>> Y'know, Shiv likes puzzles. He's also developing some really good metalworking skills (besides his power). <<
True.
>> I could see him making "impossible" puzzles/toys/gadgets just for the heck of it.<<
LOL yes.
>> Things like a rod going into a hole, and the end is flared out into a ball or something to keep it from slipping out. But that end is inside a closed tube or something, so there's no way it could have been done with tools.<<
:D
>> If I knew Shiv well enough to ask, I'd like to have things made tamper-proof via his powers. Stuff that can't be taken apart without destroying it, unless you have Shiv's powers or something else off the wall.<<
*nod* That's a very popular use of superpowers. Think of the Maldives with their uncounterfeitable cash.
>> For SCA, it'd probably be too time consuming, but I can picture chain mail with solid rings. Not butted, not riveted, just each ring seamless and perfect.<<
He could do that -- for himself, for someone he really liked, or as a ridiculously high-value trade. Because that thing would be as precious as mithril.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2019-03-29 09:11 am (UTC)True.
>> I could see him making "impossible" puzzles/toys/gadgets just for the heck of it.<<
LOL yes.
>> Things like a rod going into a hole, and the end is flared out into a ball or something to keep it from slipping out. But that end is inside a closed tube or something, so there's no way it could have been done with tools.<<
:D
>> If I knew Shiv well enough to ask, I'd like to have things made tamper-proof via his powers. Stuff that can't be taken apart without destroying it, unless you have Shiv's powers or something else off the wall.<<
*nod* That's a very popular use of superpowers. Think of the Maldives with their uncounterfeitable cash.
>> For SCA, it'd probably be too time consuming, but I can picture chain mail with solid rings. Not butted, not riveted, just each ring seamless and perfect.<<
He could do that -- for himself, for someone he really liked, or as a ridiculously high-value trade. Because that thing would be as precious as mithril.