Elsecaller_17.5 Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) This says Shardbladds are more invested than the Bands of Mourning. That's cool! Questioner You've said that Shardblades can be made in other magic systems. So if it's not like a Shardblade from Roshar, what makes it a Shardblade? Brandon Sanderson The "Shard" refers to the heavy Investiture of a Shard of Adonalsium. Most of what you’ll see will see are the Roshar ones, but it is technically possible to make them out of the other magic systems. It's going to be a heavily invested magical weapon, is kind of how I would define it. Questioner So are the Bands [of Mourning] one? Brandon Sanderson I would not call them one, but they are close. They're not Invested enough. Calamity Austin signing (Feb. 25, 2016) That is all. Edited January 21, 2020 by Elsecaller_17.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I am surprised ! Given the huge amount of powers bands were bestowing upon its holder, I am surprised that shardblades are more invested!? That would include dead eyes too right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I'm honestly not that surprised at this. Spren are tiny chunks of Investiture in and of themselves, and that doesn't change when they get manifested into a Blade. Hard to get much more Invested than that without being a Shard (or Nightblood, I suppose). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, Invocation said: Spren are tiny chunks of Investiture in and of themselves, and that doesn't change when they get manifested into a Blade. Hard to get much more Invested than that without being a Shard (or Nightblood, I suppose). Tiny chunks.... exactly!! And hence my surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Just now, The traveller said: Tiny chunks.... exactly!! And hence my surprise. It's still a tiny chunk of a purity that a Feruchemical metalmind (even one that gets you to mistpoint) wouldn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, Invocation said: It's still a tiny chunk of a purity that a Feruchemical metalmind (even one that gets you to mistpoint) wouldn't have. Ok I get your point. Hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 The bands do not have to be super invested. Remember with normal metalminds we are only making them with a tiny fraction of the investiture of one measly human soul. It is not like we have any evidence that humans are super invested. Just a bunch stronger then that would be noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yea so although the bands grant powers of a fullborn and those powers are significant but in terms of pure investiture, shardblades are way above bands. And medallions will not even compare a tiny bit. What about fabrials and medallions then? Since fabrials have actual lesser spren trapped in them, they should have significantly higher levels of investiture as compared to medallions! But an oathgate has only a bonded spren type of deal and not an actual trapped spren, so in and of itself, oathgates have much less investiture ? but they require shardblades to function, but they don’t actually consume the shardblades so the use of shardblade is more of a security feature only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 39 minutes ago, The traveller said: What about fabrials and medallions then? Since fabrials have actual lesser spren trapped in them, they should have significantly higher levels of investiture as compared to medallions! Fabrials should, but their entire function is directing that Investiture into the outer world, potentially dispersing it some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Khol Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) On 1/21/2020 at 5:36 PM, The Traveller said: I am surprised ! Given the huge amount of powers bands were bestowing upon its holder, I am surprised that shardblades are more invested!? That would include dead eyes too right? The bands of mourning are just pieces of metal that a human/humans added their own power too. Shardblades are literally Honor's Investiture condensed so much it took the form of "metal" Of course they're more powerful Edited January 25, 2020 by Eternal Khol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Eternal Khol said: The bands of mourning are just pieces of metal that a human/humans added their own power too. Shardblades are literally Honor's Investiture condensed so much it took the form of "metal" Of course they're more powerful Yup I realise that On 1/22/2020 at 10:09 AM, The Traveller said: Yea so although the bands grant powers of a fullborn and those powers are significant but in terms of pure investiture, shardblades are way above bands. And medallions will not even compare a tiny bit. What about fabrials and medallions then? Since fabrials have actual lesser spren trapped in them, they should have significantly higher levels of investiture as compared to medallions! But an oathgate has only a bonded spren type of deal and not an actual trapped spren, so in and of itself, oathgates have much less investiture ? but they require shardblades to function, but they don’t actually consume the shardblades so the use of shardblade is more of a security feature only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Khol Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, The Traveller said: Yup I realise that Oops, didn't see that. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Eternal Khol said: Oops, didn't see that. My bad. No problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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