king of nowhere Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 exactly what the title says. though water is inefficient for dissolving chalklings, a moat would still be a difficult obstacle for them. I think it was said they crossed the isles on logs or stuff, which on a moat you cannot do - as of course there will still be the army around to stop those attempts. Seems more effective than a chalk circle that can be broken with effort. If nothing else, you can still put the chalk circle outside of the moat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) Would you believe there's a WoB exacltly on point? Quote Questioner In Rithmatist there's a Tower in Nebrask, why don't the Rithmatists just build a big moat of acid around it? Brandon Sanderson You'll see, when I get there. They have tri-- Number one, a big moat of acid is really hard, you think about how much acid you would have to get in there? It's got to be enormous. Because remember the Tower moves. Questioner Okay, didn't know that. Brandon Sanderson Yes, the Tower moves, and so there's this huge swath they have to keep defended, it's enormous. But that's one of the big things, the other thing is you can't just leave them there because they will find a way across, 'cause they know how to cross boats and things now. Because they can get between the islands. Shadows of Self London UK signing (Oct. 19, 2015) In other words, the area you'd need to enclose with a moat to completely isolate the Tower is huge and the logistics daunting even if you're using water rather than acid, and it will only slow rather than stop them because they'll still find a way across it. Edited June 25, 2019 by Weltall 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted June 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 I was missing the part about the tower moving. thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angsos Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 I just want to get there already, seems like it might make good viewing once it's finished 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar19 Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 6/25/2019 at 8:48 PM, king of nowhere said: I was missing the part about the tower moving. thanks IIRC, In the Rithmatist, they say that the Tower has not been seen moving in a long time, or something along those lines 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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