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SwordNimiForPresident

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  1. Everyone seems to be choosing powers based on how well they would do in combat. That seems like a mistake to me. Personally I'd go for Connection and Transformation. Those are two of the most powerful Surges in my opinion. Not because of what they can do in combat, but because of how they can reshape the world both physically and spiritually. You would also be a master of all three realms. Transformation presumably lets you realmatically transition into the Cognitive realm, and Connection lets you look into the Spiritual. You can transform pretty much anything into anything else, and you can rearange Investiture and Connection. I can only imagine how juiced Transformation would be with a bump from Connection. You could probably Soulcast entire cities at will. Add in the fact that you also get Stormlight's passive healing and Shardplate, and you are a fairly formidable combatant as well.
  2. I don't know if you have read The Lost Metal or Tress of the Emerald Sea, but they very solidly debunk this. Elantrians simply need to plan ahead and understand the local geography if they are traveling abroad. As to their power level, they are unmatched by non Shard entities. The dragon in Tress was unwilling to put itself in conflict with an Elantrian even though, as we learn from Hoid, she is a particularly dumb one. As for Nightblood, it would mostly just be for the cool factor. I'm sure and Elantrian could create an Aon that achieves the same effect without the need of actually hitting something with a sword. Now that I think about it, I would probably make an awakened mistcloak to complete my ensemble. Though I could probably just lightweave one instead. I think I might also travel around the Cosmere and capture other "powerful" Investiture users inside small metal spheres and then start a club with my fellow Elantrians where we get together battle our pets. I might also turn them into small furry creatures just to make it interesting. Yea that settles it. Elantrian pokemon master is the most dangerous being in the Cosmere.
  3. It would probably be more plausible to forge yourself as having had the 5th heightening for as many years as it would take to give you the correct age. Giving yourself the 5th heightening now would probably require a bunch of extra investiture, but making so it was in the past might bypass that requirement. You could probably make it so that you also lived on Nalthis at the time to make it more reasonable. Maybe you could even use your Forger abilities as a justification for being able to afford all those breaths, given that your skill would be extremely unique on Nalthis. You might also be able to write a stamp that has you living on Roshar with the Shin for however many years and being in possession of an Honor blade. That would be less plausible in my opinion, but still probably more likely than spending extended amounts of time in a cadmium bubble.
  4. Dalinar and Kelsier if I had to guess. Dalinar will probably lose the contest of champions and be forced to serve Odium for a while. I can only imagine how disastrous this would be for the rest of the Cosmere. Kelsier will probably take Autonomy (he is literally a perfect match for the Shard) at some point and become an existential threat before having a redemption arc. I would guess that the two of them come into conflict and drive the main plot of the late phase Cosmere.
  5. Elantrian, because nothing else matters if you are one.
  6. I had an idea for a Feruchemical metal the stores size. Basically Antman. Store to shrink and tap to grow. Never got around to thinking of Allomanic uses, but maybe it could do a speed bubble type thing, except that instead of changing time it changes the dimensions of the space inside the bubble. The pure metal makes the interior larger and the alloy makes it smaller. I'm not sure what the practical uses would be. Alternatively, it could change the dimensions of space outside the bubble.
  7. The most important thing I look for in a room mate (and something I aspire to as a room mate) is that I don't know they are there. To this end, I choose Szeth. He seems like the type of person that is clean and quiet. If, however, he comes with Nightblood as a package deal, he's out and I'll take Steris or Renarin. Since they aren't on the list I'll give Sazed as a final choice.
  8. Because, Kaladin fans are jealous of Kelsier taking the kool guy status of having his name start with a "K" before Kaladin did. Kaladin = sad Kelsier = chad
  9. Sel. Specifically, near Mai Pon. I'd learn forgery as a stepping stone to becoming an Elantrian. Do Elantrians even need toilets?
  10. Mistborn era 2 for me. I just love how well the magic meshes with the setting. Wax is also one of my favorite Cosmere characters (next to Kelsier and Dalinar). I also think there is something interesting and unique about setting a fantasy story in that time period. It's pretty much always knights and wizards in fantasy, so it's cool to see Sherlock Holmes mixed with Wyatt Earp mixed with the Survivor. I also think Mistborn has one of the best magic systems. I would rank the metallic arts above everything other than Aon Dor.
  11. It occurred to me that the Aethers have some parallels in the greater Spren of Roshar, and are equal in number. Bearing that in mind, I wanted to attempt to postulate what the six unknown Aethers might be. I'm also including the Rosharan Essences in spite of there only being ten. I would guess that their list is merely incomplete due to the significance of ten in their mythology. Known Aethers and their possible Spren equivalents as well as the Essence I assume they are associated with: - Zephyr Aether, Zephyr Essence: This seems pretty obviously the Stormfather. - Verdant Aether, Pulp Essence: Ditto the Nightwatcher. - Roseite Aether, Lucentia(Crystal) Essence: This one strikes me as the Sibling because of the building things angle. - Crimson Aether, Blood Essence: The closest thing to a connection I can think of is Nergaoul but that is literally just because of the color red. Stabbing things seems very on theme though. - Sunlight Aether, Spark Essence: - Midnight Aether, Tallow(Oil) Essence: Re-Shephir. Possible other Aethers based on the remaining Unmade and Essences: - Ashertmarn, Sinew Essence: Some sort of flesh based Aether, possibly with regenerative qualities. - Chemoarish, Talus Essence: Stone based Aether, though this seems extremely similar to Roseite. Maybe instead of building things it breaks them down. She is called the Dustmother. - Dai-Gonarthis, unkown: - Moelach, unkown: - Sja-Anat, unknown: - Yelig-Nar, Vapor(Smoke) Essence: - Bo-ado-Mishram, unknown: -Unknown, Foil(Metal) Essence: I'm looking for input here so any suggestions are appreciated. Any thoughts on the two missing essences would also be welcome. Thanks in advance.
  12. Unless I've missed something, Aon Dor is not region locked. We've seen it used on two other worlds by Shai, Riina and Hoid.
  13. The dilution of Allomancy and Feruchemy happened over generations, where any children born after would be first generation and descended from two Fullborn parents. I’m sure there would be plenty of duds, but there would also be a few successes. I see the point you’re making though. I think he meant that a Fullborn couldn’t be born then because a Mistborn couldn’t be born. Rashek hadn’t distributed the Lerasium yet, so Allomancy in its current form hadn’t been introduced to humanity yet.
  14. Hubris is stupidity. He couldn't undo what he had done, but what he did do by the end was pure idiocy. I think Ruin was what was stopping him from undoing his changes, kind of like with Vin. Not 100% sure about that though.
  15. The premise is pretty simple, you're in Rashek's shoes when he uses the Well of Ascension. You've just moved Scadrial out of it's Goldilocks zone and now you have to figure out how to save the world. What would you do? I'll start it off with a few "what I would do's". Option one: I think the simplest fix would be to make humans aquatic. Just change our physiology so we can absorb oxygen either though our skin like a frog, or through gills like a fish. I don't think you would even need to do anything else after that. Maybe add some surface volcanoes to keep the planet cool? The added benefit would be that the Well of Ascension would now be on land, and totally inaccessible to anyone other than you. Option two: Don't save humanity. Instead, reach out to all the female Feruchemists of the world and make them an offer. You will give ten of them Lerasium and make them into Fullborn, but only if they help you repopulate Scadrial with a race of Fullborn. This one is pretty dark, as you are condemning everyone else do death, and essentially blackmailing a bunch of women into being your concubines, but its still probably leads to less suffering than what Rashek did.. and on the up side, you are now the leader of a planet of gods. Let's see a Scadrial vs. "insert random Cosmere planet here" thread when Scadrial is peopled by nothing but Fullborn lol.
  16. I mean, if you're the only Shard level entity out there, your future sight should be pretty on point. There aren't many things that could throw up blind spots.
  17. He could have just killed her at the onset, instead of going on a standard bad guy monologue. Also dying to Vin was the least of his idiot maneuvers. Lets not forget that he had the power to reshape the world and instead of any one of a million thins he could have done to adapt humans to survive, he chose to make them really good at starving and then put up a bunch of volcanoes to block out the sun, (cause nothing ever goes wrong with volcanoes...) then proceed to have them enslaved, raped and tortured for 1000 years. I think I would have a hard time coming up with a worse plan TBH. So yes, he was an absolute dunce.
  18. Adonalsium. Allowing it's self to be shattered resulted in untold (or I guess it has been fairly thoroughly told given that Brandon has written sever books about it) suffering. All of the terrible deeds committed by the lesser villains can therefore be attributed to Adonalsium, making it the evilest thing to exist in the Cosmere.
  19. I swear you guys make these threads just to watch people fight. Obviously the Fullborn wins easily. You can't fight superspeed, it happens faster than you can think. The only exception is if the Fullborn is Rashek, who is the most incompetent idiot to ever exist in the Cosmere.
  20. Not sure if it's necromancy, but I saw this post while looking for something else. Firstly I hope you enjoyed The Unholy Consult. At first I was super disappointed by the ending, but as I thought on it more I came to appreciate it. Secondly, I love that you were reading Dune while waiting for it to arrive. I have always thought of Kellhus as the fully realized version of what Paul could have been. I loved Dune, but found Frank Herbert's writing a bit week. It is one of the only things that I have ever thought turned out better as a movie. As for a book recommendation, as long as you don't mind reading an unfinished series, I would highly recommend The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It tends towards the darker side of fantasy but, as you mentioned above, nothing can compare to the absolute nihilism of Bakker's Earwa. The main character is a bit of a Marry Sue, but the magic is very interesting in my opinion.
  21. If you have enjoyed the Cosmere books so far, I would advise reading more of them before engaging to much on these forums. Spoilers are an absolute certainty and I'd hate for you to miss out on the excitement of what's in store. Warbreaker, then Mistborn, then Stormlight is a pretty good path to follow IMO. Good luck, and enjoy.
  22. @GeoMantrix Off topic, but thank you for your avatar. It made me learn something new.
  23. That makes sense. I'm just imagining a medallion that makes you an Elantrian or a Radiant. That would be some powerful stuff. Pretty hard to charge though.
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