Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 Rashek is making a new kandra to send out into the cosmere... you. He has all 4 blessings to choose from as well as bonus atium spikes collected from across the cosmere. What blessing would you hope he creates you with and which power fueled spikes would you choose as a bonus? You can have a maximum of 4 spikes before Ruin is knocking at the door of your mind threatening to take full control. Blessings only count as 1 spike for that. What would you choose? All powers that are harvestable via atium are available and each spike contains only 1 bonus power. 3
Faerie Braids she/her Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 Ooh, that's a fun question! For my blessing, I think I would choose the Blessing of Stability (with the Blessing of Awareness being a close second). Even though its effects have not really been explored in the books (as far as I recall), I could definitely use a lot more emotional fortitude. After that, I think I would choose Feruchemy, Forgery, and Lightweaving.
hoid without wit he/him Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 (edited) my blessing would probably be presence (I'm kinda dumb) and my spikes would probably be feruchemy(tapping connection as a Sandra would be invaluable, along with other thing), allomancy (compounding would be nice, also emotional allomancy), and probably lightweaving(for illusions and to escape to shadesmar if things go bad) loved this question also now all I can think about is how awesome I would be, so thanks for helping me fail my math class... if I didn't NEED to have the four traditional blessings, I would do Elantrian(so much adaptability, and I could store aeons in my coppermind, so I could learn it a lot quicker and know more) Edited February 23, 2024 by hoid without wit
Duxredux he/him Posted February 24, 2024 Posted February 24, 2024 Interesting. To what extent am I bound by the First Contract, particularly the no homicide clause? If I can't kill anyone and do not have to form contracts on location (since they can't pay me in Atium), then I assume I am functioning as a spy/information gatherer. Very similar to hoid without wit's build but for different stated reasons. I want Blessing of Presence for memory storage, Duralumin compounding with 2 spikes so that I can quickly form Connections to new places and quickly learn and retain new cultures and languages (assuming he trusts me enough to divulge those whoppers of secrets which by no means a given). I'm going to have to use these abilities to get very good at approximating the appearance of native peoples as I explore as I don't anticipate finding random corpses or having a master to kill people for me. If homicide is on the table, then I'm taking Potency, compounded Steel and a stack of Atium spikes to collect as many powers as I can to bring back home for further study.
Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted February 24, 2024 Author Posted February 24, 2024 (edited) 2 hours ago, Duxredux said: Interesting. To what extent am I bound by the First Contract, particularly the no homicide clause? If I can't kill anyone and do not have to form contracts on location (since they can't pay me in Atium), then I assume I am functioning as a spy/information gatherer. Very similar to hoid without wit's build but for different stated reasons. I want Blessing of Presence for memory storage, Duralumin compounding with 2 spikes so that I can quickly form Connections to new places and quickly learn and retain new cultures and languages (assuming he trusts me enough to divulge those whoppers of secrets which by no means a given). I'm going to have to use these abilities to get very good at approximating the appearance of native peoples as I explore as I don't anticipate finding random corpses or having a master to kill people for me. If homicide is on the table, then I'm taking Potency, compounded Steel and a stack of Atium spikes to collect as many powers as I can to bring back home for further study. Yeah I was assuming being one of his personal Kandra you wouldn't be bound to the contract. He would use you in a unique way and you would have no rules other than to fulfill the mission. I don't know what that would be. I like the variety in options. I am a believer in the blessing of presence no matter the mission. If I have other spikes available to me I figure there are other options for boosting strength. Allomantic pewter would be a hard one to pass up for conflict resolution as well as Feruchemical bendalloy. Honestly I feel like those 2 would make an already difficult beast to kill nearly impossible. Bendalloy gets to double dip and act similar to gold for kandra. You lose a limb? Just tap a bunch of food and grow it back before your enemies eyes... but what about bones... I think the 3rd spike would have to be something that can grow or act in for bones. I honestly don't know if atium can steal anything that would work for that but if aetherbinding could be stolen any of the more solid aethers would be perfect for building a skeleton on the go. Especially with bendalloy. If I couldn't steal anything to make bones I might have to go with a divine breath and replace bendalloy for either F duralumin or A copper depending on which one can best be used to cover and hide the biochromatic aura. 5th heightening passive effects are just so good and all of that investiture would make you highly resistant to invested attacks. Edit: and naturally I would want an aluminum truebody. I think truebody option would be open for this character. Don't limit yourself to just a truebody but nothing beats a harder aluminum alloy that can stop shardsblades... Edited February 24, 2024 by Tamriel Wolfsbaine
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