Gold is for the mistress -- silver for the maid -- Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall, "But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of them all."
@dubuyajay99649 ай бұрын
Can't buy cold iron without the other three.
@trollunderbridge22929 ай бұрын
Ah yes, Kipling. A classic.
@indigenoussober4079 ай бұрын
And Iron + Carbon = Steel
@widdershins53837 ай бұрын
@@dubuyajay9964but with iron you can TAKE the others. That’s why iron is king.
@patraic52417 ай бұрын
I know that song.
@dmaxcustom9 ай бұрын
If you are using kinetic energy weaponry and the problem is not solved, its because you are not using enough kinetic energy on the problem.
@artyd429 ай бұрын
RFG's solve nearly all kinetic energy problems...
@julesmasseffectmusic9 ай бұрын
F = M × A Want more F use more A
@ssu76539 ай бұрын
@@julesmasseffectmusic why not both?
@julesmasseffectmusic9 ай бұрын
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.
@julesmasseffectmusic9 ай бұрын
Also as an Ozzie F and A have other meanings. So the joke is better as it's multi layered
@Aminuts20099 ай бұрын
There was an RPG i played many many years ago called Arduin Grimoires. In it there was a character class called a "Techno" These were exclusively human and did not believe in magic. In the character description it said something like, they would cut open fire breathing dragons to find the flame throwers. It was a fun class to play.
@julesmasseffectmusic9 ай бұрын
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.
@julesmasseffectmusic9 ай бұрын
The hydrogen is how the beasts manage to get airborne, they are reptilian hindebergs .
@lumberluc9 ай бұрын
Sounds like an Artificer that decided to cut open a dragon, and refashion their element glands into a rechargeable element-thrower
@kinggerr70939 ай бұрын
By "many many years ago" he means the 1970s! Lol My man played the first published "cross-genre" rpg. Looks rad tho
@johnnycampbell34229 ай бұрын
I remember this game, class, and description. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
@stinkyfungus9 ай бұрын
Steel is iron alloyed with carbon. Knives, axes, swords, armor piercing bullets with an exposed hardened steel penitrating pin, grenade and aerial bomb frag, modern arrowheads (both field point and broadheads) Hell, the old Mk 2 frag grenade (the "pineapple" grenade) is made out of cast iron. lots of man's killing devices contain iron.
@seabass2739 ай бұрын
It's mentioned in the story the more impure iron is, the less effective it is. So i doubt steel would work
@Humuhumunukunukuapaa8 ай бұрын
Steel is around 90% iron...
@seabass2738 ай бұрын
@@Humuhumunukunukuapaa yeah but its still impure, and also the composition of iron and other metals make steel a much different metal thatn iron
@Ryvaken7 ай бұрын
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.
@chadrowin29565 ай бұрын
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?
@unstopable82059 ай бұрын
Apparently no one thought of using air burst shells to drop a shit ton of iron shrapnel onto the dome of magic
@unstopable82059 ай бұрын
Also you don't need to accelerate the space weapon you can't literally just drop that shit
@Mikakarot239 ай бұрын
@@unstopable8205 You don't NEED to accelerate the projectile, but you need to accelerate the projectile.
@unstopable82059 ай бұрын
@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
@supremecaffeine26339 ай бұрын
Vietnam era lazy Dog bombs and flechette cannon shells. Nasty stuff. Literally rained steel darts.
@merlinathrawes7469 ай бұрын
@@unstopable8205 The acceleration provided some aiming. Just dropping it from space it could be deflected.
@battlesheep25529 ай бұрын
And in 50 years the humans master magitek, and open a portal to the fae realm so they can start filling out the Geneva Checklist
@vidal97479 ай бұрын
Friendly reminder that the Geneva convention and the universal declaration of human rights are only valid when fighting against other humans.
@nela99949 ай бұрын
@@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.
@robertstoneking79169 ай бұрын
@@vidal9747If an invader had the foresight to send an ambassador to sign the convention, and follow the rules, they would come under Geneva protections.
@marltonmanks98919 ай бұрын
the aftermath of this war sounds like a wonderful post-apocalyptic setting for a tabletop game. certain areas are still heavily iiradiated by magic, so they are effectively no-go zones until cleansed, humans close to the rift at the time of closing may have been exposed to enough magic as to have gained magical abilities themselves (as suggested by other comments), supply lines have probably been jacked up due to the war and magic exclusion zones. its basically stalker with pixies instead of pseudogiants
@barelyasurvivor12579 ай бұрын
Ah a Cold iron weapon. That will do it. And,"The Rod From God" for the final blow!
@DoctorRobertNeville9 ай бұрын
Just because we are garbage at magick doesn't mean we can't mess up your spells, and magicks.
@MidnightSmoke9 ай бұрын
Here is a like and comment for the story, for entertaining me, to help your channel grow, and get you the recognition you deserve.
@merlinathrawes7469 ай бұрын
It would be interesting to know what kind of backlash the effect of the rift being destroyed had on the fae kingdom.
@brentmartin68339 ай бұрын
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.
@nela99949 ай бұрын
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.
@stratometal9 ай бұрын
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.
@nela99949 ай бұрын
@@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.
@stratometal9 ай бұрын
@@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.
@DisIzDaName9 ай бұрын
Guess nobody told them Earth's core is a gigantic nickel-iron magnet, eh? Probably not an ideal place to conquer.
@Allantitan9 ай бұрын
Sshh don’t let them know 😈
@bobbylittle69969 ай бұрын
I grew up on the Iron Range in MN. Not to many Fae there. LOL
@scott6449 ай бұрын
Human percussive maintenance - I hear it works on portals from the fae realm too.
@venator-fb7yy9 ай бұрын
Science > magic lol, too bad we couldn't show them the "magic" of a split atom. 😢
@Shadow.Dragon9 ай бұрын
Great story; Excellent narration! "Exotic radiation"? I wonder if the Fae realm contains anti-iron (i.e. anti-matter)?
@Netherdan9 ай бұрын
Imagine if the tear in the rift caused magic to flow into the human world and humans started being born with magic
@frantisekvrana39029 ай бұрын
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.
@anondabomb9 ай бұрын
@@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.
@nela99949 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Maddog30609 ай бұрын
Fae: "Let's invade a world that is made primarily of a metal that NEGATES ALL MAGIC AND IS LETHAL TO US." So this is a good reason to stock up on that cheap bimetal FMJ ammo the Russians love to make.
@robertstoneking79169 ай бұрын
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.
@chrisreadwells9 ай бұрын
Ah, good old "Rods of God".
@julesmasseffectmusic9 ай бұрын
I prefer Dave's of God, Dave's are more vicious, Rod's are usually better singers.
@ladyrayne97063 ай бұрын
Ah the hours of enjoyment your first class narration has boughten. Nights falling asleep to your 24hr story thumb thingy. (D)
@ladyrayne97063 ай бұрын
Note (D) means posted by husband
@nathandc9 ай бұрын
For the Iron, for thr Algorithm, and for the Narrator!!
@robertt.walzel46489 ай бұрын
Always great and entertaining for all ages!
@vidal97479 ай бұрын
Normal steel is usually > 97% iron. So it is kind of ridiculous to think it wouldn't work.
@the-council9 ай бұрын
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?
@clausroquefort87269 ай бұрын
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.
@Nyet-Zdyes9 ай бұрын
@@the-council Because it's still 97% (+) iron.
@victortahlor40389 ай бұрын
Thank you for the reading
@Ryu_D9 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video.
@knighttemplaroftentacult71234 ай бұрын
I was always, ALWAYS, saying that whenever playing DnD: - I will better to have a deal with every living devil out there, than form one with a fay.
@JohnJacob-no9jb9 ай бұрын
Feel the thunder
@ghelmet27019 ай бұрын
An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth you've invaded humanity now feel the Wrath of Humanity.
@WildArmACF9 ай бұрын
i was hoping the rod would have made it through the portal... and did a loooot of damage to the fae relm
@davidhenderson34009 ай бұрын
Listen to the last part again I think that's exactly what it did
@leightondoswell4539 ай бұрын
Amazing work I hope all you Channels grow and grow🎉
@theonetodefyall2389 ай бұрын
keeper going
@SLEPhoto9 ай бұрын
I wonder if the humans near the gate that got irradiated will become magic users...
@RealArcalian9 ай бұрын
Greetings, Mentlegent! For the Rhyhtm that is Algo A good start, now to rest, recover, and plan our counter invasion.
@kyleheins9 ай бұрын
I don't think the author has any concept of military equipment... ap rounds for rifles are largely standard, the fae would still be vulnerable to muzzle strikes and knives/bayonets which are common military weapons, all arty rounds are steel, and apfsds rounds would easily serve the purpose their railgun idea was supposed to serve. Most guided weapons use a steel hull, so they would be at least somewhat useful if their targeting could be made to work. Also, the fae would struggle against even cheap theater armor so protecting yourself from their weapons and fighting back, even with cheap wall hanger weapons, would be decently effective. Essentially, their premise is interesting but they wrote the story with so little knowledge of the world they live in that suspension of disbelief gets beaten to a pulp in the first 5 minutes and by the end is a non existent concept... sorry to be so harsh.
@larrythompson86309 ай бұрын
Iron is natural. Steel is man made. *great simplification *. So modern steels might not be as effective. As the old. Softer iron.
@jameskurth35609 ай бұрын
To be fair they old fae lore would only include cold iron. That which has never been forged or cast.
@kyleheins9 ай бұрын
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.
@himleragabash54709 ай бұрын
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. 😄
@kyleheins9 ай бұрын
@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.
@dkbros15929 ай бұрын
Lol iron just make chains reaction in magic relem
@Ryvaken7 ай бұрын
"Less of a railgun and more of a magnetic mass driver" ...a railgun is a kind of magnetic mass driver. That's like saying a square is less of a rectangle and more of a shape.
@raptor22o909 ай бұрын
For the numbers
@someasiandude47978 ай бұрын
Humans relearn magic and begin a complete annihilation of the other world
@Wastelandman70009 ай бұрын
Greetings O noble Narrator!
@TheJasonBorn9 ай бұрын
And someone gave the order.
@alexandrecharles59419 ай бұрын
Rebar, in armored concrete making up a lot of the world's infrastructures
@mac-gyver11529 ай бұрын
There needs to be a follow up 🙏
@Wastelandman70009 ай бұрын
Oh iron projectiles work do they, well lets build bigger iron projectiles then! ~ unnamed human general
@kyle189349 ай бұрын
so would the iron rod disintigrate in the fae world, and cause a giant kill zone, or would it dig its way into the ground and destabilize the magic in the region? either way, thats not going to be fun
@mikecoatsworth60489 ай бұрын
In late but its early here in NZ
@emancoy8 ай бұрын
I imagine wielding an iron cast sledge hammer
@allenmorgan10079 ай бұрын
For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!
@jaytonobrien63259 ай бұрын
Please tell me the "exotic" radiation spread to both sides creating mana poisoning on earth, those that adapted to it or survived it by product gain access to magics, mean while in the otherworld their mana radiation is somehow still a magical energy but it's tainted and causes others magics to become inert and magic less. Anti-magic mana. There such mana in the other world that the anti-mana magic is continuously devouring and "killing" other magics, that it cannot be adequately contained or starved out
@seankane86289 ай бұрын
The Rod from God
@genericuser9849 ай бұрын
neat
@anathardayaldar9 ай бұрын
Iron ? Isn't human blood full of iron?
@beingsneaky9 ай бұрын
Why not iron lattice for clothing?? Iron/rust impregnated threads??
@kindaria9 ай бұрын
For the algorithem,for the beard!
@carminedesanto67469 ай бұрын
Huzzah!!
@camerongoodwin40029 ай бұрын
For the algorithm ❤
@tomizatko31389 ай бұрын
What about chemical wepaons or biological ones. Wht about weather manipulation or air burst nukes?
@arakheno40519 ай бұрын
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.
@nela99949 ай бұрын
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.
@morgankuikka49405 ай бұрын
Isnt cast iron essentially over carbon steel? Like most steel has less carbon then cast iron, so any steel would be a more pure iron then cast iron Essentially every blade, bullet, bomb, shrapnel would work. Oddly enough the armor (even tanks) are more ceramic now so that would be the only thing that needs to go "old school" Even barring all that, arm everyone with shotguns bmsince you can essentially make any kind of bullet you want fire from a 12 gauge shell. Iron, steel, lego, battery.
@johnnycampbell34229 ай бұрын
Flechett
@dalemorgan82639 ай бұрын
Exotic radiation, hmm? HMM? Sus.
@beingsneaky9 ай бұрын
Yeah, my first thought was iron, of course.. and then iron particles in the air. Iron tipped bullets..
@brentmartin68339 ай бұрын
Fae Eee! (Poof) Dead cages?
@mnspstudioful9 ай бұрын
"Exotic radiation". Read: Magic. There's gonna be an awful lot of jubilation when the kids born from the ground zero hue-men are throwing fireballs.
@rexellmagsambol14219 ай бұрын
The author has zero concept on how a modern military fights
@JohnJacob-no9jb9 ай бұрын
You put Tommygun twice
@julonkrutor46499 ай бұрын
Can someone tell me how to get my sock back from the Nanoswarm?
@theyaden9 ай бұрын
I'm afraid once sacrificed the sock is gone.
@Wastelandman70009 ай бұрын
The Nissa are colossal assholes LOL (I've listened to too much Belief Hole Podcast LOL)
@olegarioberrones12246 ай бұрын
And then they all got magic cancer
@LDSG_A_Team9 ай бұрын
M855........
@MarcelinoDanielsson-le4mz9 ай бұрын
A
@merlinwizard10009 ай бұрын
31st,15 November 2023
@matthewbenton47674 ай бұрын
i love the squirrel god, but this story stinks, up anyway
@getterblakk9 ай бұрын
reminds me of petal wing from elf quest, using magic thread to make cocoons.