unlike most fae, merfolk are not harmed by exposure to iron, and even enjoy working and handling it. they do, however, display a strong aversion to lead, and have a mild distaste for tin.
there need to be charts of metal compatibility with various creatures
all we really know for sure is
- fae don't do iron
- merfolk don't do lead, cadmium or mercury
- merfolk like iron-triad metals, copper, and silver
- merfolk adore iridium
- everyone loves titanium
- nobody who is corporeal is good with actinides, but ghosts are suspected to like short-lived transuranics
- lanthanides are hit-and-miss
- some creatures are good with lead and tin but we don't know who
@Motodrachen but none of your stuff is RoHS compliant :v
@diodelass Yeah but it doesn't Tin Whisker either.
You ever tried to do SMT with lead-free, or tin wires with it? Stuff sucks.
@Motodrachen we work exclusively in lead-free and our only SMT experience is with it. stuff works great, but costs like $40 a tube.