Allomancy

The Allomantic Metals

Allomancy is the ingestion and "burning" of metals to access various abilities. Those who can access any of these abilities are called Allomancers. Each metal is individually paired with an ability. Allomancy, as with other practices of magic are not common. There is a widespread fear amongst the rural communities of those who are able to conjure, and bend the will of nature. Those who show their true powers are more often than nought met, either with prejudice or sinister curiosity.

Allomantic Metals and their abilities

There are 16 base allomantic metals and they are:

Metal	Ability
Steel	Pushes nearby metal
Iron	Pulls nearby metal
Pewter	increases physical abilities
Tin	Increases senses
Zinc	Enflames (riots) emotions
Brass	Dampens (soothes) emotions
Copper	Hides use of magic
Bronze	Detects use of magic
Duralumin	Enhances current metal burned
Aluminum	Hinders own use of magic
Nicrosil	Enhances magic output of the target
Chromium	Hinders use of targets magic
Gold	Reveals your past self
Electrum	Reveals your future
Cadmium	Slows down time
Bendalloy	Speeds up time

In addition to these 16 metals there are 2 metals that sit apart from the rest and are regarded as god metals:

Metal	Ability
Lerasium	Grants another person allomantic abilities
Atium	See into another person's future

Gaining Allomantic Abilities

Allomancy is hereditary and if anyone in a person's 5 previous generations could perform it, then there is a chance that person could. The ability lies dormant until the allomancer undergoes snapping. To snap one must undergo considerable trauma and is customary for nobles to beat or otherwise torture their children to try to get them to snap.