Tamriel Wolfsbaine

So intent is a massive part of investiture usage in the cosmere. Electrum is a viable option against atium. I will concede that atium is countered due to Vin constantly countering it with electrum. Leeching is insanely powerful but it does not instantly clear all metals and metal minds when it is used. Not to mention if Vin chose to leech via touch plus kill she is needing to hit 2 attack rolls vs an extremely powerful enemy who is already in position to only need to hit 1. Plus F steel is way more busted than leeching anyways.

If we are taking era 2 metals from inquisitors do we allow them atium and take it from Vin? Or are we working on the simple assumption that inquisitors were only mistings when created and would struggle with access to those spikes?

I wonder how that would work against other arts and just how potent it is. I assume seeing into the future to avoid an attack still requires having enough reation time to make it out alive. Atium allows you to see another person's future and process what that means so that you can react with inhuman speed. Electrum allows you to see your own futures but seeing your own future changes your future so you just see a bunch of shadows and can't truly comprehend them all. I guess when your opposition has insane amounts of speed they could move faster than what atium will allow a person to react to. Electrum again is so difficult to comprehend that I imagine opponents speed would be able to surpass it as well. For chromium feruchemy though, without it allowing you to directly see into the future, would speed increases in your opposition ever get great enough for you to naturally be in the right place at the right time? Also how much do you think thought plays into chromiums ability to work. If you think about making that decision to move would that change the outcome? Or do you have to be almost thoughtless in your moves like the scene when Vin tried to consciously make an unconscious decision?

I sort of think that most magic systems start to lose a bit of that umph as technology advances as well. For the metallic arts (and more specifically allomancy) it feels like even more of a hit because the whole genetic dilution of the magic potency on top of the technological advancements. I think era 2 offers a cool look at the in-between of op magic and op technology. Makes me wonder how impacted other systems will be when they see the further advancements in their own worlds. But I imagine every era where technology starts evolving into more modern times will have a large impact on all of the systems. I know the mistborn vs radiant battle simulation has been beaten down a billion times and maybe this isn't a popular opinion... but if you plucked down a scadrial human born with no powers at all, gave him a couple medallions and a few guns in the middle of Roshar he would turn a few heads... even from plate clad knights. Get a steel medallion and a 45-70 and go to work. The progression of technology will dilute the mysticism that magic systems provide the story of any planet. Thankfully scadrial still has a ton more secrets for readers to learn even if they aren't directly tied to the metallic arts. I just enjoy the almost steampunk feel of the era 2 books and think it is fun to see the characters cope with the nearly unlimited potential of power combinations. We haven't even started to dig into the spiritual feruchemy metals... I want to see F chromium on screen for a bit and compare it to atium already.

So if A copper doesn't really offer protection, would specific blessings offer more protection to a kandra than just a copper cloud? Is it the blessing of presence or blessing of stability that acts like an aluminum hat for kandra? According to the wiki one of them helps resist A zinc and brass and the other helps against shards control? There isn't a ton of depth on any of the wiki pages for specific blessings and exactly what they do. I have a new found interest in kandra as of late and am curious how powerful a blessing is when compared to other parts of systems. I think one page likened awareness to A tin, but does it cut through the mists like tin or is it more magnified vision when needed like a feruchemist. Same thing with potency. Does the blessing that increases physical aspects of a kandra work more like koloss just taking human strength. It seems it offers an amount of speed and aids in endurance as well but maybe doesn't offer the density and healing that say A pewter does. Kandra are awesome and I really hope Wax and Wayne part 4 sheds more light on them.