Can't buy cold iron without the other three.

Ah yes, Kipling. A classic.

And Iron + Carbon = Steel

@@dubuyajay9964but with iron you can TAKE the others. That’s why iron is king.

I know that song.

RFG's solve nearly all kinetic energy problems...

F = M × A Want more F use more A

@@julesmasseffectmusic why not both?

Increasing mass means you need bigger cartiridges, bigger barrels more acceleration can be done with more boom or, electricity, so on a wieght to impact ratio your better off. Hydrogen/helium for fusion take up less space than iron/tungsten.

Also as an Ozzie F and A have other meanings. So the joke is better as it's multi layered

Everyone knows dragons have a 2nd set of lungs connected to their bladder to collect water and separate the oxygen from the hydrogen and when they expel the surplus the hydrogen ignites on their platinum teeth.

The hydrogen is how the beasts manage to get airborne, they are reptilian hindebergs .

Sounds like an Artificer that decided to cut open a dragon, and refashion their element glands into a rechargeable element-thrower

By "many many years ago" he means the 1970s! Lol My man played the first published "cross-genre" rpg. Looks rad tho

I remember this game, class, and description. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

It's mentioned in the story the more impure iron is, the less effective it is. So i doubt steel would work

Steel is around 90% iron...

@@Humuhumunukunukuapaa yeah but its still impure, and also the composition of iron and other metals make steel a much different metal thatn iron

A lot of fae legends speak of iron as being "cold" as an adjective to express hardness, weight, destructive potential, or general quality. Much like you might hear "cold steel" used to describe the use of swords, maces, and other such weapons in later works. That is, works that were written after steelmaking became enough of a science to be reliable. Modern readers of such tales read "cold iron" as some kind of significance in comparison to steel and similar alloys. As a result, modern fantasy tends to either have "cold iron" as a unique metal or just referring to iron in a pure state, with the magical quality of nullifying faerie work, sometimes all magic regardless of its origin. A common thread is that any kind of alloying, forging, or smelting destroys the metal's usefulness. Cold iron must remain cold, otherwise it's just iron. It's literally fairy tale logic. The narrative, not the science, defines reality. Metallurgy isn't important.

most bullets hardly have any iron or steel in them. Even armor piercing rounds are either tungsten tip or core. And arrows are equally useless. Sure the arrow head can be made of pure iron, but the shaft and feathers can't bee. And if you shoot it and it all turns to nothing except the arrow head. As for knives, axes and swords. It would have to be entirely made of iron, as anything wrapping the tang or helping you hold the handle would disappear And a pure iron axe or sword, is HEAVY. As for bombs, you would have to construct them from scratch and probably have bombers carry them as most modern bombs don't weigh what iron bombs would. Knives, steel shields and chainmail armor and mk 2 frag grenades are the best options. Although the non pure shields and chainmail would have less effect it would take time to make pure iron replacements. The big question would be how pure does iron have to be and how drastically its abilities to effect magic drop off as you enhance it into steel alloys. If they had the time they could probably open up and do a lot of research into why iron is so effective versus other elements. What is it about iron that counters magic?

Also you don't need to accelerate the space weapon you can't literally just drop that shit

​@@unstopable8205 You don't NEED to accelerate the projectile, but you need to accelerate the projectile.

@Mikakarot23 well to be more precise unless you can accelerate the projectile beyond terminal velocity you can just let gravity accelerate it to terminal velocity

Vietnam era lazy Dog bombs and flechette cannon shells. Nasty stuff. Literally rained steel darts.

@@unstopable8205 The acceleration provided some aiming. Just dropping it from space it could be deflected.

Friendly reminder that the Geneva convention and the universal declaration of human rights are only valid when fighting against other humans.

@@vidal9747 that’s not … entirely true, theoretically, any living being (like an animal) is not considered an appropriate target unless they are actively engaged in warfare. So, while close, it isn’t comprehensive, in it’s limit to humans.

​@@vidal9747If an invader had the foresight to send an ambassador to sign the convention, and follow the rules, they would come under Geneva protections.

Well, if the BIR (Big Iron Rod) disintegrated spreading itself in the Otherworld depending on how big the Otherworld is, they might have a *BIG* problem if nothing is immune to Iron.

Especially if he of the fundamental forces holding their world together is the very magic iron disrupts, and the disruption of the magic, at speed, might unwind anything wound together by it, it might be centuries before said Fey recover, if they ever do. Of course, if they do recover, it might be due to mutations around not having an iron weakness, and therefore, the next conflict might be, once again, one-sided unto the right ingredient is, once more, found.

The exotic radiation from the implosion of the rift might have mutated those humans near the place, their genes now carrying sorcerous potential. If the rod had one part stuck on the other side, it might then become a conduit to channel that energy, thus allowing some magic to filter through. The next generation of humans then might develop into sorcerers.

@@stratometal or, maybe, those of the fey stranded on this side might inter-breed with hue-mons, and their descendents might be able to manipulate the magic when and if the next portal is open? And depending on how many generations down it is, the number of people carrying that ability might be ... large.

@@nela9994 I think there were zero survivors, and crossbreeding... not fond, maybe if humans force the fey into some experiments. Eradication of the pest would be super easy and more likely, they spread the iron mist wherever they think they would be left. No need to crossbreed if the exotic radiation from the collapsing gate mutates genes, giving humans their own magic ability. If those soldiers at the battle all have children afterwards, yeah the number of magic users would become really large.

Sshh don’t let them know 😈

Imagine if the tear in the rift caused magic to flow into the human world and humans started being born with magic

I imagine that the fey realm was made of magic. And since cold iron disrupts constructs of magic, well, the matter of the fey realm in contact with iron disintegrated into pure energy. Which, looking back on it, would be a lot like matter-antimatter annihilation, with the exception that the iron is not a reactant, merely a catalyst.

@@frantisekvrana3902Umm, it’s worse… it’s more like shooting a black hole into their universe, but worse as everything is connected so it’s like launching a black hole at someone who is chained to every other human in existence.

@@anondabomb if you are equating iron to magic what a black hole is to gravity … the problem with that equivalency is that a black hole grows, the more you feed it. The iron doesn’t grow, and might actually ablate, so … anti-matter/matter interaction might actually be closer.

The Fae don't have any prior knowledge of what's behind the gate until they open it. There's never been a reason to try to develop that ability before.

I prefer Dave's of God, Dave's are more vicious, Rod's are usually better singers.

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well that last three percent is able to drastically increase the efficiency and durability of the iron, so why would it not drastically decrease its effectiveness against magic?

armor piercing munitions, which all militaries use commonly, usually has a steel penetrator. maybe the copper and lead bullets (particularly hollow points) that civilians might use would be ineffective but any military unit would wipe the floor.

@@the-council Because it's still 97% (+) iron.

Listen to the last part again I think that's exactly what it did

Iron is natural. Steel is man made. *great simplification *. So modern steels might not be as effective. As the old. Softer iron.

To be fair they old fae lore would only include cold iron. That which has never been forged or cast.

In their own story they claimed steel was usable, if somewhat less effective against concentrated magic. But clearly steel will work EXTREMELY well in projectiles since cast iron is less iron than generic steel, or even high speed steel. Cast iron is significantly over 1 percent carbon, high speed steel is between .9 and 1.2 percent carbon, blade steels are between .6 and .9 percent carbon usually, stainless is rarely over 1.5 percent anything but iron (mixes of chromium, carbon, manganese, etc. And generic mild steel (the most common form, with stainless being a close second) is .1 to .4 percent carbon. My point is, if a cast iron pan beats one to death, high velocity steel core projectiles will be FAR better.

In portuguese we call it "cold iron". It's the iron that was never melted, only shaped by Hammer and heat. This is the fae weakness for us, the same as silver to werewolfs. Are the iron used by moder military like that? Genenuine question. 😄

@larrythompson8630 steel and iron are both natural, but the tiny amount of natural steel is impossible to make use of so it gets combined with more iron and carbon to make usable quantities/purities.

Normal materials warp near the rift. Chem would thus be useless. Bio would have life strings. So easily controlled by the fae. Magical healing not withstanding.

I wonder, if the chem has predictable interactions, and that could be used to then further fuel the interaction. I also wonder what white phosphorous would do …. Asking for a friend.

Fae Eee! (Poof) Dead cages?

I'm afraid once sacrificed the sock is gone.