[17:45] <Anna> Do you like reading?
[17:46] <Anna> I kinda really want to get you to read a book series. >_> But I remember I've sent you copies of books before and afaik you never really read them.
[17:46] <_Lizzie_> uh, sure, I just have to be in a mood to put other shit down to read
[17:46] <_Lizzie_> why?
[17:46] <Anna> Because I really wanna get you to read the Mistborn series. 'Cause it's totes awesome. XD
[17:47] <Anna> I think you'd really like it. It has some really cool and well-detailed magic systems in it.
[17:47] <Anna> And really great characters.
[17:47] <Anna> And it's emotional and smart
[17:47] <Anna> And I kinda love it
[17:47] <_Lizzie_> hmm
[18:03] <_Lizzie_> you have been squeeing over it for the past couple of days
[18:03] <Anna> Yes I have, heh.
[18:09] <Anna> RE Mistborn: Lemme explain Allomancy, 'cause it's really cool, and the primary magic system in the setting. Allomancy works by ingesting metals, and then by "burning" the metals inside them, Allomancers are able to draw on powers, depending on which metal they burn. Mistborn can use all the Allomantic metals, and are quite rare. More common are Mistings, who are only able to use one Allomantic metal. Examples: Pewter. When an Allomancer burns pewter they basically become like Wolverine, able to survive wounds that would otherwise kill them, become stronger, faster, more agile, etc. Steel: When burned, the allomancer sees faint blue lines tracing outward from their body towards any nearby sources of metal. The can then focus on the lines and push against them, and depending on their weight and the weight of the metal they're pushing, either the metal will go flying in that direction, or they will fly away from the metal in question. Iron has the opposite effect from steel, allowing you to pull a metal towards yourself instead of pushing it away.
[18:09] <Anna> Then there's some more interesting stuff, like Atium, a very very rare and mystical metal. When burning Atium, an Allomancer can see a few seconds into the future and their minds are enhanced to process this information, basically letting them react to incoming attacks before they even occur. This power is so potent that it allows people with NO OTHER POWERS, to fight against and beat creatures that are basically ogres. Lots of them. I'm talking like, 1 otherwise normal person burning atium able to fight and win against dozens and dozens of creatures that range from 5-13 feet tall and are inhumanly strong.
[18:11] <Anna> I really like Allomancy, because it's so unique and
really well fleshed-out in how it works. A lot of magic systems in fantasy novels leave things very vague, but Mistborn basically explains in quite a lot of detail how the three different magic systems in it work, and they're all quite cool. All three magic systems are based around metal.
[18:18] <Anna> Some other allomantic metals: Tin, the compliment of Pewter. All Allomantic metals are paired, doing similar but often opposite things. Tin enhances the senses instead of the body, allowing the Allomancer to see, hear, smell and all that jazz much more sharply. It also enhances the mind, allowing you to think more clearly. Zinc lets you enflame emotions in people, and you're able to focus on specific emotions if you want, but it doesn't let you read minds. The compliment to Zinc is Brass, which lets you soothe emotions instead. Bronze lets you sense other people using Allomancy, and if you're really good with it, it lets you sense what kind of Allomancy is being used, and Copper makes you immune to Zinc and Brass, and it hides you and anyone nearby from someone using Bronze. And there are 8+ other metals that all have detailed effects of what they can and can't do. And it's really
good and consistent and awesome.
[18:18] * Anna really likes this series.
[18:18] <_Lizzie_> so can you use more then one at a time if you're mistborn
[18:19] <Anna> Yes. A Mistborn can use all the metals.
[18:19] <Anna> And can use all of them at once if they want to.
[18:19] <_Lizzie_> huh
[18:20] <_Lizzie_> and they... EAT the metal?
[18:20] <_Lizzie_> HERE HAVE A INGOT
[18:20] <_Lizzie_> GROM NOM NOM NOM
[18:20] <Anna> Usually drink it. Powdered metal stored in vials of oil to prevent corrosion.
[18:21] <_Lizzie_> nb4 lead poisoning for all the mages
[18:21] <Anna> Lead isn't an allomantic metal
[18:21] <Anna> Also burning the metal removes it from their body
[18:22] <Anna> It actually mentions in the book that allomancers pretty much always burn away their metalreserves before going to sleep, to prevent it from poisoning them.
