Difference between revisions of "Invested Art"

'''Intention''' is a practitioner's explicit purpose or will when attempting to manipulate Investiture. A person reaches into the [[Spiritual Realm]] with their mind and concieves or wills something to happen.{{wob ref|77}} All Invested Arts require Intention to some extent. In the most simplistic applications of an Invested Art, the body itself has the Intent to survive, which allows a person to use Investiture without realizing it. This is what allows [[Mistborn]] like [[Vin]] to burn trace amounts of [[pewter]] without realizing it.{{wob ref|15700}} More involved magics, however, require more specific Intentions. For an Invested Art like [[Allomancy]], a simple explanation of the metals functions and how [[Compounding]] works is enough to create the Intention required to work the magic.{{wob ref|850}} On the other hand, [[Awakening]] is almost as much mental as spoken. If the visualizing of the command is not firm, the Awakened object can behave in a unknown manner or not at all. The more complex the command the more important that mental component is.{{book ref|wb|46}} These two arcana--Allomancy and Awakening--make up opposite ends of the spectrum of how important Intent is for the magic to work, with most falling somewhere in between. This also follows a more general principle of Invested Arts. Invested Arts where the power is internal have more dexterity in how they can use Intent to shape the result.{{wob ref|315}}

[[Hemalurgy]] simply require that someone intend to make a spike when they do it. Hemalurgy has only one known mental component: that the user or [[Shard]] must be trying to do Hemalurgy (this is [[Ruin]]'s intent when [[Spook]] temporarily gains the ability to burn pewter). This mental component, if not present, renders the spike to a normal metal spike and simply harms the victim.{{wob ref|3214}} When present, it controls what is stolen when used in conjunction with the correct binding point.{{book ref|mb3|42}} In [[SurgebindingFeruchemist]],s thecan mentaluse componentIntention hasto varyingcontrol degreeswhat ofspecific necessityattributes dependingthey onstore thein [[Surge]]a usedmetalmind. [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]]For requires an extremely clear image inexample, a user'stin mindmetalmind tocan createstore anand illusiontap witha thespecific appropriate appearancesense, butwhile withtin Surgesenhances likeall Gravitationsenses thein userAllomancy.{{wob doesref|3415}} not[[AonDor]], haveand tolikely haveother any[[Sel]]ish ideaarcana, ofrequire whatIntention theyto are doing;draw the Surgesymbols willrequired dofor the same thing regardlessArt. SomeSomeone Surgescannot dodraw requirean simplyAon thatand theaccidentally useruse wish it to happenInvestiture.{{wob Often with Surgebinding this can be accomplished by instinctively pushing [[Stormlight]] into something.ref|3318}}