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Blackharp

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  • Birthday 08/29/1987

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    Harry Dresden's Jungle (Chicago)
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    Reading, Gaming, Sleeping, and being obnoxiously chipper.

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  1. The personalization for my book is what Kurkistan said. I posted a couple of non-Facebook links in my topic in the Mistborn board. Sorry for the Facebook link for you non-Facebook people! I'll try to get all of the pictures up on an image hosting site wen I get home tonight and have access to my computer.
  2. I had asked him about the 1 or all metals question while he was signing, and he said that there is no canonical way to burn more than one type of metal without being Mistborn or involving Hemalurgy. When he was originally writing Mistborn he had it so that people could only burn one metal, period. No mistborns. And then a he was writing he wanted to have some characters be obviously more powerful and the Mistborns were, well, born.
  3. Hrm, if you have a Facebook account then it should work now. Otherwise:
  4. Videos: Part Three: Pictures: https://m.facebook.com/?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&_rdr#!/Tpickjr?v=photos&cps&album=a.567740408196.2023650.168500102&ref=bookmark&__user=0
  5. Right then, report time! So this book signing was a much needed relief for me. I haven't read any is Sanderson's WoT books, but I own every other book he has done (except for Alcatraz). So when I heard he was coming to Chicago, I was extremely excited! After finishing the move to my new apartment around 3 PM, I decided to forgoe the unpacking and headed off to Skokie, IL! Took the public transport system to get to the Barnes and Noble and arrived around 5:05. I picked up my copy of AMOL (and ticket #145) and headed down to the Q&A area. In the area there were about 40-50 folding chairs, with the first few rows being reserved for the first 25 ticket holders. Upon my arrival most of the seats were taken and a decent number of people standing around. I was lucky enough to snag a seat off to the side and one row behind the reserved section. For the next hour people continued to filter in and there was much excitement as Harriet and Maria were spotted up on the balcony level overlooking the Q&A section before they went in back to wait for Brandon. At 6:32 Brandon entered the store through the main doors and was immediately greeted by applause and cheers. He quickly disappeared to the back of the store after shaking some hands and making a joke. As of 6:45 there had been around 242 tickets handed out to participants, and then at 7:10, when Brandon came out to the podium with Harriet and Maria there were 271 tickets handed out. At 7:10 Brandon, Harriet, and Maria were announced and the fun began! We were in for a surprise as Brandon announced that instead of a reading, the three of them were going to do a surprise Q&A session for us instead! I did my best to record the entire section (sorry if my phone was in anyone's way! I tried to keep it low!), but about 2/3rds of the way through I got a call, followed by multiple texts, which made my phone stop recording. So there were two questions asked that didn't get recorded. My phone also ran out of memory at the very end of the session as well, so the tail end of his last answer gets cut off. Sorry! The links to the video and pictures are all below! Sorry for the shakiness! After a long day of moving boxes my arms were tired! One of the questions that I didn't get recorded, was for Harriet asking how she picked Brandon to continue her husband's work. And I missed the other question. After the Q&A session the Barnes &Noble team split everyone up into groups of 100 and then worked their way through each group in amounts of 25. While you waited though the Memory Keepers did a raffle trivia for each group of 100. The prizes were the AMOL messenger bag that had an AMOL iPhone case, and an unsigned paperback TWOK. By the end of the event they had given out 20 of these prize kits. Now then, on to the signing! The lines moved extremely quickly as te first time through it was ONLY signatures and no personalizations. If you wanted something personalized you had to get back into the end of the line after your first go-through. The entire first line had about 300 tickets/people in total, and Brandon, Harriet, and Maria blew through them in about an hour-hour and a half. Harriet and Maria then ended up leaving early (around 9:45) while Brandon stayed to do personalizations. I was lucky enough to snag one of the B&N Special Event posters and got all three of them to sign it before they left though! I had 4 books that I needed signed: AMOL, TWOK, Misborn, and the Mistborn RPG. I was extremely excited because Sanderson commented that I was the only Mistborn RPG that he has signed so far on this tour. Made my night! He also added a very special personalization to my RPG book (see pictures below). As for questions I asked him: Q: In Mistborn, why is it that an allowancer either has just one metal, or is Mistborn and has ALL? Why aren't there any that have just two, or three? A: Originally he had planned so that people would only have one metal, period. No mistborns. And then as he went along with the writing he liked this idea, but he really wanted to make some more powerful allomancers, which is why he created the Mistborn. He did say though that if you are playing the RPG, you are more than welcome to have an allomancer that can burn two metals without Hemalurgy. Q2: When will the will the Alloy of Law gaming supplemental be released? A2: The supplemental was originally slotted to be released this spring/summer but crafty games is a little behind schedule on it. Just keep your eyes open for more news on the websites! And now for the promised pictures and videos! Enjoy! And if you have any questions, just ask! ~ Ted Pick a.k.a Blackharp
  6. Thanks for adding that in Lamguin! I also have notes and pictures from the event that I will be putting up tomorrow/later today. I'm staying at a friends house and don't have access to my computer. I need to edit out the part from the Q&A video I took where the guy asked about characters dying and name dropped >.<
  7. https://m.facebook.com/?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=567740617776&id=168500102&set=a.567740408196.2023650.168500102&ref=bookmark&__user=0 Problem Solved! Edit: This was written and signed by Brandon Sanderson in my copy of the core book! Woot!
  8. Hello everyone! The event is still going on and I'll make a much more detailed report later on after it ends, but here is the quick and dirty. 272 tickets were given out up to the point of Brandon, Harriet, and Maria coming out to talk. Instead of a reading, Brandon, Harriet, and Maria did a Q&A session. Video for this will be linked later (probably tomorrow). While waiting for your turn to join the signing line, the team did trivia questions from WoT. The prizes were the AMOL Messenger bag, IPhone case, and The Way of Kings. They handed out 5 bags for our group, and 5 for the previous group. So I they keep up the pattern there should have been about 25-30 bags handed out as trivia prizes. And I am now standing in line waiting for the signing, ticket #145! Video and pictures of the event to be added later.
  9. Just got off the phone with B&N. they said that as of right now yet are expecting 100-250 people. So if you show up at 6 you MIGHT have a shot at it. Also, I think the 54A bus stops running at 10:30. So you should be able to get a ride back into town on that.
  10. I guess that makes sense! And hurray for house rules! And oddly, I had never thought about making him as a sniper. Those were always just my two favorite metals.
  11. Haven't actually found a group yet, this is just for future planning. Though if there is anyone here from Chicago, I will happily host a Mistborn gaming group, I have no problems GM-ing/Narrating. And yeah, I saw that technically you could make a 2 metal allomancer with Hemalurgy, but I was mostly wondering if Sanderson had ever specifically said WHY it is either one or all. I plan on going to his book signing here in Chicago tomorrow, and I was hoping to ask him, but didn't want to waste his time if it had already been asked and explained. Also, if any of you are going to the signing in Chicago tomorrow, let me know! I'll save you a spot in line! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edit: Also, I was trying to figure out how you would build a two-metal allomancer when working over the stat portion of the creation. Would he be a Strong or Medium Power character? And Lance, I have thought about doing that but I didn't want to waste a Strong Power slot for the Mistborn ability if it was possible to work around it and keep him at a Medium. My idea was to count him as a Medium Power, but for his skill points put them at 4-5 and then maybe allow one of the metals to have a stunt. That way he isn't as focused as a single-metal, but he also isn't as Jack-of-all-trades as the Mistborn.
  12. I remember reading in the books (both the Trilogy, Alloy, and RPG)that either you are a one metal Allomancer, or you are an all-metals Mistborn. I will admit that it has been awhile since I have read the original trilogy, and I couldn't remember if there were any characters who could burn JUST two metals. My question then (and apologies if this has already been asked, I looked for the topic and didn't find any)is: Is there any specific reason you can't have an Allomancer able to burn multiple metals without being mistborn? I was looking over the game and thinking, "Man I would love to play an Allomancer who can only use Tin and Steel (weird I know)" and then I realized that there wasn't rules for that sort of character. And yeah, I could keep talking but it would just be me asking the same question over, and over. Thanks in advance!
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