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I intended the entire suit, including the helm, but focused on the helm specifically as per the WOB it is the helm specifically that would particularly important with emotional allomancy.

Huh, it's been years since I've read the scene, but I was almost certain that Vin wasn't the only one affected.

We know that in general that wearing a shardplate helm would help protect the wearer from emotional allomancy. However, often in the cosmere it's not a black and white matter of whether something can be done, or can't be done, but instead a matter of how powerful they need to be, or how much investiture is needed. For example, a normal misting cannot pierce a coppercloud, but an Inquisitor with additional bronze spikes can, and the Lord Ruler easily can. Likewise, a coppercloud can block a brass/zinc misting, but not emotional allomancy from the Lord Ruler. Metal cannot be easily effected by allomantic steel/iron if it pierces a person's body, and metalminds are extremely hard to push against, but Mist-fueled Vin was able to do so. So on, and so forth. So, although we know that a shardplate helm would block a normal level of emotional allomancy, does it not stand to reason that someone as powerful as the Lord Ruler, whose soothing is shown to be many, many times over more powerful than normal base level emotional allomancy, would be able to have some effect on the person regardless of their shardplate?

We know that a shardplate helm can help shield the wearer's mind from emotional allomancy per WOB, similar to how a coppercloud can. We also know that a coppercloud and an aviar like Kokerlii produce a similar effect, also per WOB. Thus, could wearing shardplate including a helm, make the wearer undetectable to creatures who hunt via sensing the mind, like nightmaws?

I may be bad at math, but I'm usually pretty good with understanding the effects it describes The heat radiated by limbs moving that fast could also effect the surface tension I'd assume, although maybe it would be happening too fast for the heat to have much of an effect? The warmer water is the less surface tension it has as I understand it. The stillness of the water would also have an effect on how easily you could walk on top it as well, correct? I assume the surface tension on a completely still body of water would be stronger, or at least more stable and less prone to being broken than water that is rough with waves or turbulent rapids. Which begs another question.....if you were to walk on top of a body of water that is smooth, but moving (ex. a large, non-turbulent river) what would walking on that be like? Would it be like walking on a giant treadmill belt?

I'd say Mistborn with F-steel. The only major downside in my opinion is you lack the healing the feruchemist has access to.

A fair point. I was cursed to be born right-brained On-topic. Would making yourself that much lighter make it extremely difficult to run at all? Air has resistance too after all.

Math...it gives me a headache.

Yeah, no. Lol, like: Colors! Storms/Storming! Rust and Ruin! Shadows! Nights! Starvin' By the Mists! Kelek's Breath Etc.

Wrong answer! Colors! It's the only answer.

I'm going to say no. A Smoker, even the most powerful possible, would be but a sliver of a full shard's power. If that shard intended to detect the Smoker I suspect they could. Emotional allomancy I would say the same thing, but I don't think emotional manipulation is necessarily a power wielded by all shards in the way of zinc or brass allomancy. It's just a whole different ballpark of power involved. Now, if they weren't actively looking for the Smoker or were distracted or something, sure it may be possible.

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Yep, we can presume certain things, but I don't think it's ever been confirmed or expanded upon.

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Yooooou.....WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THAT? I cry every...freaking...time.