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Hmmmmmmmm. This seems suspicious, but as there is a lack of Pro F-Zinc organizations, I’m not particularly worried. Welcome to the Cult! Power in numbers (of storable attributes) has always been our strong suit! For joining, you get some spicy ramen to enjoy! And yeah, hard agree. One of my Alleyverse characters are an A-Bronze F-Tin Twinborn with 400 or so breaths, who also happens to be completely blind. There’s a lot of fun interactions with breaths, and I feel that it is criminally under-explored!

Welcome to the shard!! What is your favorite species of crustacean? (having a favorite IRL crustacean is a legal requirement for reading the Stormlight Archives, BTW).

That Atium counts as a sense…though perhaps you mind has changed? Welll, depending on how good being an F-zinc savant would be, and how much is needed to become one, it could be worthwhile. Let me elaborate: they wouldn’t be able to be accurate at guessing a lottery winner, they would just be good at intuiting where politics or certain houses are going. Basically by picking up on certain actions or emotions of nobles, and subconsciously intuiting that their house is close to bankruptcy or something of the like. Supernatural intuition, not supernatural luck.

My main wondering is because they wouldn’t have a cognitive aspect.

It certainly depends! What spike are you lookin for?

No, your idea of the Cognitive aspect needing to be present is a really good one. Just how Kelsier can “see” other people’s cognitive aspects in the form of Investiture, cognition and Invested-ness seems to be linked. Also the CR really only exists when there is sapient life present around it, so you probably can only soothe or riot those that are present in the Cognitive Realm. Actually, what does that mean for a puppy/baby going into the Cognitive Realm via perpendicularity?

Alllllrighty! Time for day 32! Random Twinborn Combo Day 32: A-Atium F-Zinc Okay so this combo is actually awesome. It’s also the first time I’ve rolled A-Atium, so let’s talk about it. Now, disclaimer, this is old atium, and technically the current semi-canon states that it is an alloy of electrum and atium, instated by Preservation in some funky way. And technically, all atium mistings are really electrum mistings. Buuuuut I’m going to save past that for the time being, as it is a whole different set of abilities, so we’ll just imagine that it’s its own thing. That said, A-Atium is really interesting. It taps into the Spiritual Realm to give the user access to fortune, allowing them to see the immediate future, for a small amount of time. And, because it is very nice, it also gives an increase in mental speed, allowing the burner to make use of this overwhelming power that they hold. So for me, which Alder vehemently rejects, A-Atium is broken into three parts: the Fortune, the mental speed, and the extra sense allowing you to make use of the Fortune. Conveniently enough, these are all things that can be reverse-compounded in some capacity. For this combo, we’ll be sticking to the mental speed. So using A-Atium, one can store extra mental speed, leaving a very difficult to manage god state at the cost of eventually becoming an F-Zinc savant. Conversely, one could just tap mental speed while burning Atium, leading to Super God Mode. Both are viable options. Resonance: Perhaps being a surprisingly good predictor of where current events will lead to? Name: Time Bender is a cool one, but it doesn’t really feel like a Mistborn-fitting name. Rating: 8/10 if they have access to Atium, 4/10 if they don’t.

Clotho, Spiritual Realm ”Ah, there you are.” A voice said. Turning towards the voice, Clotho looked. What horrors was she in for this time? Heart racing, She asked “Who are you? Where am I?” The voice, a younger man in a prim suit answered “Clotho? Are you okay? Is this one of your memory episodes?” He went to sit her down. “Let me go find your journal,” he said. Clotho, now alone, looked about her surroundings. This appeared to be an office of sorts, the type you would find on Scadrial. Was she on Scadrial? This seemed familiar, in a way. It appeared to be a laboratory of sorts, with items safely in cases around the room. “Doctor Clotho, the dating came back!” A perky voice said. This one belonged to a younger woman, wearing a lab coat and rounded glasses. Her eyes were a nice shade of hazel. “The artifacts from last week’s dig seems to have come from early Final Empire. Your guesses were correct!” Clotho was barely paying attention. Where even was she? Looking around, she inspected the glass cases closer. There were swords, damaged pottery, and ancient cloth. However, there was one that caught her eye. A gigantic metal spike, like the one she saw in that creature. Clotho shivered. ”Uuh…doctor? Are you…okay?” The girl had noticed that Clotho wasn’t listening, and seemed concerned. “Are you having one of your…episodes? How can I help?” The girl seemed to genuinely care for clitho. Who was this girl, and what was her relationship with Clotho? She seemed to be an assistant of sorts, but Clotho and her seemed…close, in a way. Suddenly, a piercing buzz filled Clotho’s ears. Sinking to the floor, she clasped her hands over her ears. The ringing didn’t get quieter. “Clotho! What is happening?” Clotho looked up, and a face came into view. The old woman from before. “You are not long for this realm. You must get out, before it is too late.” Gritting her teeth, Clotho muttered “Not before I get what I came here for.” “Clotho? What are you talking about? Someone! Help! Doctor Clotho is injured!” The ringing only got louder. She slipped, falling on her side, and all she saw was light. ——————————————————

Yes! Another member! The cult grows!

Random Twinborn Combo Day 31: A-Iron and F-Aluminum I don’t think we have explored much with F-aluminum, so let’s get into that. So F-aluminum stores spiritual identity, and it really isn’t very well understood. Spiritual identity is basically what makes you you, and most forms of healing is basically restoring your physical self to that of your spiritual self (it might be cognitive, but the point still stands). But what does it mean to have more or less identity? We…don’t really know. It probably does weird things, and my hunch is that it would make you not feel like yourself. All we really know is that with a blanked identity, one can create unkeyed metalminds and potentially use others’ metalminds. And that’s about it. Allomantic iron has been talked about a bit, and there’s not a lot I can expand on with this combo. So all I’ll say is that it is secretly pretty cool, and I feel like it was heavily underutilized in the books. Resonance: perhaps it would be easier to get inquisitor levels of ironsight? Given the whole “people are metal” thingy in Secret History? It’s a bit of a stretch, but investiture, spiritual realm, spiritual identity, people having investiture due to spiritwebs, there seems to be some connection there. Name: No clue Rating: 5/10, purely because we have no idea how aluminuminds work. Lurchers are pretty cool though.

Interesting! Probably down to 7.5 or so, but yeah. Thanks for the info!

Random Twinborn Combo Day 30: A-Electrum and F-Pewter This combo is actually really exciting, as I don’t believe we have hit either of these yet! Allomantic electrum is actually deceptively powerful. I think “poor man’s Atium” is a bit of a harsh name, as while it is not as overpowered as atium is, it is also still really rusting good. It also is much more accessible, so you can have it going more consistently than atium. Seeing your own actions, while initially disorienting, can make you really hard to kill. While you’re burning electrum, you can dodge any bullet, never get surprised, and dodge any physical attacks. It seems to also give the extra reaction time that atium gives, which is really nice. Overall, really strong combat metal. Now Feruchemantic pewter is also quite a good combat metal. We saw Sazed absolutely wreck with it. And even when you aren’t the hulk, being two or three times as beefy than your opponent is can be quite nice. While storing is a bit of a pain, it is nowhere near as bad as many others. Putting the two together, you have a tank that is really hard to kill and makes you wish that you too were as hard to kill. An extremely fierce fighter, and one that you would not want to mess with. Resonance: Additional agility and flexibility would probably work, and maybe, just maybe, you could have muscles build faster, though I would think that would be more of an A-pewter F-gold type of thing. Name: There’s got to be a good one, but it is eluding me at the moment. Suggestions welcome! Rating: 8.5/10, nearing 9/10. Really good for fighting, unfortunately not great for other things. Still, the absolute awesomeness in fighting gives it a few extra points.

That is amazing! But slightly concerning that my F-Tin loving efforts have not spread to the masses. There is still much work to be done….

Well I mean, technically speaking pain and touch are different receptors in the body. So I would think that the two could be stored separately, but it hasn’t really been spelled out. As for the headache thing, it is certainly something that could be stored, as, as far as I understand it, headaches are the same or similar nerve response that other types of pain are. Now, the question of external vs internal pain has come up, and while both can certainly be stored, the question is can they be stored separately, and that’s a bit of a question that my F-Tin senses post hasn’t really been able to have a clear answer on.

For theres the idea isn’t to store while doing something dangerous-it’s to store after you’ve hurt yourself. If you know what you’re doing, and the only thing you can really do for it is wait it out, not having it be in pain can be quite nice. Should you be doing this for a broken bone or a third degree burn? NO! Those are things where you need to get it treated, and generally speaking, it can be quite useful to have that pain. But having a quick touch on that frying pan that you forgot was still hot, or making the bad decision to drink the too hot tea anyway because you really want it, and getting a first degree burn that really just needs to go away with time? That’s when you use it.

Well, another day, another post gushing about F-Tin. In this installation of this overly long series, I will be covering what I think is one of F-Tin’s strong points: General improvement to day-to-day life. I will be going this down by the senses, and breaking those into storing and tapping. I’ll only stick to the base five plus pain, as those are the only real confirmed ones, and this will be one of my few posts where I don’t overspeculate. Now that we know the rules, let’s get started! Sight Tapping: So tapping sight is kind weird, as instead of improving sight in general, it basically acts as zooming in, giving you binocular vision. Great for reading small text, spotting something far away, being great at finding Waldo, and getting easy access to the menu above the counter at a fast food restaurant. Have you ever wanted to zoom in like you can on your phone in the real world? With F-Tin, you can! Additionally, for any of my fellow glasses users, one can go without em for a bit, or just push the limits of your current prescription, so you have more of an excuse to put off that eye appointment that you’ve been two years overdue for. Storing: So generally speaking, losing sight is not that great of a thing. And I will admit, there are very few cases in which this would be helpful. I would say that it is a solid excuse for “not seeing something.” “You were in the room! How did you not see the baby throwing up everywhere?” ”Oh, I was storing my sightmind!” Hearing Tapping: Increasing general heating can honestly be so nice. You can listen in on conversations, hear what someone’s shouting across the house easier, listen to the birds really well, and generally have a volume control across your whole life. Don’t want to wake up anyone when you are binging a Netflix show? Just leave it at an unreasonably low volume and use your hearingmind to adjust the volume. Forgot your earbuds for the umpteenth time? Hearingminds have you covered. Storing: Blocking out your annoying siblings has never been easier. If there are distractions, blocking them out is a breeze. For those with ADHD, I could certainly see this being a lifesaver. You can also make the excuse of not hearing people when they ask you to do something you don’t want. Touch Tapping: Honestly, this would just be plain cool. Being able to feel any texture with utmost intricacy would frankly be amazing. But if you want examples, I give you petting a cat or dog. Never will you let a softer thing. It would be heaven. Additionally, any comfy blanket just became 10x more comfy. Just a really nice ability to have. Storing: have you ever had the issue of liking the flavor of a food, but disliking the texture? This can solve that problem. Additionally, if you are handling something gross, not feeling it could be quite nice. Taste Tapping: Your favorite foods just got even tastier. That’s all I have to say. Great addition, and I want it. Storing: If you are forced to eat something gross, or just want to prank your friends, storing taste can be awesome. Additionally, eating medicine or accidentally having medicine stuck in your throat just got easier to deal with. Smell Tapping: so interestingly enough t, this would also help your sense of taste. So more tastiness did you! Additionally, being able to smell fresh cooked bread at a distance like never before is some quality stuff. Storing: Taking out trash and rotten food, unclogging toilets, and drying your dog has now become bearable. You’re welcome. Pain Tapping: This one is a bit of an oddball of the group. Generally, tapping is supposed to be the benefit, but here, it usually isn’t. However, if you are a sucker for spicy things, this could potentially help. Storing: Honestly, all I have to say is never getting headaches again, but I’ll say more. If you’re a sports player, that injury that you know is okay, but still hurts won’t be an issue. Also, burning yourself isn’t as bad as it used to be, which is nice. One of the most interesting applications, however, is not having limbs falling asleep. The pins and needles are a nerve response, so theoretically, this would cut it off. Also, would that mean physical anxiety symptoms and nerves from upcoming performances could dissipate as well? Probably. For an anxious human like myself that has really irritating physical symptoms, that would be very nice indeed. And that’s the list! If you have more to add, please do! Personally, I think F-Tin is far and away the best metal for people that aren’t politicians, warriors, or scientists. It’s useful for a myriad of smaller situations, and is just awesome. It’s six QoL superpowers in one! And if this has taken you over the edge for joining the F-Tin cult, I welcome you. More members are always welcome, and I assure you that I won’t stop gushing about its awesomeness anytime soon. A shameless plug for the uninitiated:

Honestly, I don’t really know. I find it hard to ever give things a 10/10, because to me, that means that they are perfect, which leads to others contesting that claim. If you are saying 10/10 as in how sushi is a 10/10, and hoodies are 10/10 (not perfect, and not necessarily perfect for every scenario, but pretty darn close), then this combo, along with A-Iron F-Tin, and maybe, depending on whether me or Alder is right about the whole A-gold debate, A-Gold F-Tin, is where I would give a 10/10.

The Frogs. They Shall Be Straight No Longer.

Random Twinborn Combo Day 29: A-Steel and F-Tin Alright folks, this, at least for a while, was my favorite Twinborn combo. I might be slightly preferential to A-Iron and F-Tin, but this one has the generic awesomeness that I love. Forst off, you have Allomantic Steel, which is just really fun. Deflecting bullets, turning things into bullets, and shooting into the sky like a bullet. All the high speed combat action you need. And from a domestic’s perspective, getting from place to place quickly without the need for a car is mighty nice. You could also close doors at a distance, which can certainly be nice. Additionally, while burning it, you can see every source of metal around the place, and have 360 degree vision. So good luck to anyone sneaking up on ya. And then there’s F-Tin. My sweet, sweet F-Tin. I have gushed on it plenty, so I won’t hush more here, but I will send you all over to my revived F-Tin cult where I highlight why F-Tin is my favorite Feruchemantic metal, and why it should be yours too: Now that you all have been briefed with the two separately, and have hopefully joined my cult of loyal followers of the one supreme metallic truth, let’s put the two together. You would have a character that can move all around the place, can deflect most conventional weapons (swords, guns, etc.), can see and hear pretty much anyone and everything in their vicinity, can be immune to pain when necessary, can turn simple objects into deadly weapons, and improve their quality of life significantly (tasty things are tastier, laziness has never been easier, petting dogs and cats has never been nicer, any bad smells or sounds hardly exist), you can see why I like them. And on top of the two just being really nice own their own, you can also reverse compound with them, storing steel sight for temporary bursts of being able to paint an intricate picture of everything around you when needed. Additionally, given the weirdness of reverse compounding, I would argue that you would at least become a steelsightmind savant, given that you are tapping attributes that you don’t normally have. @alder24, I know I’m going to get flak for this, but if you can reach savantism through compounding or using unkeyed metalminds, you have to be able to make it work through reverse compounding as well. I doubt you would get to be a full F-Tin savant, but at least for the steelsight portion. Anyway, I just love this combination. Resonance: External pushing metal plus internal sense-enhancing metal, eh? Well, I think something like a more acute sense of sight or hearing would be in order, but I doubt that would come in the form of a simple better hearing and eyesight. Perhaps improved color recognition and pitch recognition? Or, if you want to stretch it a bit, perhaps the ability to tune out certain noises and amplify others through hearingminds? Name: Gargoyle is quite a good one. Sitting up high in a tower, overseeing the bustle down below… Rating: 9.5/10. For me, it doesn’t get much better than this. Complexity, power, coolness, it’s all there. But I don’t have it in myself to give it a perfect rating…

Yep! It’s gettin ever closer!!!

Nono, you’re right. Second time I’ve made this mistake!

I know, I know. Here’s the post. Random Twinborn Combo Day 28: A-Bendalloy and F-Electrum Well given that one creates a bubble where you can do more in less time, and the other allows you to keep going at something over a large amount of time, I would say the synergy is quite straightforward. Get 5 degrees in the span of three years! The ultimate workaholic or over-studious Twinborn combo. Not much more to say than that, but still, it could be quite nice for sure. Resonance: I would say that they would naturally be a quick learner, and pick up on topics faster than most. Name: Quickstudy, hands down Rating: 7.5/10. Cool, but not too cool. As a side note, I’m not loving how much I’m pushing the time on these posts. There’s a chance, at some point soon-ish, but we’ll see, that I will need someone to sub in for about a week to enable some recharging time for myself. This isn’t a particularly difficult task, and it is one that I enjoy, but commitments are commitments, and when you kinda have to do something every day, burning out, at least for a little bit, is generally inevitable. We’ll see tho. It looks like I’m approaching that point, but haven’t gotten there yet. I’ll keep y’all posted!

Had I not been the lord of F-Tin, I would be the lord of puns.

Wow, I’m posting these later and later. Perhaps I should do something about that… Random Twinborn Combo Day 27: A-Aluminum and F-Bendalloy So Allomantic aluminum (and to some degree, duralumin) are mostly useless Allomantic abilities. There are theoretical uses (primer cubes, for example), but for this series, I will likely be focusing on the resonances they can create rather than the potential improbable use of them. With that said, let’s get to F-Bendalloy. Feruchemantic Bendalloy stores calories, as in the energy bodies need to keep functioning over extended periods of time. So basically, while storing, unless there is a constant supply of food that you’re munching down, it will cause starvation. But when tapping, you can go without having to eat for extended periods of time. Overall, if managed correctly, storing of this could be quite easy to do. Not the most powerful of Feruchemantic abilities, but it could certainly still be a useful one. I mean, you could always be in shape, with losing weight being insanely easy. Resonance: Perhaps greater control over fat distribution around the body? So you would be able to form your body to better match your ideal self? Name: Not A Clue. Rating: 6/10. Not bad, but it’s just a slightly better Subsumer.

That makes me wonder…are babies, potentially even toddlers, immune to emotional allomancy?