It almost sounds similar to alchemy but.....we can only make or repair something from the same material. We have to allow for the conservation of mass, so we can't just keep creating more or whatever unless we have enough material to work with. If that makes sense. For example, to create an object with the mass of one kilogram, at least one kilogram of material is necessary to work with.
But alchemy is simple chemistry really. As long as you analyze to know what something is made from, you then break it down, reconstruct it in fixing it or making something else from the same materials you started with. Like making a dagger from iron or whatever.
[Like. Blood. Ed's done that before, not that it was exactly fun being stuck inside Gluttony, but. Well, the blood did give him plenty of iron to work with. Even if that was gross.]
The other main rules aside from the conservation of mass I guess is Equivalent Exchange. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. Which isn't just the conservation of mass, but The Law of Natural Providence, , meaning that an object or material made of a particular substance or element can only be transmuted into another object with the same basic makeup and properties of that initial material. In other words, an object or material made mostly of water can only be transmuted into another object with the attributes of water. Otherwise if you try too much with too little materials, things get dangerous with causing a rebound.
The other rule is that human transmutation is forbidden.
[Hopefully this is basic enough to make sense of? Ed's not used to actually needing to really explain about alchemy, given most back home were at least aware of it even if they didn't practice or study themselves.]
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But alchemy is simple chemistry really. As long as you analyze to know what something is made from, you then break it down, reconstruct it in fixing it or making something else from the same materials you started with. Like making a dagger from iron or whatever.
[Like. Blood. Ed's done that before, not that it was exactly fun being stuck inside Gluttony, but. Well, the blood did give him plenty of iron to work with. Even if that was gross.]
The other main rules aside from the conservation of mass I guess is Equivalent Exchange. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. Which isn't just the conservation of mass, but The Law of Natural Providence, , meaning that an object or material made of a particular substance or element can only be transmuted into another object with the same basic makeup and properties of that initial material. In other words, an object or material made mostly of water can only be transmuted into another object with the attributes of water. Otherwise if you try too much with too little materials, things get dangerous with causing a rebound.
The other rule is that human transmutation is forbidden.
[Hopefully this is basic enough to make sense of? Ed's not used to actually needing to really explain about alchemy, given most back home were at least aware of it even if they didn't practice or study themselves.]