Nightwatcher Boon Ideas

[Trusk'our he/him]

I'll be getting my Roshar world guide for Christmas, but I had the opportunity to read my uncle's copy when visiting for Thanksgiving. The Nightwatcher boon ideas were pretty neat, and I was wondering if people had some fun, creative ideas for more boons and accompanying curses.

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

I know this is super late, but I actually have a few and want to start discussion on this.

Request: "Make me a Radiant without Oaths" (For those who want to game the system)

Boon: Gain a single Surge skill of the player's choice, along with an Investiture Score and the 'Breathe Stormlight', 'Regenerate' and 'Enhance Actions', as if the asker has gained and finished the 'First Ideal' Goal. Player can pick Talents from their Surge Talent Tree.

Curse: The Player becomes part Spren, they cannot attract a Spren to form a Bond with anymore and they become tied to the people who bare their strongest Connection to the Physical Realm (I.E. The other Party Members). When beyond 50 ft of any of those people, all stats are temporarily reduced by 1.

Basically, the player becomes like a proper (Non-Immortal) Human Fused and can specialize in only a single Surge, but they lock themselves out of the full potential of Radiancy and are more dependent on their party, so no lone wolfing without penalty. Hopefully annoying but not unplayable.

Edited March 13 by JustQuestin2004

[Trusk'our he/him]

On 3/12/2026 at 11:15 AM, JustQuestin2004 said:

I know this is super late, but I actually have a few and want to start discussion on this.

Request: "Make me a Radiant without Oaths" (For those who want to game the system)

Boon: Gain a single Surge skill of the player's choice, along with an Investiture Score and the 'Breathe Stormlight', 'Regenerate' and 'Enhance Actions', as if the asker has gained and finished the 'First Ideal' Goal. Player can pick Talents from their Surge Talent Tree.

Curse: The Player becomes part Spren, they cannot attract a Spren to form a Bond with anymore and they become tied to the people who bare their strongest Connection to the Physical Realm (I.E. The other Party Members). When beyond 50 ft of any of those people, all stats are temporarily reduced by 1.

Basically, the player becomes like a proper (Non-Immortal) Human Fused and can specialize in only a single Surge, but they lock themselves out of the full potential of Radiancy and are more dependent on their party, so no lone wolfing without penalty. Hopefully annoying but not unplayable.

I like it!

It would open up options for players in a believable way, but not be too rediculously powerful (no Blade, Plate, or second Surge).

I would probably rule out Adhesion as one of the options though, since that is supposed to be of Honor alone. But I doubt that would be an issue- I can't imagine it's one of the more popular Surges.

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

3 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

I like it!

It would open up options for players in a believable way, but not be too rediculously powerful (no Blade, Plate, or second Surge).

I would probably rule out Adhesion as one of the options though, since that is supposed to be of Honor alone. But I doubt that would be an issue- I can't imagine it's one of the more popular Surges.

Had a thought after making this. What if this is asked by a player who already has a Spren, Bonded with one just for the power but didn't want to deal with the whole 'Oaths' thing.

Here's another version of this.

Request: "Make me a Radiant without Oaths" (While the PC already has a Spren Bond)

Boon: The PC gains a custom Shardblade that retains their Surge skills for whoever holds it. They gain the same Ranks in the Surge skills as the PC, if they did not possess those Surge Skills already.

Curse: The PC's Spren has been rendered into a Deadeye due to the forsaking of Oaths, the Nightwatcher turns the poor thing into a bastardized version of an Honorblade. It cannot be summoned or dismissed and thus will attract attention and add disadvantage to all Stealth Tests while equipped, the remainder of the PC's Radiant Talent Tree become locked permanently, and every Round the PC holds this Blade, they hear the screams of the Spren they betrayed and must pass a DC 20 Discipline roll or lose 2 Focus and be forced to Drop the Blade.

A fitting reward for someone who would prefer to forsake their oaths. They get pretty much their own Honorblade that can't be unsummoned and thus is much easier to steal and is really difficult to actually use for the PC alone.