IW and Long Earth

[PTTG]

Originally Posted by Salabasama

They get to bring their blood with them, right? Or is that why they lose so much FP?

Iron and steel don't get carried along, but iron-bearing organic compounds are fine.

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by PTTG

Iron and steel don't get carried along, but iron-bearing organic compounds are fine.

Yes. The blood question is explicitly addressed in the book.

[mr beer]

Originally Posted by Salabasama

They get to bring their blood with them, right? Or is that why they lose so much FP?

"...but your blood stays" would seem to be a unusually harsh Limitation on Jumper.

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by mr beer

"...but your blood stays" would seem to be a unusually harsh Limitation on Jumper.

Leading to the punchline "It's a great trick, but you can only do it once."

I've never read this work. Do the iron-bearing organic compounds need to be part of a living person, or can somebody jump while carrying a bottle of type AB- blood (or some such item needed elsewhere)?

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

I'd give "Can't carry Ferrous metals" a 10 percent limitation. The overall restriction on the carrying capacity is far more restrictive ; "no iron" mainly hurts people caught unaware or who lacked the time or resources to find substitutes.

Oh, thanks. I didn't understand the distinction before I read your reply. Wouldn't it just be a Nuisance Effect?

[PTTG]

Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

Oh, thanks. I didn't understand the distinction before I read your reply. Wouldn't it just be a Nuisance Effect?

I dunno, a surprising number of tools contain iron parts, and it's actually potentially useful, if you grab a dangerous object made partially of iron, then step away with it. It destroys guns, for one thing.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by PTTG

I dunno, a surprising number of tools contain iron parts, and it's actually potentially useful, if you grab a dangerous object made partially of iron, then step away with it. It destroys guns, for one thing.

This sounds like a linked Innate Attack against ferrous metals with Cosmic Irresistible, and worth mucho points. You'd have to lock up jumpers like they were Magneto.

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by PTTG

I dunno, a surprising number of tools contain iron parts, and it's actually potentially useful, if you grab a dangerous object made partially of iron, then step away with it. It destroys guns, for one thing.

? What's going on here? Are ferrous metal objects actually destroyed if you jump with them?

[fifiste]

Didn't they fall apart into rust or something?
As far as I remember it is ok for iron - compounds such as rust or hemoglobin etc. to come across. Just the metallic iron tens to break apart.

[PTTG]

It's not much of a spoiler to say that early on, a character jumps (steps) with a gun, leaving all the iron components behind, but bringing the rest of it along. Afterwords, a small pile of gun parts would be left behind, and the rest of the gun is in the new world...

So, you can't use this to attack an enemy unless it's an enemy with vital parts made of iron who's small enough for you to pick up and move easily.