Unknown Shards

[Aradel he/him]

If Brandon were to make shard for logic/learning/knowledge. I vote he models it after Chaos, the expert in all things cosmere-ical. Seriously who else has his knowledge of minutiae? (Aside from Peter)

[Chaos he/him]

If Brandon were to make shard for logic/learning/knowledge. I vote he models it after Chaos, the expert in all things cosmere-ical. Seriously who else has his knowledge of minutiae? (Aside from Peter)

That's easy: Zas.

Not that I'm complaining, I'll happily be a Shard. You don't have to ask me twice!

"Yeah, Brandon, I know who exactly you should model that Shard after." "Logic, you mean?" "Yeah, that one. His username on 17S is Chaos." "Chaos. And he's... logical." "...Yes." "Riiiiight."

I'm just so chaotic that my username is itself inconsistent with me. I'm so devious! It almost makes too much sense.

Shard please.

[Shivertongue he/him]

The Shard of Confusion, or the equivalent, needs to be based on me. There is no other option.

[Aradel he/him]

The Shard of Confusion, or the equivalent, needs to be based on me. There is no other option.

Wait, that statement made sense.

...

I'm confused.

[Shivertongue he/him]

Wait, that statement made sense.

...

I'm confused.

Exactly.

It's the waffles.

[Odium's_Shard]

The waffles with giraffe honey. Everyday, 4g of fibre. Where can you go wrong?

[Ironeyes]

How 'bout a shard called Integrity? Where your magical power increases slowly by honest acts and drops a level if you do something bad? (I know, it's very Mormon of me to suggest that, but hey, Brandon's Mormon too.)

[Shivertongue he/him]

How 'bout a shard called Integrity? Where your magical power increases slowly by honest acts and drops a level if you do something bad? (I know, it's very Mormon of me to suggest that, but hey, Brandon's Mormon too.)

Thing is, such things would be subjective to the person. What defines honesty and bad? If an evil man is honest and true to his convictions, and honest to himself, does his power grow? Is what he is doing considered bad in the eyes of the magic?

Besides, Integrity is basically Honor. And I think we have that one. Kind of important, in a way, in that one book, about the kings. (Or was it THE King?)

[Aradel he/him]

Use the D&D alignment graph. Lawful, Good, Chaotic, Evil, Nuetral. Replace good with selfless and evil with selfish.

[Commander Spoonface he/him]

How do you define selfish/selfless, after all? Actions can benefit yourself and others.

[Aiken Frost he/him]

How do you define selfish/selfless, after all? Actions can benefit yourself and others.

Selfish: benefiting yourself in detriment to others.

Selfless: benefit others in detriment to yourself.

When you benefit yourself AND others with the same action, thats Neutral (I prefer to call it "Practical" ).

Edited March 28, 2012 by Aiken Frost

[Commander Spoonface he/him]

Selfish: benefiting yourself in detriment to others.

Selfless: benefit others in detriment to yourself.

When you benefit yourself AND others with the same action, thats Neutral (I prefer to call it "Practical" ).

Then you get into the fiddly area of "detriment" and "benefit". After all, if this magic system gives you, let's call them "karmic points" for being "selfless", than you are getting a definite benefit to yourself. That's just business.

Ooooo.... is Capitalism a Shard?

[Aethling he/him]

How about a shard named Fidelity?

Dual aspect of truthfulness and being faithful to others or originals.

The knowledge/learning idea is probably already covered by Cultivation. One of its meanings can mean

cultural refinement or gaining knowledge.

[Odium's_Shard]

Capitalism? Magic user of this Shard's system: Fatcat.

Whatever it's balance magic becomes, a user of it will become a Banker (because at first, they seem generous enough, until you read the smallprint).

[Aeshdan he/him]

Two more Shards:

Manliness: (Responsible for Siri's power of Super-Fast Beard Growth in Infinity Blade

Femininity: Counterpart to Manliness.

[Aradel he/him]

The shardholder for manliness is chuck norris.

The shardholder for femininity changes hands a lot due to frequent catfights.

[Dros]

I always thought Chuck Norris held the "Roundhouse Kicks to the Face Shard of Andolasium." In order to access his power, you must have an intent to roundhouse kick someone in the face. Allomancy is child's play compared to that!

[Quantum Toast he/him]

Obfuscation. Its magic system is responsible for "RAFO", and its shardpool is on the island from Lost.

[Morsk he/him]

There should be a Shard of Explosions. Any magic system without explosions is instantly made better by the inclusion of explosions.

[Vandelyk she/her]

There should be a Shard of Explosions. Any magic system without explosions is instantly made better by the inclusion of explosions.

Shardholder would be Michael Bay

[CrazyRioter she/her]

Or one of the Mythbusters crew.

[Commander Spoonface he/him]

Shardholder would be Michael Bay

Is there a shard of tastelessness? That would be his shard.

[Odium's_Shard]

My favorite imaginary (yet, you just wait til Brandon hears of this, he'll HAVE to make it canon) Shard would have to be the Sheep Shard.

Not only is it impossible to change forms in order to create a plural (which is a MUST, in my opinion, for any decent Shard, like Preservation [try saying Preservations]), it's power makes it necessary that you follow current trends. Shardholder: Womankind.

Opposite Shard: Beer.

Edited May 21, 2012 by Odium's_Shard

[Joe ST he/him]

My favorite imaginary (yet, you just wait til Brandon hears of this, he'll HAVE to make it canon) Shard would have to be the Sheep Shard.

Not only is it impossible to change forms in order to create a plural (which is a MUST, in my opinion, for any decent Shard, like Preservation [try saying Preservations]), it's power makes it necessary that you follow current trends. Shardholder: Womankind.

Opposite Shard: Beer.

well Ruins works , Honors, Cultivations, Devotions, Dominions, Preservations does work (for me)

[Odium's_Shard]

Actually Honors works in the same way as Ruin, as a verb. But because all the others are in a non-verb state, as in a thing, noun, such as Cultivation being a thing, and to cultivate being a verb. But technically 'Ruins' isn't a plural.

/nerdrant