.
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Given the Aon system, this particular Aon was inevitable, but I feel it's not the best to decorate the forum with. Out of curiosity, do you know which Aon it is?
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It is rare when the processing tech hasn't developed yet.
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I feel like maybe we should have a different symbol for the Arcanum Archive Link in the forums list. Like, it's clearly an Aon, but maybe one less reminiscent of a certain highly unpleasant ideology. Sorry to be that guy. [EDIT]: Also the TWG archive link.
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I know a few people who might be interested, I'll let them know.
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I think they're described as small orange hands that just crawl about around the pain. I honestly think they're far scarier than their size would imply, especially if they're guarding such an expensive and powerful object.
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Remember, when compounding, restoring things isn't a problem anymore. Aluminium Compounding is not the most powerful admittedly. Copper Compounding gives you more memories than you actually had, I'm guessing this means details you didn't personally observe, information you had no way of actually getting. Iron Compounding can be used for infinite power (as a more efficient version of the old "Ironminds on a turbine" idea) Bendalloy Compounding (and then immediately storing) means you never need to eat or drink again ever. Cadmium Compounding can be used to indefinitely explore underwater, in areas that contain toxic gasses, or theoretically, space (with a pressure suit). (I had a Cadmium MAG character who was a chemist specialising in toxic gas)
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Related: the small orange spren guarding it, I think they might be painspren. Not messing about.
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Maybe Felt is the fabled Kandra Worldhopper? EDIT: Almost definitely, he is described as one of house Venture's cheif spies, but also "Felt sat down with the keen litheness of one of his kind" Seems pretty likely to me.
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But they don't search inside the body, only outside. But yes, surely someone has autopsied several, and would have noticed by now.
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We know that the parshendi discourage disturbance of their dead, and that bridgemen on chasm duty are among the only humans who interact with parshendi corpses. We also know that regular parshmen attend to their own dead and let humans have nothing to do with it. What if Parshfolk have Gemhearts?
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For the MAG, I ran a villain as part of a dynasty of chromium compounders. "But the chance of your children also be- oh nevermind"
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I'm not saying it's not useful. I'm saying that unless it works by providing an equal and opposite force to what it destroys, (which is possible, but would have some really wierd implications) it is by definition end negative. Energy is lost overall.
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But it's still a power that seems to literally destroy investiture in a specific form, very much net negatively.
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in the MAG, it indeed usually only burns what is already being burned. There's a stunt that forces them to burn something, but I'd say stunts are less canon than the actual power.
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Full feruchemists can store nourishment in a metalmind, and then convert it to a Nicrosil mind as investiture. If they are also a compounder of either of the two necessary metals, you have a HyperLift, the most awesome thing ever to live
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You can still tap normally, this is crucial, as burning it is too fast, so you may get all these bonus charges, but only for a second. The trick is usually to burn and restore.
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Allomancy is meant to be a net positive art, Aluminium and Chromium seem net negative (or at least net neutral) Who thinks they'll do more than we know about?
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Metalminds small enough to swallow for compounding.
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I wonder, on Scadrial, during the original trilogy, Elend's white suit is actually light grey (I think it's in the Hero of Ages annotations). But as far as Scadrians were concerned at the time, it was a brilliant white. They had never seen something that light before. Would this perception do anything to an awakener on Scadrial? Perception is after all very important to Investiture, and especially awakening.
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Doesn't he wear it for the climactic fight, something about "wearing it only while praying or doing something important and if this doesn't count as important, what does?" Or something.
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So, since I believe it is confirmed that Wax's earring is a spike, what do you think it actually is? My guess is it has something to do with his incredible marksmanship. I don't know what metal that would be. Probably one of the newer metals, with as yet unknown hemalurgic properties.
