Nightwatcher Boon/Bane (Game)

[Elenion he/him]

1 hour ago, I_am_a_Stick said:

Granted, but you can only use your abilities for 30 mins per year. Haha take that!

I wish to have control over time

Granted, but you have no control over space. You are left to guard the Nightwatcher as a kind of living statue.

I wish for a better US presidential candidate. 

[I_am_NOT_fire]

3 hours ago, Elenion said:

Granted, but you have no control over space. You are left to guard the Nightwatcher as a kind of living statue.

I wish for a better US presidential candidate. 

Sure, You get Helen Clarke, actually pretty good. 

But.

Donald Trump Takes over Russia (somehow) and starts a nuclear apocalypse.

I wish for the ability to transform into a dragon

Edited August 3, 2016 by I_am_NOT_fire

[Shadeshadow227]

2 hours ago, I_am_NOT_fire said:

I wish for the ability to transform into a dragon

Granted, but now you are the opposite gender. Because...bane.

I wish to create a new magic system of my choosing. Powers, weaknesses, rules, etc.

[KnightRadiant she/her]

Granted, you now have created a new magic system. Your bane is that your magic system involves "multi-tentacled space goats". Because I just listened to that episode of Writing Excuses...

I wish I could have signed copies of all of Brandon's books.

[I_am_NOT_fire]

1 minute ago, KnightRadiant said:

Granted, you now have created a new magic system. Your bane is that your magic system involves "multi-tentacled space goats". Because I just listened to that episode of Writing Excuses...

I wish I could have signed copies of all of Brandon's books.

Alright. 

Be prepared for a rather... Interesting bane.

So you have your signed books (Including secret history and the ones that he published only on Kindle.) But you also have a friend who becomes suddenly obsessed with his books. They borrow all of them from you in one sweep and take them on a holiday to Tonga. Have fun getting your soaked sun-bleached copies back.

I wish I had the power to change other people's personalities.

[Shadeshadow227]

48 minutes ago, KnightRadiant said:

Granted, you now have created a new magic system. Your bane is that your magic system involves "multi-tentacled space goats". Because I just listened to that episode of Writing Excuses...

I wish I could have signed copies of all of Brandon's books.

Granted, but all of the words have been replaced with the phrase "multi-tentacled space goats" written over and over again. (Seriously, you could have made the bane unrelated to the magic system. Where am I even gonna find multi-tentacled space goats...wait...summoning magic...I think I may have found a loophole. Yay.)

I wish to become a new shard: Inspiration!

Edited August 3, 2016 by Shadeshadow227

[KnightRadiant she/her]

Oh wow. I get two boons and banes. Ninja alert.

4 minutes ago, Shadeshadow227 said:

Granted, but all of the words have been replaced with the phrase "multi-tentacled space goats" written over and over again. (Seriously man, you could have made the bane unrelated to the magic system. Where am I even gonna find multi-tentacled space goats...wait...summoning magic...I think I may have found a loophole. Yay.)

I wish to become a new shard: Inspiration!

(I'm female) I'm just commenting on this one and not asking for anything, so that @I_am_NOT_fire can have their wish.

You become the new shard. And now Odium wants to Shatter you to stop you from stopping him. He's now hunting you.

[Herowannabe he/him]

Granted, though the amount of Inspiration you exude is directly proportional to the amount of Perspiration you exude. 

 

I wish my life was like the movie "Groundhog Day," where I repeat certain days over and over again, except that I have full control over which days repeat and when and how often. 

[Stick. she/her]

Granted, but whenever you repeat a day, you loose one of your fingers PERMANENTLY mwahahaha!

I wish I had the ability to survive without oxygen 

 

[hoidhunter he/him]

Granted...you now survive on methane.

 

I wish for a free porterhouse steak.

[Erklitt]

1 hour ago, hoidhunter said:

Granted...you now survive on methane.

 

I wish for a free porterhouse steak.

Granted. On your next visit to your favorite steak house, the server offers you a free porterhouse steak. You accept and eat with relish. The steak has a pungent yet not unpleasant taste. You comment on that to the server, who explains it's origin: the dog had stolen the steak from the grill and taken it to the dungheap to eat, but the cook could save it at the last moment and return it to the grill. (Why did you think it was free?)

I wish my toothache were gone.

[Assassin in Burgundy he/him]

14 hours ago, I_am_NOT_fire said:

Alright. 

Be prepared for a rather... Interesting bane.

So you have your signed books (Including secret history and the ones that he published only on Kindle.) But you also have a friend who becomes suddenly obsessed with his books. They borrow all of them from you in one sweep and take them on a holiday to Tonga. Have fun getting your soaked sun-bleached copies back.

I wish I had the power to change other people's personalities.

Granted. But you have no power over what you actually change them into, e.g. you try and make them nicer but they end up feeling like a space walrus.

On that note, I wish for a space walrus.

[Elenion he/him]

40 minutes ago, Assassin in Burgundy said:

Granted. But you have no power over what you actually change them into, e.g. you try and make them nicer but they end up feeling like a space walrus.

On that note, I wish for a space walrus.

I think you looked on the wrong page.

[Assassin in Burgundy he/him]

2 hours ago, Elenion said:

I think you looked on the wrong page.

Crud, yeah sorry 'bout that

[Renoux she/her]

Granted, you get a space walrus, but, when you bring it into the earth's atmosphere, it becomes a tiny space walrus, due to pressure change, (This is just a natural consequence, not a bane).

Your bane is that your space walrus liked space, and is now mad at you. However, it is tiny, and you are constantly getting pricked with tiny horns at inopportune times.

I wish to have an Elantris leatherbound edition, purchased in a legal way that does not get me in trouble.

[Herowannabe he/him]

Let's see if I can fix the split in the thread:

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i wish I had the ability to expose myself to all sorts of harmful rays that come from using too much electronic stuff with risking my health in any way 

Granted. You also had the uncontrollable urge to expose yourself whenever you're in public. The rest of your life is plagued with charges of public indecency and heavy fines. 

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I wish to have an Elantris leatherbound edition, purchased in a legal way that does not get me in trouble.

Granted. On your way home from the book store a would-be scientist flashes you in public and the image becomes connected to Elantris in your mind, and for the rest of you're life whenever you try to read Elantris you have flashbacks of the scientist's indecency. 

 

I wish I could regenerate lost body parts, like fingers. 

Edited August 5, 2016 by Herowannabe

[Stick. she/her]

Oops, I hid my post in order to try and fix the problem, I guess that wasn't very smart...

anyway, let's just continue 

1 hour ago, Herowannabe said:

Let's see if I can fix the split in the thread:

Granted. You also had the uncontrollable urge to expose yourself whenever you're in public. The rest of your life is plagued with charges of public indecency and heavy fines. 

Granted. On your way home from the book store a would-be scientist flashes you in public and the image becomes connected to Elantris in your mind, and for the rest of you're life whenever you try to read Elantris you have flashbacks of the scientist's indecency. 

 

I wish I could regenerate lost body parts, like fingers. 

Granted, but whenever you regenerate a lost body part, an innocent person dies 

i wish to have a live Q&A with Brandon Sanderson

[Erklitt]

2 hours ago, I_am_a_Stick said:

Oops, I hid my post in order to try and fix the problem, I guess that wasn't very smart...

anyway, let's just continue 

Granted, but whenever you regenerate a lost body part, an innocent person dies 

i wish to have a live Q&A with Brandon Sanderson

Granted, Your dream becomes true: you have an exclusive Q&A with Brandon, no-one else allowed, and he has promised not to RAFO you on anything. He has one condition: you wont tell anybody anything about what you've learned.

So, what of your bane? The truth is: you don't need any special bane. Imagine coming back to this forum: you have all the answers, but are not allowed to share. Even your real life friends have stopped talking to you about any Sanderson books, because they can't stand your air of superiority ('I know how it will be') coupled with your complete silence on all related topics. Reading Sanderson books becomes a very lonely occupation for you from now on...

PS: And don't you even dream of betraying his trust! If you let one single thing slip, every Sanderson book you open in the future will only have blank pages.)

I wish the pizza I just ordered had no calories while retaining its full taste and texture.

Edited August 5, 2016 by Erklitt

[Stormgate he/him]

The only way the Nightwatcher can think of to do this is to have the pizza disappear while in your stomach. However, you are still hungry.

 

I wish to know, right now, exactly what my life will be like in five years.

[goody153]

6 minutes ago, Stormgate said:

The only way the Nightwatcher can think of to do this is to have the pizza disappear while in your stomach. However, you are still hungry.

 

I wish to know, right now, exactly what my life will be like in five years.

Granted but you lose 5 years memories of the most important times of your life in the past (the 5 years can split up into days/months/hours/minutes depending on the duration of each of the most important memories of your life).

I wish to learn the name, intent and status of the other remaining shards that haven't been revealed.

[Brightness Enna she/her]

Granted. The maximum amount you can spend on anything is $100. Layaway becomes your best friend. 

I wish for a barbecue

[Elenion he/him]

2 hours ago, Brightness Enna said:

Granted. The maximum amount you can spend on anything is $100. Layaway becomes your best friend. 

I wish for a barbecue

Granted, and the barbecue itself has no strings attached. But whenever someone says the word "friend", you immediately become enraged.

I wish to survive LG24. 

[I_am_NOT_fire]

On 8/6/2016 at 5:22 PM, Elenion said:

Granted, and the barbecue itself has no strings attached. But whenever someone says the word "friend", you immediately become enraged.

I wish to survive LG24. 

Sure m8, you loose both of your arms.

I wish for tickets to the 21 pilots concert in my city.

[Landis963 he/him]

15 hours ago, I_am_NOT_fire said:

Sure m8, you loose both of your arms.

I wish for tickets to the 21 pilots concert in my city.

Granted.  

You are now completely tone-deaf.   

I wish I had a place of my own.

[Dani she/her]

7 minutes ago, Landis963 said:

Granted.  

You are now completely tone-deaf.   

I wish I had a place of my own.

Granted. You now have a place of your own in the middle of the Sahara desert, with no wifi. I wish I could get any book I want for free.