Trusk'our he/him Posted March 14 Posted March 14 You know, I realized recently that I don't have a way of knowing which Radiant Surge is the most popular to the community. Except- I do actually! So, which Surge that the Knights Radiant use is the one you like most (and if you don't mind saying, why)? Personally it's a close one, but I think I'd have to go with Transformation. The huge number of creative things you can do by transmuting matter is just staggering. Bondsmith Adhesion might be my second most favorite due to its ability to rewrite Connection. 1
KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him Posted March 14 Posted March 14 I'm going with Progression, as I feel like it has a lot of untapped potential. You can alter the growth of organisms - if you know what you're doing, you could give yourself a partial-exoskeleton, compound eyes, turn into a giant, grow an extra set of arms, etc. Of course, even the Fused can't do this, so it'll probably take a lot of practice. 1
Treamayne Posted March 14 Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Trusk'our said: So, which Surge that the Knights Radiant use is the one you like most (and if you don't mind saying, why)? Seems kinda unfair when we know little to nothing about half of the options. . .
Through the Living Hopper He/Him Posted March 14 Posted March 14 2 hours ago, Trusk'our said: You know, I realized recently that I don't have a way of knowing which Radiant Surge is the most popular to the community. Except- I do actually! So, which Surge that the Knights Radiant use is the one you like most (and if you don't mind saying, why)? Personally it's a close one, but I think I'd have to go with Transformation. The huge number of creative things you can do by transmuting matter is just staggering. Bondsmith Adhesion might be my second most favorite due to its ability to rewrite Connection. Division and Gravitation. I put Division, but it is a tough question. Now that I think about it, I'd probably change to Gravitation. But Skybreaker is great either way.
JustQuestin2004 he/him Posted March 14 Posted March 14 4 hours ago, Trusk'our said: Personally it's a close one, but I think I'd have to go with Transformation. The huge number of creative things you can do by transmuting matter is just staggering. Can't deny that. Turn almost anything into almost anything else. You could turn lead into gold, heal people of poison and give them more blood, make nuclear material with enough know-how, the list goes on. It really is just limited by your imagination. 1
Trusk'our he/him Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 2 hours ago, Treamayne said: Seems kinda unfair when we know little to nothing about half of the options. . . Well, I mean, we've got hints for all of them. I guess the Stormlight RPG can fill in the gaps, at least until truly canon answers are given.
al_lan_mandragoran Posted March 14 Posted March 14 I like the Elsecaller combo. And that is DEFINITELY not influenced by the fact that I am an Elsecaller.
Returned he/him Posted March 14 Posted March 14 I excitedly clicked Illumination before I registered Transformation as an option, so I guess I'll stick with it. They're my favorite two anyways. 1
Trusk'our he/him Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 On 3/14/2026 at 11:21 AM, Returned said: I excitedly clicked Illumination before I registered Transformation as an option, so I guess I'll stick with it. They're my favorite two anyways. Lol, it's only been two days and Transformation makes up almost half of everybody's favorite.
Treamayne Posted March 16 Posted March 16 7 hours ago, Trusk'our said: Lol, it's only been two days and Transformation makes up almost half of everybody's favorite. 38.9% to be precise (7 of 18)
Qianweilian He/him Posted March 16 Posted March 16 2 hours ago, Treamayne said: 38.9% to be precise (7 of 18) Now it’s 8/19. I think the results are a combination of the fact that we know a lot about Transformation, and it’s super cool. I think Brandon likes it as well, considering... Steelheart spoilers Spoiler I don’t even have to say anything, because you’ll get it if you’ve read the book
MrHobbes343 Posted March 16 Posted March 16 I think that Bondsmith Adhesion would be great. I could speak any language as long as I can shake the hand of someone who can, I could read any book and save so much research time in translation comparison and even stick my car back together.
Frustration Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) Define favorite. The one I most want? Gravitation. What one would help me the most? Transportation. What ones do I find interesting? All of them. Which ones do I want to explore more? Division, Abrasion, Progression, Illumination, Transformation, Transportation, Cohesion, Tension. Answer to your question: Yes Edited March 16 by Frustration 3
Qianweilian He/him Posted March 17 Posted March 17 On 3/13/2026 at 9:37 PM, Treamayne said: Seems kinda unfair when we know little to nothing about half of the options. . . The RPG is immensely interesting in that regard. We know a lot more than we did previously. 12 hours ago, Frustration said: What one would help me the most? Transportation. Would that help you that much? I mean, I do kinda wonder what the Earthian (Terran?) subastral looks like. Unless you can use it like a Fused.
Frustration Posted March 17 Posted March 17 2 hours ago, Qianweilian said: Would that help you that much? I mean, I do kinda wonder what the Earthian (Terran?) subastral looks like. Unless you can use it like a Fused. No, I'd open a shipping company and purchase a series of warehouses around the world where I could elsegate stuff too. By saving money on travel I can undercut my competition and make billions. 1
Qianweilian He/him Posted March 17 Posted March 17 18 minutes ago, Frustration said: No, I'd open a shipping company and purchase a series of warehouses around the world where I could elsegate stuff too. By saving money on travel I can undercut my competition and make billions. I mean, you could also just soulcast rare earths. Do the Davar route and create loads of quarries and mines.
Frustration Posted March 17 Posted March 17 5 minutes ago, Qianweilian said: I mean, you could also just soulcast rare earths. Do the Davar route and create loads of quarries and mines. The cost of entry into mining is so high that I wouldn't be able to finance the initial start.
Qianweilian He/him Posted March 17 Posted March 17 1 minute ago, Frustration said: The cost of entry into mining is so high that I wouldn't be able to finance the initial start. I mean, so is starting a shipping company. But you don’t actually have to get into mining (at first). You could purchase the mineral rights for some land in the middle of nowhere, create a deposit, and then sell the mineral rights to a large corporation. Once you do that a couple times, you could start a mining company.
Frustration Posted March 17 Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, Qianweilian said: I mean, so is starting a shipping company. But you don’t actually have to get into mining (at first). You could purchase the mineral rights for some land in the middle of nowhere, create a deposit, and then sell the mineral rights to a large corporation. Once you do that a couple times, you could start a mining company. A single mining dump truck would set me back hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. That's not even counting the drills and excavation machinery either. Or the amount of legal work you need to do to mine rare earth metals in the US. The red tape alone would require an army of lawyers to get through. Shipping on the other hand I only need to rent two warehouses, get a few friends and some semi-trucks. The entire thing will cost less than one piece of high end mining machinery. I can start small with just a few locations doing cross country shipping between CA/Texas/NY, and slowly expand from there.
Qianweilian He/him Posted March 17 Posted March 17 9 minutes ago, Frustration said: A single mining dump truck would set me back hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. That's not even counting the drills and excavation machinery either. Or the amount of legal work you need to do to mine rare earth metals in the US. The red tape alone would require an army of lawyers to get through. My point is you’d be able to afford these dump trucks, equipment, and lawyers from the income you’ll get from starting off buying and selling mineral rights. Once you’re sitting on a property with confirmed reserves (that you create), you could probably get loans and investments if the minerals are valuable enough. Plus, you can only create elsegates to a permanent perpendicularity and it must be after a rest (according to the rpg). We have no idea what the Earth subastral would look like, but I doubt it would be significantly faster without creating a full transportation network in the CR, which would require heavy startup costs like mining would, except without soulcasting to get you there. Spoiler
Frustration Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Just now, Qianweilian said: My point is you’d be able to afford these dump trucks, equipment, and lawyers from the income you’ll get from starting off buying and selling mineral rights. Once you’re sitting on a property with confirmed reserves (that you create), you could probably get loans and investments if the minerals are valuable enough. Plus, you can only create elsegates to a permanent perpendicularity and it must be after a rest (according to the rpg). We have no idea what the Earth subastral would look like, but I doubt it would be significantly faster without creating a full transportation network in the CR, which would require heavy startup costs like mining would, except without soulcasting to get you there. Reveal hidden contents The RPG is heavily altered in the mechanics on several other instances. For example soulcasting something into fire is not more difficult than other essenses. Additionally Pozen and Szeth both make Elsegates between non-perpendicularities, as does Ishar in the flashbacks. Indeed Pozen had to have been making them all over Shinovar in order to gather the army needed to defeat Szeth. 1
Qianweilian He/him Posted March 17 Posted March 17 44 minutes ago, Frustration said: The RPG is heavily altered in the mechanics on several other instances. For example soulcasting something into fire is not more difficult than other essenses. Point taken. 44 minutes ago, Frustration said: Additionally Pozen and Szeth both make Elsegates between non-perpendicularities, as does Ishar in the flashbacks. Indeed Pozen had to have been making them all over Shinovar in order to gather the army needed to defeat Szeth. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. It’s been over a year since I last read WaT. I still think soulcasting is going to be more profitable in the long run, as you don’t need to micromanage. It’d be easy to create a very profitable mine in a day, but a shipping company would require you to constantly set up elsegates once it takes off. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the Feds begin to get interested in how you’re transporting stuff. 1
alder24 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Storms, you guys are thinking about making billions, I just want to fly into space. We're not the same.
Frustration Posted March 18 Posted March 18 4 minutes ago, alder24 said: Storms, you guys are thinking about making billions, I just want to fly into space. We're not the same. I can Elsegate to Mars! I'll put SpaceX out of business before they even start taking paying customers! That's genious!
alder24 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 1 minute ago, Frustration said: I can Elsegate to Mars! I'll put SpaceX out of business before they even start taking paying customers! That's genious! Journey before destination! You took away the whole joy of flying through space!
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