Dracnor Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) Hello, A friend of mine wrote a LARP inspired from the universe of Mistborn. One of the characters is a Soother with this strange ability to read emotions of peoples in addition to soothing them. Of course, this isn't possible for a normal soother in Mistborn; Breeze or his narration says a couple time that soothing isn't mind-reading and that a good Soother is someone with a good enough knowledge of human behaviour to guess the emotions of their targets. I started to wonder : would it be possible to create this emotion-reading ability in Mistborn ? Hemallurgy seems like the perfect tool, but how to use it ? Which trait must be stolen, and to whom ? Or is it definitely impossible ? Any ideas ? Edited August 26, 2019 by Dracnor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dracnor said: I started to wonder : would it be possible to create this emotion-reading ability in Mistborn ? Hemallurgy seems like the perfect tool, but how to use it ? Which trait must be stolen, and to whom ? Or is it definitely impossible ? Any ideas ? Mind reading is incredibly difficult in the Cosmere(if it is even possible). Even the shards don't realy seem to be able to do it. You could spike out something like emotional perception that would make you better at emotional incite but that is about it. Edited August 26, 2019 by Karger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Empathic/Empathy is probably the word you're looking for. And the first problem would be finding someone who was an empath, before you could spike it out of themn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 30 minutes ago, RShara said: Empathic/Empathy is probably the word you're looking for. And the first problem would be finding someone who was an empath, before you could spike it out of themn. Do we know anyone with that ability to spike out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Just now, Karger said: Do we know anyone with that ability to spike out? Not that I can think of, which is why it's the first problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 minute ago, RShara said: Not that I can think of, which is why it's the first problem I am fairly sure the Nightwatcher could grant it so seeking her out might work. One of the Selish magic systems should also be able to do that too. I don't think Hemalurgy is the best way to go about this but if you can find a way to spike out the mental ability to understand others and get a bunch of those spikes it might work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Artemos Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Another direction to take this would be with some weird Connection manipulation. If the character somehow Connects with whoever they're soothing, perhaps it gives them a better understanding of the person and lets them read their emotions, in a sense. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 45 minutes ago, Artemos said: Another direction to take this would be with some weird Connection manipulation. If the character somehow Connects with whoever they're soothing, perhaps it gives them a better understanding of the person and lets them read their emotions, in a sense. Being that deeply connected with someone would have severe side effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinborn Posted August 27, 2019 Report Share Posted August 27, 2019 Can First of the Sun creatures read minds/detect emotions at all? You might be able to spike something out of one of them if they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer_of_spirits Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 In the upcoming book, The Silence Divine, they might have a bacteria for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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