Its Heat, from the semi-obscure ps2 jrpg duology Digital Devil Saga!

[heat]

Hello! I've been on the discord server for a while now, since around when Rhythm of War released, but I was recently reminded this forum is still kicking, and I've been having fun hanging out on another oldschool-style forum, so I figured I'd join. I've honestly rather grown out of Brandon's works, so its unlikely I ever visit the Cosmere side of the forum, but I'm excited to talk about stuff in the non-cosmere and social areas.

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I'm working my way through the works of Ursula K Le Guin and Shirley Jackson, albeit at a slow pace, and I'm a big fan of Will Wight's books as well, when I'm not quite in the mood for slow and deliberate reading (I even got a copy of The Captain signed by him at a local Barnes and Noble). I'm a big fan of long, story-focused RPGs and VNs (I went through all of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade last year, both Baten Kaitos games not long later, I did all of Ever17 without using the skip function or using saves to skip around, and started on the followup Remember11 as well, I've been sitting on Steins;Gate for a while, I'm 70 hours into Bravely Default...), but sometimes I'll play a time waster like Dynasty Warriors, or Downwell, or Mario Kart, etc., and I love a good character action game, like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. Once upon a time I played fighting games competitively, and there's a chance I pick that hobby back up in a few months, once some irl stuff at home is taken care of

The discord server's been a lot of fun, its a great community, and I look forward seeing what this side of it all has to offer

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

7 minutes ago, heat said:

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Yeah that bit is awesome

8 minutes ago, heat said:

RPGs

We have a bunch of those around here, some silly, some structured. We call them RPs.

8 minutes ago, heat said:

and I look forward seeing what this side of it all has to offer

We have a lot to offer.

8 minutes ago, heat said:

Hello! I've been on the discord server for a while now, since around when Rhythm of War released, but I was recently reminded this forum is still kicking, and I've been having fun hanging out on another oldschool-style forum, so I figured I'd join. I've honestly rather grown out of Brandon's works, so its unlikely I ever visit the Cosmere side of the forum, but I'm excited to talk about stuff in the non-cosmere and social areas.

(Oh, manual line breaks default to double the size of automatic ones, fancy)

I'm working my way through the works of Ursula K Le Guin and Shirley Jackson, albeit at a slow pace, and I'm a big fan of Will Wight's books as well, when I'm not quite in the mood for slow and deliberate reading (I even got a copy of The Captain signed by him at a local Barnes and Noble). I'm a big fan of long, story-focused RPGs and VNs (I went through all of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade last year, both Baten Kaitos games not long later, I did all of Ever17 without using the skip function or using saves to skip around, and started on the followup Remember11 as well, I've been sitting on Steins;Gate for a while, I'm 70 hours into Bravely Default...), but sometimes I'll play a time waster like Dynasty Warriors, or Downwell, or Mario Kart, etc., and I love a good character action game, like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. Once upon a time I played fighting games competitively, and there's a chance I pick that hobby back up in a few months, once some irl stuff at home is taken care of

The discord server's been a lot of fun, its a great community, and I look forward seeing what this side of it all has to offer

Do you like dragons?

What are your opinions on E-books/Webnovels?

[heat]

Dragons I have no strong opinions on in any direction. I think they're cool, but in the same way wolves and whales and birds are cool. I'm discovering ebooks are my preferred way to read a lot of books (I already bring my phone with me everywhere after all), and have nothing against webnovels in a general sense, but haven't actually read any (Although I'm ware Will Wight reads a lot of them, which obviously means they're gonna influence the kind of stuff he writes). There's been two I got interested enough in to make a mental note of, but I don't recall either of their names at all, I just know they were both broadly about the aftermath of a modern-day christian-flavored doomsday event. Oh, and 17776, if that counts, which I have read a little bit of

(EDIT: Also, I'm aware of forum RPs, though I've never participated. I may or may not dip my toe in)

Edited July 17, 2025 by heat

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

7 minutes ago, heat said:

Dragons I have no strong opinions on in any direction. I think they're cool, but in the same way wolves and whales and birds are cool. I'm discovering ebooks are my preferred way to read a lot of books (I already bring my phone with me everywhere after all), and have nothing against webnovels in a general sense, but haven't actually read any (Although I'm ware Will Wight reads a lot of them, which obviously means they're gonna influence the kind of stuff he writes). There's been two I got interested enough in to make a mental note of, but I don't recall either of their names at all, I just know they were both broadly about the aftermath of a modern-day christian-flavored doomsday event. Oh, and 17776, if that counts, which I have read a little bit of

This is a great webnovel, you should read it.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

3 hours ago, heat said:

Hello! I've been on the discord server for a while now, since around when Rhythm of War released, but I was recently reminded this forum is still kicking, and I've been having fun hanging out on another oldschool-style forum, so I figured I'd join. I've honestly rather grown out of Brandon's works, so its unlikely I ever visit the Cosmere side of the forum, but I'm excited to talk about stuff in the non-cosmere and social areas.

(Oh, manual line breaks default to double the size of automatic ones, fancy)

I'm working my way through the works of Ursula K Le Guin and Shirley Jackson, albeit at a slow pace, and I'm a big fan of Will Wight's books as well, when I'm not quite in the mood for slow and deliberate reading (I even got a copy of The Captain signed by him at a local Barnes and Noble). I'm a big fan of long, story-focused RPGs and VNs (I went through all of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade last year, both Baten Kaitos games not long later, I did all of Ever17 without using the skip function or using saves to skip around, and started on the followup Remember11 as well, I've been sitting on Steins;Gate for a while, I'm 70 hours into Bravely Default...), but sometimes I'll play a time waster like Dynasty Warriors, or Downwell, or Mario Kart, etc., and I love a good character action game, like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. Once upon a time I played fighting games competitively, and there's a chance I pick that hobby back up in a few months, once some irl stuff at home is taken care of

The discord server's been a lot of fun, its a great community, and I look forward seeing what this side of it all has to offer

Welcome, welcome!

Well, I'm going to ask anyway, if you could invite any 6 Sanderson characters to a party, who would you invite?

[heat]

Uh... Vasher, Tress, Shai, Khriss, Nazh, and Lexinway, an era 2 Terrisman OC I made one time I wanted to play Etrian Odyssey with a party of all Cosmere OCs (He was a Lurcher that dual-wielding dueling canes, which mechanically meant he was a Nighstalker specced into dual-wielding, the Lurcher bit was so he could retrieve his throwing knives that the Nighstalker class uses for its status ailment inflicting attacks) 

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

4 hours ago, heat said:

Hello! I've been on the discord server for a while now, since around when Rhythm of War released, but I was recently reminded this forum is still kicking, and I've been having fun hanging out on another oldschool-style forum, so I figured I'd join. I've honestly rather grown out of Brandon's works, so its unlikely I ever visit the Cosmere side of the forum, but I'm excited to talk about stuff in the non-cosmere and social areas.

(Oh, manual line breaks default to double the size of automatic ones, fancy)

I'm working my way through the works of Ursula K Le Guin and Shirley Jackson, albeit at a slow pace, and I'm a big fan of Will Wight's books as well, when I'm not quite in the mood for slow and deliberate reading (I even got a copy of The Captain signed by him at a local Barnes and Noble). I'm a big fan of long, story-focused RPGs and VNs (I went through all of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade last year, both Baten Kaitos games not long later, I did all of Ever17 without using the skip function or using saves to skip around, and started on the followup Remember11 as well, I've been sitting on Steins;Gate for a while, I'm 70 hours into Bravely Default...), but sometimes I'll play a time waster like Dynasty Warriors, or Downwell, or Mario Kart, etc., and I love a good character action game, like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. Once upon a time I played fighting games competitively, and there's a chance I pick that hobby back up in a few months, once some irl stuff at home is taken care of

The discord server's been a lot of fun, its a great community, and I look forward seeing what this side of it all has to offer

Welcome to the Shard!
Do u play any instruments? If you could travel to any Cosmere planet, which would it be (assuming safety)

[heat]

I do not play instruments (Though I'd love to learn keyboard...), and as above, I'm not really in the Sanderson reading game anymore, so my interest in the cosmere and its planets is pretty diminished. I joined because I was looking for the non-Sanderson parts of the community, which is where I spend most of my time on the discord. Even for six characters I'd want to have lunch with, I had to cheat and use an OC (God I love the name though. I've been getting better at coming up with interesting names over the years, but Lexinway is one I'm not sure I'll ever let go of in the back of my mind)

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

1 minute ago, heat said:

I do not play instruments (Though I'd love to learn keyboard...), and as above, I'm not really in the Sanderson reading game anymore, so my interest in the cosmere and its planets is pretty diminished. I joined because I was looking for the non-Sanderson parts of the community, which is where I spend most of my time on the discord. Even for six characters I'd want to have lunch with, I had to cheat and use an OC (God I love the name though. I've been getting better at coming up with interesting names over the years, but Lexinway is one I'm not sure I'll ever let go of in the back of my mind)

Ah ok

5 hours ago, heat said:

The discord server's been a lot of fun, its a great community, and I look forward seeing what this side of it all has to offer

Mkay, if u want fun, go to forum games and random stuff. Battle for the sandwich, sacrifice rp, 125257 ways to get people to avoid you like the plague, Organization for the Eradication of Hot Dog Stands, Edit the Question, etc. Just look around, it’s great. Or if ur into RP’s TLT is a great one, just joined it, you don’t need any context to join. Uh idk just look around.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

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TLT is also good too

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

Oh TLT is the longest thread. Prob should’ve explained that…

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

41 minutes ago, heat said:

Uh... Vasher, Tress, Shai, Khriss, Nazh, and Lexinway, an era 2 Terrisman OC I made one time I wanted to play Etrian Odyssey with a party of all Cosmere OCs (He was a Lurcher that dual-wielding dueling canes, which mechanically meant he was a Nighstalker specced into dual-wielding, the Lurcher bit was so he could retrieve his throwing knives that the Nighstalker class uses for its status ailment inflicting attacks) 

Vasher! Good pick. I believe you're the first to invite him. Same with Tress, Khriss and Nazh. Shai's also another rare but excellent choice. Lexinway also sounds cool. 

Edited July 18, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

[heat]

Etrian is a *great* series for making OCs, I remember my Pugilist in that party was an Awakener, and the idea was that their Bind-inflicting attacks (Binds are a unique type of status ailment that are applied to either the head, arms, or feet, and reduce accuracy, damage, and evasion respectively, as well as disabling any abilities that use those limbs, like spellcasting or a breath attack, for the head, or a running tackle for the feet) were flavored as using the same rope trick featured in Warbreaker. Its also just a great series in general, if you're interested in a retro-style dungeon crawler where you have to map out the dungeon on your own as you explore. The older games are both punishing and demanding, but there's remasters for the first three on Steam and modern consoles that add qol features and difficulty options, which are also present in the games that don't have remasters (Gah, I keep forgetting this forum doesn't use markdown formatting, I have to apply fancy formatting with buttons and shortcuts instead of just adding the right characters in the right place)

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

1 minute ago, heat said:

Etrian is a *great* series for making OCs, I remember my Pugilist in that party was an Awakener, and the idea was that their Bind-inflicting attacks (Binds are a unique type of status ailment that are applied to either the head, arms, or feet, and reduce accuracy, damage, and evasion respectively, as well as disabling any abilities that use those limbs, like spellcasting or a breath attack, for the head, or a running tackle for the feet) were flavored as using the same rope trick featured in Warbreaker. Its also just a great series in general, if you're interested in a retro-style dungeon crawler where you have to map out the dungeon on your own as you explore. The older games are both punishing and demanding, but there's remasters for the first three on Steam and modern consoles that add qol features and difficulty options, which are also present in the games that don't have remasters (Gah, I keep forgetting this forum doesn't use markdown formatting, I have to apply fancy formatting with buttons and shortcuts instead of just adding the right characters in the right place)

I don't have Steam, or consoles, or like anything else, so...

[#1 Taln Fan he/him]

6 hours ago, heat said:

Hello

Welcome to the forums!

51 minutes ago, heat said:

I keep forgetting this forum doesn't use markdown formatting

Yepppp that always throws me off too