fyodor Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 I think that at least six of these "useless superpowers" appear in Mistborn.... http://i.imgur.com/q5phJ.jpg 4
PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 At least 1 each in Way of Kings and Warbreaker.
master Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 the only problem is that allot of these superpowers in the series are a lot more usefull. ferromancy [sp?] may allow you to attract bad luck, but you can use the stored good luck when you need it.
Zas678 he/him Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 I just want to say that this is fantastic. I love it. Plus Desaturation? That's totally Nightblood! And Summon a Lamp Once? We sort of see that in Way of Kings. But I still love how many of these could be done with Brandon's magic systems.
fyodor Posted April 15, 2012 Author Posted April 15, 2012 I just want to say that this is fantastic. I love it. Plus Desaturation? That's totally Nightblood! And Summon a Lamp Once? We sort of see that in Way of Kings. But I still love how many of these could be done with Brandon's magic systems. Actually, the lamp thing made me think of awakening (i.e. general control of random household items). Mistborn Powers 75 percent levitation (filling an ironmind) Attract bullets (burning iron) Super slow motion (filling a steelmind, burning cadmium) 1 second superstrength (tapping a pewtermind) Accelerated aging (filling an atiummind) Attract bad luck (filling chromiummind) Warbreaker Summon lamps (awakening) Desaturation (nightblood side effect).
name_here Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 1 second superstrength is also Duranium Enhanced Pewter.
Triasmus Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 Mistborn: Desaturation (filling bendalloy with water [i'm pretty sure that's allowed. . . minus the "actually" storing water ]) 1
Commander Spoonface he/him Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 Does Wayne's Wayness count as Seducing Hats? How else could he wear so many? 2
Rayonn Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Read your own mind: Gold allomancy; Copper feruchemy
Aiken Frost he/him Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Hey! 1 Second Super-strength and Control Remote Control are kinda very useful!
Quantum Toast he/him Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 I guess if Shallan can talk to a gobletspren, she can talk to fruitspren...
Sunblesser Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 I guess if Shallan can talk to a gobletspren, she can talk to fruitspren... fruitspren would be much more talky than gobletspren i think... more complex, more present in shadesmar
Arcanist Lupus he/him Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 Some of these show up in multiple magic systems. Szeth 50% levitated himself, and so did Wax. Bullet attraction for Lurchers and Kaladin. Super slowmo: both Feruchemists and Pulsars.
lil_literalist he/him Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 "Turn into a laptop forever" can be seen in an early revision of Mythwalker. There's some strange little blue animals that do that. It's non-canon and all (doubly so, since it was written out), but it was once on Brandon's mind!
Odium's_Shard Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 When I thought Warbreaker, I didn't think 'ah, lamp!', I was more interested in reviving poor arachnids and sephelopods.
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