Hi All and a Question About Where to Make My First Post

[NotLiamRoss He/Him]

Hi everyone!

I've been a long-time WoB/Coppermind reader, and frequenter of the various Sanderson subreddits, but in an effort to reduce the amount of my time that is hoovered up mindlessly scrolling reddit, I've gotten rid of my account there. This has been a net improvement in my life in most aspects, but it's left me with woefully few avenues to read fan theories and participate in discussions about Sanderson! That's what's led me to the forum and I'm excited to start participating in discussions here!

I'm currently in the middle of day 8 of Wind and Truth, and I've read all of the rest of the Cosmere excluding White Sand (eagerly awaiting the novelization of that one) and I've had an idea I'd love to make a post about. I know this board in particular is spoiler-free so I hope this isn't breaking any rules, but I'd love to collaborate with others on designing some fan-rules to be able to play Towers with a regular 52-card deck of cards (or some subset). Which forum should I make a post on if that's my goal? Is there a discussion already ongoing about this? If so how do I find it?

Thanks and I am seriously looking forward to participating in the discussions here! Can't wait to finish W&T and get into the crazy spoilery discussions too!

Cheers,

Liam

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Hey there! Welcome to the Shard!

(thanks for telling us what you've read!)

What's your favorite type of spren?

[OOKLA_the LIV She/They/Lesbian/hungry]

Hey!! welcome!!!

My name is Liv, above me is glass. (its ookla season)

If you could live anywhere in the cosmere, where would it be??

 

[Quantus he/him]

Welcome!

 

Regarding your Towers fan-rules questions, for now I would post it in the WoT Spoiler sections since at minimum you're going to have to quote the book a lot for the scenes where it appears, and it's better safe than sorry for spoilers. 

Eventually it could probably be moved to the general Cosmere section unless it proves spoiler-free enough to just be in the games or maybe creator corner areas.  

[NotLiamRoss He/Him]

48 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Hey there! Welcome to the Shard!

(thanks for telling us what you've read!)

What's your favorite type of spren?

Hi, thanks for the welcome!

I think it's hard to beat gloryspren. They both look incredibly cool in both realms, and are present in the coolest moments across the series!

47 minutes ago, OOKLA_the LIV said:

Hey!! welcome!!!

My name is Liv, above me is glass. (its ookla season)

If you could live anywhere in the cosmere, where would it be??

 

Oh man there's a lot of places to choose from. If I also get to pick the timeframe I'm living there I'd have to say Kharbranth pre-WoK. Working in the Palaneum would be a dream and I love the hustle and bustle of a port city, along with the smell of the sea breeze. Seems like Taravangian is a fairly progressive king as well, at least as far as Cosmere monarchs go... on his good days anyways

31 minutes ago, Quantus said:

Welcome!

 

Regarding your Towers fan-rules questions, for now I would post it in the WoT Spoiler sections since at minimum you're going to have to quote the book a lot for the scenes where it appears, and it's better safe than sorry for spoilers. 

Eventually it could probably be moved to the general Cosmere section unless it proves spoiler-free enough to just be in the games or maybe creator corner areas.  

Thanks for the welcome! Sounds like I better wait until I finish W&T then, wouldn't want to wade into that board before I'm ready. Should get there in the next few days. Thanks!

[Treamayne]

Welcome to the Shard. Please consider checking out the Sharder FAQ for some useful tips and info for the forum, Arcanum, and Coppermind. 

1 hour ago, NotLiamRoss said:

I've read all of the rest of the Cosmere excluding White Sand (eagerly awaiting the novelization of that one)

Since we don't know how long that wait will be, you may want to read this post which details the various versions and options for enjoying that story (depending on preferences and reasons for skipping it thusfar). 

 

[Trusk'our he/him]

1 hour ago, NotLiamRoss said:

Hi everyone!

I've been a long-time WoB/Coppermind reader, and frequenter of the various Sanderson subreddits, but in an effort to reduce the amount of my time that is hoovered up mindlessly scrolling reddit, I've gotten rid of my account there. This has been a net improvement in my life in most aspects, but it's left me with woefully few avenues to read fan theories and participate in discussions about Sanderson! That's what's led me to the forum and I'm excited to start participating in discussions here!

I'm currently in the middle of day 8 of Wind and Truth, and I've read all of the rest of the Cosmere excluding White Sand (eagerly awaiting the novelization of that one) and I've had an idea I'd love to make a post about. I know this board in particular is spoiler-free so I hope this isn't breaking any rules, but I'd love to collaborate with others on designing some fan-rules to be able to play Towers with a regular 52-card deck of cards (or some subset). Which forum should I make a post on if that's my goal? Is there a discussion already ongoing about this? If so how do I find it?

Thanks and I am seriously looking forward to participating in the discussions here! Can't wait to finish W&T and get into the crazy spoilery discussions too!

Cheers,

Liam

Look forward to seeing your theories! Welcome!

Given that you've read Mistborn, what are your thoughts on Allomancy, Feruchemy, and Hemalurgy as magic systems? Which one is your favorite?

[NotLiamRoss He/Him]

1 minute ago, Trusk'our said:

Look forward to seeing your theories! Welcome!

Given that you've read Mistborn, what are your thoughts on Allomancy, Feruchemy, and Hemalurgy as magic systems? Which one is your favorite?

I think as cool as Allomancy is, and as neat as Hemalurgy is Cosmere-ologically, it's hard to beat the simplicity and flexibility of Feruchemy. Store something up to be able to boost it later is just such a fun idea that has so much inbuilt drama and is ripe for theorizing with. It's also the power I'd most like to have as a normal human here on earth (because at the end of the day, it allows me to just be a normal human if I want!) so that contributes as well

[Trusk'our he/him]

3 minutes ago, NotLiamRoss said:

I think as cool as Allomancy is, and as neat as Hemalurgy is Cosmere-ologically, it's hard to beat the simplicity and flexibility of Feruchemy. Store something up to be able to boost it later is just such a fun idea that has so much inbuilt drama and is ripe for theorizing with. It's also the power I'd most like to have as a normal human here on earth (because at the end of the day, it allows me to just be a normal human if I want!) so that contributes as well

Honestly, a lot of people have chosen Feruchemy over Allomancy. It's just too convenient to beat.

Plus, building up power over time is intrinsically pleasing. At least that's how I see it.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Welcome to the Shard!

What is your Knights Radiant order?

[NotLiamRoss He/Him]

15 hours ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Welcome to the Shard!

What is your Knights Radiant order?

Hi, and thanks for the welcome!

Stoneward! TALN! NEVER!! BROKE!!!

[Aeternum]

Welcome to the Shard! Love the idea of designing fan rules!