Zephryl

Well, they live in another country so with the postage it'd be more like $70. Guilt tripping is always a valid strategy

So, told a friend of mine I bought the latest SA book yesterday and they proceeded to ask me what the SA was about and... I really struggled to make it sound interesting without throwing out spoilers or just incoherently about how good it is. Anyone else want to give it a go?

Oh, that looks awesome! I'll definitely be reading through that in a couple months when I read Dawnshard + RoW.

Looks great! I've been doing this for my Discworld Puzzles, so I'll definitely be making my own frame for Bridge Four as well at some point. For me it's gonna come down the difficult choice of picking which wood to use for the frame...

This was an absolute delight to read, and I just wanted to know if the two of you had any thoughts on doing any other Cosmere books, or if you'll just be sticking to Stormlight?

Thanks! Coppermind might be best, had a quick glance at the layout of the site and doesn't seem like there's much chance of accidental spoilers (Seen a lot of wikis that have stuff like "Popular Pages" and "New Pages" in prominent spots...) Mind you, the TOR analysis could be interesting... Might come down to if I've finished reading the rest of the Cosmere by the time I come back to SA, as well as how long the analysis actually takes to get through.

So, I'd put off reading SA for a long long time because of how unfinished it was, but, I finally got around to reading it and after a huge binge session I just today finished Oathbringer. However, I can't get into ebooks so I have to wait for my physical copy of Dawnshard which is likely going to take some time, so I'm probably going to take a few month break to read some other stuff before I continue on with the series. Was hoping someone could give/link a bit of a summary of the series of each book I'll be able to use as a recap to get me refreshed when I come back to SA. Preferably in this thread, rather than a link, as spoilers are going to be easier and easier to stumble across as time goes on. Thanks!

Yeah, if I ever thought I'd sell it then I'd probably be quite thrilled. Support said nobody else has messaged in about it, and I got in fairly late to the shipment, so it's possible it's a one of a kind. Still, I'm a collector at heart and presuming he still plans to make more Leatherbound Anniversary editions, I would prefer to have a "Matching" set. If it was cheaper, and the First Printing was still available, I'd have just bought a second one and kept them both.

I have~ Been talking to them since I got it and so far we've not arrived at a conclusion that would leave me satisfied. Still, managed to send in photos today (It was a bit of a puzzle figuring out how to get both sides of the book in the one photo) so I'm hoping that'll speed the process along a bit.

Upside down might be more apt? Basically the back cover is on the front, and vice-versa. So, if you're reading the book the words on the spine are upside down.

So, my copy of the Leatherbound Elantris arrived earlier this week much to my excitement. I had been waiting a while, as I wasn't sure if I'd missed the Christmas cut-off or not (I definitely did), so it was amazing to finally see it in the flesh. Unfortunately my excitement died a rapid death when I found that the cover was attached back-to-front. Anyone else encountered this issue? I've been chatting back and forth with the online Store, but, have yet to reach a satisfactory outcome.

I believe she does that when injured though, so that the sharp spike of pain clears the senses, which wouldn't have an affect on being Dura-Soothed. It's not that the Dura-Soothed people have their thoughts muddled, or blocked in any way, they're the exact same people just completely devoid of any emotion. They can look at someone and recognize them as their mortal enemy, but they would be completely unable to muster up the emotional drive required to actually care about it, and do something. I think the more reasonable question would be if there's any natural impulses that completely bypass that? Obviously all the subconscious things like Breathing aren't affected, but could you Dura-Soothe someone who's swimming and have them drown?

Yeah, I wasn't sure if they created all the life, or if perhaps there was already life on the planet and they just wanted to make Life that was their own, but it does sound like it's very likely they either made the planet themselves or found themselves there during it's formation. So I think it most likely that when they created Scadrial, or arrived during its formation, the balance of Ruin and Preservation caused Ferulchemy to manifest as the "Natural" magic of the planet and later on when they started tinkering about using their individual powers it allowed the two "Unbalanced" Metallic Arts to form.

Was there life on the planet before Ruin and Preservation made their own? I can't remember the exact reasoning as to why Preservation wanted to make life so I thought maybe the Terris people were the original species of the planet, and then Ruin and Preservation made whatever the Skaa and Nobles were before Rashek tinkered with them.

Well then assuming that for Ruin to influence someone it needs to be a valid Bind Point, a valid Metal and the Spike has to carry a hemalurgic charge... I think the next logical question is: How much can a Hemalurgic Charge actually decay? Is there a limit to how much it can lose (E.g Once it reaches, say, 10% of its initial strength it no longer decays)? Can it decay so much that the Spike un-charges? Or does it decay in fractions instead of a steady rate so that the charge can become infinitely smaller than the original, but still remain Charged even though the affect is far too weak to actually notice?