Art of the Small

[Matreya]

Could it be used to cause a defense against lightsabers' heat? I know it can be used to increase the actual durability of an item, i have done this, and it makes stuff resistant, but what im inquiring is less broad. Can it be used to strictly make it so something doesnt burn as easy, thus lightsaber resistant?

 

[Zion Krayt]

if you've done it before, why are you asking.

wot

 

[Valik]

Firstly, I'd like to say that doing something in RP doesn't necessarily mean something is true or not. I can start a thread and use telekinesis to push a planet off it's axis, but that doesn't mean that's how the skill actually works, or that I"m powerful enough to do it. All it means is that I wasn't reported. Always check with Canon before you do something to confirm it's viability, not use your actions to make something Canon.


Secondly, Art of the Small is an extremely difficult skill, which requires a very comprehensive understanding of the Force, as well as chemistry to use properly. If you're not a master or a very high knight whose a specialist in AotS(either through chemistry or medicine) you have -no business- being able to learn the skill, let alone use it to do more than hide your Force Signature.

Lastly, what you're asking isn't how the skill works. You can change this or that about an object's chemical and atomic basis(If you have the skill and knowledge, which chances are you character does not), but you can't make an object do something that it can't do naturally. For example, you can turn blood into milk, but you can't turn blood into blood that you can drink and gain the nutrients of milk. Sith Alchemy is only skill which changes what something can naturally do, and it should only be learned by specialists or Masters(Which is how the ability is distributed in Canon).

 

[Matreya]

Art of the Small is a talent I built up for Damien through a few different threads. He is a high knight whose specialty lies in his Alter abilities, again, with AotS as a dominant strength. I also roleplay him displaying adequate knowledge in physics, and chemistry, for the purpose of one day being a good alchemist/alter user.

Also, it says on wookieepedia that one of the users could turn sweat into poison etc. Simply, im wondering if I am correct in assuming molecular density offects fire resistance. I imagine it does, as denser metals take longer to heat

 

[Ignatius]

I agree with [member="Valik"] on what he said, however it matters on the purpose of what you are doing with this material. if you are simply making a flame resistant cloth for armor, then no. There are already very sutable replacements out there, and even then, we as a RP site do not need an exact name type for it. Just in the sub thread state how much the cloth can hold. Now if you were making a sword so it was made from say aluminum (just an example, go along with me here), and you wanted to make it lightsaber resistant, Then yes, Art of the Small could be used here in place of Sith Alchemy.

@Isely Verd made alot of the swords he owns, as well as others for other people for a more neutral sided blade, and still have some properties of Sith Alchemy as well as Force-imbuedment. it was a nice and equal mix, however, some of the others on this site did not really approve of the use that it had. As I said, it depends on the purpose that you are using AotS. Something small like cloth? You are wasting your time. Blades, poisons, or turning tears to heal someone, Yes, you can, but don't do it often as some may call it over use of a rather rare, and rather powerful force use.

[member="D-Man"],

 

[Domino]

molecular density offects fire resistance. I imagine it does, as denser metals take longer to heat

From a pure science answer, yes. Does that mean that you can compact steel down so it's lightsaber resistant? To a very small degree. Molecules like to be at a certain distance from each other and changing that too much can have bad end results for the material and something twice as compact is now half as small, it also sounds like you're trying to circumnavigate factory restrictions. This is also bordering on the process of making quantum armor if taken to the extreme and that's band outright.

Changes using AoTS also take a long time, hours on average depending on the size and extent of the change.

 

[Asemir]

[member="D-Man"]

What you're really referring to is heat capacity, and that's all based on molecular bonding and energies needed to break said bonds. So, ts more about the strength of the molecular and intermolecular bonds, rather than the density.

As an aside, the statement that AotS can only change something into something it can aralia change to is inherently contradictory with the given examples. But that's Star Wars for you.

(Incidentally, deriving similar nutrients from blood as one would from milk is far easier than you'd think. It's more logical than transforming blood to milk. Fats and lipids in both? Check. Water? Check. Proteins? Check. Sugar? Not so much in blood, but there's some.

Eh. Close.)

 

[Valik]

[member="D-Man"]

What you're really referring to is heat capacity, and that's all based on molecular bonding and energies needed to break said bonds. So, ts more about the strength of the molecular and intermolecular bonds, rather than the density.

As an aside, the statement that AotS can only change something into something it can aralia change to is inherently contradictory with the given examples. But that's Star Wars for you.

(Incidentally, deriving similar nutrients from blood as one would from milk is far easier than you'd think. It's more logical than transforming blood to milk. Fats and lipids in both? Check. Water? Check. Proteins? Check. Sugar? Not so much in blood, but there's some.

Eh. Close.)

Stop ruining my metaphors with your biology knowledge

 

[Asemir]

Stop ruining my metaphors with your biology knowledge

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