Sky Breaker Posted February 21, 2023 Posted February 21, 2023 Would you rather… 1. have all ten honor blades or the bands of mourning 2. full feruchemist or mistborn 3. elantrian or shard 4. Fifth oath radiant (say what you choose) or a fifth heightening awakener for me I would do 1. All ten honor blades 2. Feruchemist 3.elantrian 4. Sky breaker 1
Frustration Posted February 21, 2023 Posted February 21, 2023 Honorblades, not even close, infinite power, portals, time dialation, Nukes, lasers, flight, disintigration etc. Yes Please. Feruchemist Elantrian, I prefer to not have my personality overwritten by a hostile alien entity Radiant(Either Skybreaker or Truthwatcher, though I won't commit before I get the Truthwatcher oaths)
alder24 Posted February 21, 2023 Posted February 21, 2023 1. Honorblades, all surges, extreme power no comparison 2. Feruchemy is more usefull and possibly dangerous 3. Elantrian, but why not both? Why not become a Shard, do amazing stuff with it, and create a way for me to become Elantrian after I gave up the Shards. 4. Awakener!!!! I love it!
Quantus he/him Posted February 21, 2023 Posted February 21, 2023 Honorblades, since they dont run out. Feruchemist Invention, Please. Ill go off and Design myself a retirement Package that has the benefits of Elantrians and AonDor, but isnt as "emotionally and mentally exhausting" as Elantrians. Also something with a direct Spiritual Realm Connection supplying Investiture (like Allomancy). 5th Heightening. It's the easiest and most sustainable Immortality on the table, and Ive always loved the Heightening's Sensory upgrades. 1
Ookla the worldhopper Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 1. BANDS OF MOURNING!!! op compounding = good 2. feruchemist 3. shard............ 4. 5th heightening. never getting old, or getting headaches? im in
cometaryorbit Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Most of these are actually really hard questions... 1. This one slightly depends. If you can't get Stormlight off of Roshar, and don't get the Heralds' ability to directly draw on Honor, the Blades are only usable on Roshar. But it seems like it's at least not obvious how to use the Bands to Compound to recharge themselves, and maybe not possible. But if we're just considering the powers themselves, I'd have to go with the Honorblades, both because of Progression's healing not being limited to self like Gold Feruchemy, and because Soulcasting is ridiculously awesome. Another advantage of choosing the Honorblades is that the right five Honorblades grant all ten Surges, so I could give powers to up to five other people and still have all ten myself. 2. Full Feruchemist, Feruchemy just has so many everyday-life applications. 3. This one really depends, for a lot of reasons... - Which Shard? There's some (Ruin, Odium, likely Dominion if the Skaze/Fjordell are a fair representation of that Intent) that I'd never touch. Others (Cultivation, Preservation, possibly Invention depending on the exact meaning of that Intent) would fit me very well. - is the implication of the question that if I choose the Shard, I have to keep it forever, vs doing things with it then passing it on before Intent overwhelms me? - what is it that makes Elantrian immortality so difficult? So if choosing Shard implies remaining the Shard permanently (thus loss of self) or getting a random Shard, then definitely Elantrian. Though even that isn't super attractive, if it's that wearying and you don't really get active powers outside Arelon and its vicinity. Plus being immortal without everyone else in my life isn't that great. If I can choose which Shard and retain the ability to pass it on, then I'd do that. 4. Awakener, because being a Radiant means you have to stick to the oaths or your spren dies. But this one's slightly hard because 5th Heightening means lonely immortality. If I could have say 8-10k Breaths it would be easy. What I'd probably do is split up the Breaths anyway... Vivenna at 3rd Heightening (though I think well above minimum for that) is said to be in a position to barely age at all and essentially immune to disease, and even 1st extends life by about a decade. So I could give one other person 3rd Heightening (600), keep 3rd for myself (600), and still give four other people 2nd (200) or sixteen other people 1st (50). Or give ten people, including myself, 2nd. Edited February 22, 2023 by cometaryorbit 1
alder24 Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, cometaryorbit said: Plus being immortal without everyone else in my life isn't that great. That's the main problem with immortality. Everyone always chooses to be immortal, yet they forget that everyone they know and love will die. They forget that Cosmere immortality gives you drastic mental health issues. What's good about immortality if you will not only be alone, but also insane like many Fused or Taln? I don't want to live forever. I don't even want to be like Hoid. 5 minutes ago, cometaryorbit said: 4. Awakener, because being a Radiant means you have to stick to the oaths or your spren dies. But this one's slightly hard because 5th Heightening means lonely immortality. If I could have say 8-10k Breaths it would be easy. I love Awakening, I would love to have 60-70k Breaths and just push Awakening to the limits, explore everything that is possible, create the best Type 4 entities and just have fun with it. 1
Trusk'our he/him Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Sky Breaker said: Would you rather… 1. have all ten honor blades or the bands of mourning 2. full feruchemist or mistborn 3. elantrian or shard 4. Fifth oath radiant (say what you choose) or a fifth heightening awakener 1. Tough call for me. Bands of Mourning are awesome. You get to have thirty-two intriguing powers that you toy around with and learn more about, some of which turn you basically into a demigod. But Soulcasting is also pretty cool, and Bondsmithing could make you even more powerful if you knew how to use it to change your own Connection. So I would choose Bands of Mourning unless I could reliably figure out the Bondsmith Honorblade (in which case, I don't even need all ten Honorblades to tempt me. The Bondsmith Honorblade is good enough on its own). 2. Full Feruchemist. Mistborn powers are awesome, but Feruchemy feels like it has more overall versatility; a well prepared Full Feruchemist has something for basically any kind of situation, and their powers feel more useful for every-day situations as well as crazy world-ending situations. Plus, with Bendalloy Feruchemy, dieting becomes so much easier. 3. Do you mean a full Shard of Adonalsium? I'd still take being an Elantrian, actually. Being a Shardic Vessel has a lot of perks, but it's a lot of responsibility down a long, lonely road that involves a primordial force inevitably corrupting your mind and soul. In light of that, I'd take having to learn Investiture programming lessons any day of the week (and saying something, because programming is hard). 4. Hmmm. Honestly, I love the everlasting youth and Healthy state that comes with being an Awakener of the 5th Heightening, and if you do it correctly, you could sell a few Breaths and use the money to invest, then buy more Breaths a few decades later (during which you'll still barely age) to replace what you lost, and comfortably do whatever you feel like during your eternal retirement... Buuuuuuut. Realistically, I feel like being a 5th oath Radiant would be the best for my overall wellbeing and sense of self-worth, and living forever probably gets boring fast unless you have something bigger in your life that you always look forward to and work towards. I'd take being a Radiant, even if I started out with the 1st oath, because it's just the right thing to do for myself and others (Edgdancer or Skybreaker would be the orders I would best resonate with, I believe). Edited February 22, 2023 by Trusk'our
Trusk'our he/him Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, alder24 said: That's the main problem with immortality. Everyone always chooses to be immortal, yet they forget that everyone they know and love will die. They forget that Cosmere immortality gives you drastic mental health issues. What's good about immortality if you will not only be alone, but also insane like many Fused or Taln? I don't want to live forever. I don't even want to be like Hoid. Seriously, that is one of the most profound things I've read on the 17th Shard. I also agree for the most part. I do think that living longer might be nice, particularly if you can form emotional connections with new people, especially newer generations of one's family. So, maybe I would choose to live a hundred years or so, maybe a little more (it's just too early to tell for me), but living that long without suffering the ill effects of getting old is what I'd really want. Plus, mathematically speaking, you'd still die from an accident at some point, even if you didn't age. But by then, it might not matter much to you- it depends on whether you still have meaning in your life.
EmulatonStromenkiin he/him Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 21 hours ago, Sky Breaker said: Would you rather… 1. have all ten honor blades or the bands of mourning 2. full feruchemist or mistborn 3. elantrian or shard 4. Fifth oath radiant (say what you choose) or a fifth heightening awakener 1. Honor blades 2. Feruchemist 3. Elantrian 4. Awakener
Frustration Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 22 hours ago, cometaryorbit said: 1. This one slightly depends. If you can't get Stormlight off of Roshar, and don't get the Heralds' ability to directly draw on Honor, the Blades are only usable on Roshar. The Bondsmith Honorblade allows you to generate Stormlight.
SteelBagel Posted February 27, 2023 Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) On 2/21/2023 at 4:40 PM, Sky Breaker said: Would you rather… 1. have all ten honor blades or the bands of mourning 2. full feruchemist or mistborn 3. elantrian or shard 4. Fifth oath radiant (say what you choose) or a fifth heightening awakener for me I would do 1. All ten honor blades 2. Feruchemist 3.elantrian 4. Sky breaker 1- I would rather have all 10 honorblades, assuming they came with stormlight, because I would be too concerned about using up the bands of mourning to ever use them. 2- Mistborn is just cooler 3-Elantrian. You think I want that Intent to deal with? 4- Awakener. Transferable Immortality, plus the ability to create little pupets for myself? Count me in Edited February 27, 2023 by SteelBagel
Stick The Savant Posted February 27, 2023 Posted February 27, 2023 1. honor blades, I feel like the bands of mourning would be too easy for someone to steal, then I'd be in trouble 2. Feruchemist, The powers just seem so much more usefull in day to day life. also, once Brandon reveals the mechanics, I could make unsealed metal minds! 3. Elantrian but only I there Is a way for me to study the Dor outside of just running endless expirements 4.fifth oath probably Bondsmith, but perhaps Wind Runner or SkyBreaker (depends on how Diviison works)
IlstrawberrySeed Posted February 27, 2023 Posted February 27, 2023 If we get all 4 of them at once: BoM, Fuerochemist, Elantrian, and awakener. If only 1 at a time, Honorblades, mistborn, Elantrian, awakener
Tglassy Posted February 27, 2023 Posted February 27, 2023 1. Hmm. All ten honorblades or the Bands. The honorblades require Stormlight. The Bondsmith blade could supposedly open perpendicularities to fill gemstones, so at least you'd have a way to do that...but shouldn't it cost Stormlight to do that in the first place? Regardless, it's a lot of power. But then, so is the Bands, assuming you can recharge it. With the blades, you only need 5 of them to get all the powers. So you have five lucky friends. But...can you even bond with more than one honorblade? Or would you have to, like, just do one at a time? I know you can bond more than one dead blade, and be bonded to a dead blade and living blade at the same time. But since Honorblades GRANT powers, I'd assume it would be kind of like holding on to too many medallions...they interfere with each other. Too many unknowns there. I'd go with the Bands. One item, granting 32 powers, of which I can compound to fill. Just be a Fullborn. And someone mentioned healing, but you can always just let someone else touch the bands so they can heal. Or use the Bands to create a medallion granting Gold Feruchemy. So yeah. Bands. 2. This is another difficult one. In everyday life, Feruchemy is much more useful. So much of my time is wasted, anyway. But...steelpushing...and Pewter...I'm surprising myself, but I think I'd rather do Mistborn. All 16 metals? I'd almost pick Mistborn just for Steel and Pewter. Being able to enhance my own attributes at will is great, but Mistborn can just do cool things. 3. I...don't see how this is an equal choice, but...um...Elantrian, I guess? I'm not sure I'd trust myself with godlike power, not that Elantrians don't have godlike power. 4. Awakener. Yes, being a Windrunner would be awesome, but perfect pitch, perfect color vision, and immortality? Never being sick, all that stuff. That's just great. Hey, if an Awakener stores health in a Metalmind, would they actually get sick? They basically have infinite Health. As far as being immortal, Awakeners can easily stop being immortal. So that isn't really an issue. Decide you can't stand it? Just give it to someone else and live out the rest of your days. Easy peasy.
Frustration Posted February 28, 2023 Posted February 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, Tglassy said: 1. Hmm. All ten honorblades or the Bands. The honorblades require Stormlight. The Bondsmith blade could supposedly open perpendicularities to fill gemstones, so at least you'd have a way to do that...but shouldn't it cost Stormlight to do that in the first place? It's something Bondsmiths can just do, or at least Dalinar can, no clue about the Bondsmith Honorblade 50 minutes ago, Tglassy said: But...can you even bond with more than one honorblade? Yes Spoiler Aradanftw Let's say you wanted to be the Mistborn equivalent of a Surgebinder, having all ten Surges, would the best way to do that to bond at least five Honorblades or can you bond more than one spren? Brandon Sanderson You could bond five Honorblades. That'd be the easiest way by far. Because convincing multiple spren to bond you is going to be really tough, so by far the easiest way is just to get... you'd actually need all ten Honor... No, you'd need five Honorblades for the five... Yeah. Aradanftw You'd have to get the right ones. Brandon Sanderson You'd have to get the right ones and then you'd have all ten. Aradanftw And then, there's nothing wrong with bonding five individual Blades? You don't have to have five arms? Brandon Sanderson You do not have to have five arms. You could bond five Blades if you wanted to. Aradanftw Really cool. Thank you. Brandon Sanderson Particularly Honorblades. Aradanftw They're special. Brandon Sanderson Mhm. Starsight Release Party (Nov. 26, 2019)
JustQuestin2004 he/him Posted February 28, 2023 Posted February 28, 2023 On 22/02/2023 at 5:40 AM, Sky Breaker said: 1. have all ten honor blades or the bands of mourning The Honorblades, Ishar's Blade grants access to a ridiculous amount of Investiture so it wouldn't matter if there was Stormlight around or not. Plus their abilities are much more esoteric than the Bands, and thus have more of my interest. On 22/02/2023 at 5:40 AM, Sky Breaker said: 2. full feruchemist or mistborn Feruchemist, cause that's just really nice to have for daily life. Which I'd have as a bigger priority. On 22/02/2023 at 5:40 AM, Sky Breaker said: 3. elantrian or shard Do you mean Shard as in Ascending? Because if so then heck yeah gimme Divinity. Elantrians are cool but I'd want the power to shape entire worlds on my whim. Plus if I don't like the Intent of the Shard then I could always just set up my own Magic System as best I can then Splinter the Shard in a way that doesn't cause huge problems and then abuse my new Magic System/s. On 22/02/2023 at 5:40 AM, Sky Breaker said: 4. Fifth oath radiant (say what you choose) or a fifth heightening awakener Ehhhh, this is a toughie. I'd say the 5th Heightening just so that I can have Agelessness. 5th Oath Radiant would be cool and all but I think I'd prefer the choice to live as I want for as long as I want.
Trusk'our he/him Posted February 28, 2023 Posted February 28, 2023 19 hours ago, Stick The Savant said: 1. honor blades, I feel like the bands of mourning would be too easy for someone to steal, then I'd be in trouble You could probably store pain via Feruchemical tin, then strategically implant metals throughout your body, and then use Compounding with the Bands to fill those metals with all the powers the Bands grant. It would theoretically be possible for someone to steal them, but it would not be easy. 15 hours ago, Tglassy said: With the blades, you only need 5 of them to get all the powers. So you have five lucky friends. That's really one of the neat parts of the Bands; with the Compounding they grant, it should be possible to copy them, which the Honorblades don't allow. You could grant powers to as many of your allies as you feel (so long as you have enough metal), and you could give them as many or as few powers as you feel inclined to donate to the individual. Really, having the ability to give magical powers not only to yourself, but to your followers as well plays into the whole demigod theme nicely 1
Recommended Posts