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If only I had enough time on my hands to post enough to get over a thousand rep points! I can't even figure out how to get more than three!

So I was poking around and saw that at the top of each thread was a dropdown which reads "Showing all posts". When you click on this drop down, you get the option of hiding posts which are made by people below a selected reputation threshhold. Amazingly <to be said in an extraordinarily exagerated manner>, these thresholds correspond to the reputation rankings. I then noticed that at the bottom of the list there was -100, -25, -20, -15, -10, -5, -2. Well, -2 qualifies one for Negaspren, and -10 to -14 qualifies one for Hoed. But, I have no idea what -5, -15, -20, -25, and -100 are. I also noticed that there was 1024, 1337, and 1338. I had previously assumed that 1024 was Adonalsium (Brandon's ranking). But, this suggests otherwise. It appears that 1338 is Adonalsium. I guess we have a while before we find out what 1024 and 1338 represent since Windrunner (our highest non-Brandon reputation holder) is at about 600. Edit: I apologize Windrunner for spelling your name Wondrunner.

Obviously, Mistborn+Feruchemy would be awesome, I if I had to choose one ... It would depend on the world. If the magic systems were known to exist (and somewhat common) I'd probably choose Mistborn. No need to be discreet then. You could do some of the cooler things, like jump around with Steel and Iron. If I'd get the power in our world today, definitely Feruchemy. It has so many more uses that you could actually benefit from in real life. Wakefullness, warmth, mental speed, luck, calories/fluids, connection ... and none of the would be apparent for an observer as something supernatural. Another benefit would be that it would be cheaper. As an Allomancer you'd have to continually buy new metals, and if Allomancy was not widely known, it would be pretty tricky, and probably expensive, to get Allomancy grade metals. Not to mention that you wouldn't be able to do anything if somehow you suddenly couldn't get the metals. Whereas with Feruchemy, you'd only have to get a decent amount of each metal, and you could reuse it forever. In the event of some sort of apocalyptic scenario, Feruchemy would be easier to use and offer up a lot of more possibilities. Being a Mistborn would feel more flashy - being a Feruchemist would be more useful in most situations.

You know you don't have to use spoiler tags anymore, right? Alloy's been out for nearly two years at this point. We lift any spoilers restrictions we might have imposed at six months.

If it's possible for an elantrian to create a portal to shadesmar, a stamp could potentially replicate the effect. Just find a suitable Stonehenge archway with the right history...

"I'ma stab you all the way to Roshar."

With Awakening the world just seems so... beautiful. I love many of the other magic systems but Warbreaker had the first magic system that stunned me in its potential for beauty. Or, to re-use the pun on the cover, it took my breath away.

I agree with you 100% Gloom. Without the ideals, you are not a radiant. To become a radiant or advance (in power, not rank), you must act in a manner which is so in-line with each ideal that it is revealed to your mind and spoken in response. Some of you may be tired of hearing this, but I don't think that either Jasnah or Shallan has formed a Nahel bond with a spren. Yes, the cryptic spoke of a bond with Shallan, but I don't see any indication (yet) that this bond is a Nahel bond. The fact that it is called a 'Nahel' bond suggests to me that there is more than one kind of bonding that can occur with spren.

I don't have my book with me so I can't pinpoint the quote specifically. But, at one point, Szeth refers to himself as a windrunner. Also, I am not suggesting that Jasnah is using a fabrial in any way. I was only pointing out that we have no indication of Jasnah being bonded with a spren yet except for her soulcasting. Yet, we know that surge abilities can be present/acquired/whatever without the presence of a spren bond (i.e., like the case of Szeth). I'm not saying she doesn't or won't have a spren bond. Just, that it is to early to declare that she does beyond speculation.

As to 1), I think it is a given that Lyss's former slave is Szeth. The description has too many precise features as other descriptions of Szeth as a slave that we already have. 2) Not only does Jasnah appear to be willing to use assassins as assassins, she also has contemplated potentially using them to assassinate a family member. I caution the presumption of Jasnah as a budding radiant. We know very little about her and the nature of her soulcasting. Even if she thinks of her ability as a radiant ability, recall that Szeth thinks of himself as a Windrunner, but we know his powers are not sourced from a spren bond

Turmoil?

This was a very good scene in a very good trilogy. I really felt Lewis/Llew's emptiness here. For any of you who may be wondering, this is Stephen Lawhead's Song of Albion trilogy comprising The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot.