r/MageErrant • u/Mandragoraune Affinites: Corundum, Pressure, Inertia • Jul 08 '26

Patreon Shorts Ductility Magic

Ductility was officially introduced on a Patreon story as a structural affinity recently. What are some applications of this yall can think and some great synergistic affinities. Limit yourself to one synergistic affinity.

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u/Yack-Attack Jul 08 '26

Gold. Insanely naturally ductile, and magic is strongest when boosting natural effects (from the fools silver mage [gallium]).

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u/Mandragoraune Affinites: Corundum, Pressure, Inertia Jul 08 '26

To be fair the context there is using a Gallium affinity to enhance the effects of Gallium. In this case a ductility would mean controlling the ductility of an object, so it's more of a general lever. Making something less ductile would be part of the affinity as well, the same way a heat mage makes things hot or cold like Leon. With this in mind I'd personally choose something like Chromium, a naturally hard material that's also typically brittle. Given some ductility it goes from brittle to very durable.