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1 hour ago, Trusk'our said:

Exactly; Steel Inquisitor spikes are meant for intimidation, which is the primary reason they're so big. Having small spikes is also good if you want to be able to swap them out without dying too (and of course keeping people from asking too many questions).

The Path makes this even easier, you can put an appropriate Spike in your ear and no one will question it because it's part of a religion.

He certainly doesn't look like a Hemalurgist, which I guess is the point, wouldn't want anyone asking too many questions about how you're not dead from being a pincushion.

1 minute ago, Trusk'our said:

True, but Hemalurgy can't take Cognitive aspects from a donor, just the Spiritual aspects that then have an effect on the recipient's Cognitive aspect, such as having boosted memory or intelligence (WoB). Though the roundabout Feruchemy method should still work, I'd think.

But on the other hand, it's still a cool idea and I'd just disregard what I say against it if you like the concept for your character 

Ah I see. Well maybe he will need to use a roundabout method. Or maybe I'll just have him be a decent detective. Or interrogator. Batman-style.

2 minutes ago, Trusk'our said:

You know, I wonder if I should make a post about that concept- it sounds somewhat plausible to me; you could give yourself an attribute spike and gain the magical boost it provides, though you'd have to quickly remove the spike (after writing down the memories inside, in this case) before it turned you into a monster. Also could make an interesting story point in a MAG setting.

It takes 4 Iron Spikes to (very quickly) turn someone into a Koloss, so maybe 1 or 2 won't result in a monster, just a really buff guy. Likely with some mental detriments.

5 minutes ago, Trusk'our said:

As a side note, I was thinking up of a character that followed a similar rout; they'd be a Steel Inquisitor that stole a Keeper's Copperminds and managed to access them with the Feruchemy stolen from that Keeper (possibly to get info necessary to hunt down the other Keepers). The memories they take would war within them and cause the Inquisitor to truly question their loyalty the TLR and his ministry.

That would be an interesting story, until Ruin gets out and takes control of him anyway. Unless this takes place way before the first book.

8 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

Interesting. I don't know if Hemalurgic copper would straight up work for that, but if you grafted on F-copper via Hemalurgy and forced them to store their memories (maybe by breaking into their Spiritweb via the Hemalurgic Flaw), then spiked them to get a sufficient Identity to draw those memories, that might be a more roundabout way of making such a tactic work. 

The Hemalurgic properties of Copper states that it steals 'Intelligence, Mental Fortitude and Memories'. That's what I'm basing this off of. Though due to Hemalurgic Decay the memories are fuzzier and somewhat distorted.

8 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

Is he a Kandra that can avoid the physical warping of Hemalurgically added human attributes, or did he find another way to sidestep it?

Nah he's just a dude who had a really sucky past, with the human attributes he just only uses a single Copper Spike at a time and only for a little while so he can write down the memories he takes. 

8 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

Also, does drawing those memories cause weird complications? Does he have personality alteration and whatnot that he has to fight against? Could be some interesting storytelling potential there.

Didn't think of that but yeah that would make sense, the fear of losing one's sense of self to the very criminals you kill to protect others, slowly being twisted into what you fight. Yeah that's some quality angst/horror material. Thanks.

3 minutes ago, Trusk'our said:

Sounds like a cool character 

Thanks. He would also be a little bit of Jack the Ripper for the worst criminals.

Using Copper Spikes to straight up rip out memories of members of criminal organizations to further his investigations.

Yeah, definitely not quite Batman.

I also had an idea for a story based on the premise of a vigilante using Hemalurgy for good.

He'd have A-Iron and F-Steel, one of them being natural. Along with probably A-Bronze and A-Zinc.

He'd be the Scadrian version of Batman. That's all I'll say.

Amazing work!

I have a few questions. Will you be doing other iconic scenes with this kind of comic-book style?

Will you be coloring this and posting it?

Either way this is a great thing you've made and you should feel proud.