I mean, it IS furnace slag...
The Life and Suffering in Sigmar Empire: Warhammer Fantasy Wizard Advisor Quest
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The problem is that the required temperature to melt this metal is higher than the temperature required to convert the iron from molten metal to gaseous form. Using rune magic you can create the necessary temperature, but you need to re-equip all the instruments using rune magic and protect them from such high temperatures.
Damn, that's a freakishly high melting point.
In fact of the matter. Rune magic allows you to stick your hand into molten iron without serious consequences, but even it has problems with such temperatures. Beyond a certain temperature level, even magical defenses have a problem with safety because they are designed for relatively "normal" heat levels, not near astronomical ones.
It's gonna be fun making alloys with our funny little chips through the power of magic.
Hopefully ones that can be worked a little more conventionally.
Hopefully ones that can be worked a little more conventionally.
In fact, working with him is not that difficult. The plasticity temperature where you can shape it with a forging hammer is much lower. Both you and the dwarves managed to achieve this temperature level, a blast furnace can handle it. However, achieving meltdown is a completely different matter, and here you are already the pioneers.
Alternatively, you could use Fool's Gold to pour this metal into a mold and thus obtain the item you need.
Achieving the required level of sharpening is quite problematic, given that you need a material with a strength no lower than natural sapphire. However, you may well limit yourself to creating a mace.
Sertorius
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Aye.
While we can make simple objects using our Fool's Gold workaround, to try and hammer out something more complicated (like a sword or a helmet) will be impossible due to the time limit of the spell.
You can use spell few times to one thing, so you theoretically can create sword. But helmet and other armor will useless, because metal density is higher than steel, so it will weight much more
I just know that pure Tungsten (if that is what this is) is surprisingly easy to shatter for a metal, and I am hoping that some alloying will alleviate any such issues for it.
Also we need some Perpetual Apprentices with Fool's Gold up here eventually, repetitive magical labour like casting Fool's Gold on endless chips of Wolf's Foam is what they are made for
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This is a common problem with almost all materials with high Mohs strength - they have little flexibility. They have excellent abrasion resistance, but are extremely poor against impact loads. Diamond is the embodiment of this problem. But metals really benefit from alloying.
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Was just checking out this quest and wanted to let you know the map link seems broken.
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Perhaps the Ancestor Gods could well achieve the desired result. As is always the case with such mythologized figures, it is difficult to say what exactly they might have done. Plus, they are Gods. It means weird shit, and the dwarves, even at their best, couldn't match their work.
So is this metal actually tungsten? That would fit something with an insanely high melting point and that is much harder and denser than iron.
I looked up ther wikipedia page on tungsten and found something interesting. "Tungsten's hardness and high density make it suitable for military applications in penetrating projectiles."
A lot of creatures in warhammer fantasy are very tough and ordinary bullets might not do much. But if our character, someone who just spent a godawful amount of actions training himself to shoot, were to craft some bullets out of this material? They might have an effect on creatures who can shrug off ordinary bullets.
It should also be good for metalworking files.
I looked up ther wikipedia page on tungsten and found something interesting. "Tungsten's hardness and high density make it suitable for military applications in penetrating projectiles."
A lot of creatures in warhammer fantasy are very tough and ordinary bullets might not do much. But if our character, someone who just spent a godawful amount of actions training himself to shoot, were to craft some bullets out of this material? They might have an effect on creatures who can shrug off ordinary bullets.
It should also be good for metalworking files.
Only if you can get powder good enough to launch tungsten an appreciable distance, and barrels that can handle something as hard as tungsten ripping through them.
Lead is incredibly forgiving in comparison.
Lead is incredibly forgiving in comparison.
Why use gunpowder, can't we just use telekinesis? Can our telekinesis generate that much velocity with an object?
If only Leonherd were some sort of engineering and alchemical genius (able to custom engineer both the barrel and the gunpowder) who could tackle questions like that, eh?
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If this metal is tungsten, then i wonder how it would interact with chamon, as the wind is attracted to heavy and dens metal.
QM said some time ago that our telekinesis has neither the speed nor strength for combat.
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On an unrelated note, I'm glad Maria was accepted into the Colleges. I could see her becoming a fantastic potion maker with their resources. Though I am surprised she's potentially going to be transferred to the Gold Order. She didn't seem the type for that imo.
Sertorius
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Like I said, even if she won't become a fully-fledged Wizard due to her talent for magic being weak, she will still benefit, nevermind the College she will ultimately attend. Maria will receive a good education, a roof over her head and protection against outside threats. Due to her talent for alchemy, which is a solid boon for any College, they probably won't expel Maria with magic-dampening jewelry, but keep her around as a Perpetual Apprentice.
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My policy is quite simple - I neither confirm nor deny such statements. Within the universe, many chemical elements are not yet known, so it does not matter what this metal would be called in our world. Here it is you who are its discoverer, and you have the honor of naming it.
But this is an excellent argument. I always support such discussions. Particularly hard bullet material does pose a problem for barrel life.
Your telekinesis is more like a Magic Hand spell rather than a Catapult. This is to put it in DnD language.
You had the opportunity at the start of the quest to take a perk that would give you more knowledge of gunpowder. You didn't take it.
This metal truly and extremely actively accepts this particular Wind of Magic. Theoretically, one could even try to create a condensing device, if only the production of the matell itself would not be labor-intensive.
Not every alchemist who uses Ghyran has a penchant for Jade College. It's just that this Wind of Magic is the most desirable from the point of view of a common person; maintaining health is always valuable. In addition, they are considering this possibility largely due to the fact that she quickly took a conflicting position with the teacher, and therefore they assumed that her skills could be useful in the Golden College, where alchemy is most actively used.
Sertorius
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Only for a human.
But what about somebody much stronger, like an Ogre for example? Imagine one clad in this metal from head to toe.
I believe the Dwarfs do have an improved recipe in the form of drakepowder, which still remains their state secret, as they did not share it with humans alongside regular gunpowder. That would probably be a good enough propellant, if we could make a better gun barrel.
Or for a dwarf. Their smaller size and spherical shape means they can afford heavier armor.But what about somebody much stronger, like an Ogre for example? Imagine one clad in this metal from head to toe.
1. Good luck getting the prescription.
2. The use of such powder also increases the load on the barrel itself.