Cosmere would you rather

[Deception He/Him]

Welcome to the ultimate cosmere would you rather!

-- THIS TAKES PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF WIND AND TRUTH (BEFORE RETRIBUTION AND THE NIGHT OF SORROWS)

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

I picked Scadrial for the place to live, a Full Feruchemist for the powers, and finally Odium for the enemy.

Why Scadrial? Because while it has many problems of its own (The Set, Trell, Bleeder, the cold war, etc), it is also more tame and subtle compared to places like Roshar, I would not enjoy the endless darkness of Shadesmar and I wouldn't risk the unknown that is Sel at this point.

Why Full Feruchemist? Its a bit risky, but I'd have a very steady career, I could work for Harmony and the Kandra to help create Unsealed Metalminds, they said in BoM that they were waiting for a Full Feruchemist to be born to further research Feruchemy. I would be protected by the Kandra and Harmony, and would get to play a massive role in researching the Metallic Arts, which would likely give me fame and riches beyond my wildest dreams. Plus, there's always the chance I could potentially get my hand on an A-Atium Spike, then use Feruchemy to fiddle with my Identity so I could compound youth, as well as get some of the Atium they produce at the end of Era 2. Just an overall great deal.

Why Odium? Because while Taravangian, who will soon become Retribution, is a very terrifying enemy to have, he is also going to be forced to keep to himself and away from Scadrial, so I don't have to worry about anything direct from him. Of course direct action has never been his forte so I may have screwed myself here. Oh well.

[Treamayne]

5 hours ago, Deception said:

Welcome to the ultimate cosmere would you rather!

-- THIS TAKES PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF WIND AND TRUTH (BEFORE RETRIBUTION AND THE NIGHT OF SORROWS)

How can Ruin be "an opponent" if it takes place centuries after Harmony's rise?

[Through The Living Grub He/Him]

I chose Roshar because it has my favorite world building, and 3rd ideal because I have Stormlight and an overpowered Blade.

Hoid is incapable of hurting me, so I'm safe even if I can't get information from him even if I find him.

[alder24]

9 hours ago, Deception said:

Welcome to the ultimate cosmere would you rather!

Ultimate? LIAR! My choices are Nalthis, 10th Heightening Awakener and Vasher for an enemy, to have cool Awakening fights! I won't choose anything else!

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

4 hours ago, Treamayne said:

How can Ruin be "an opponent" if it takes place centuries after Harmony's rise?

Sazed's 'darker half' Discord?

That sounds even more terrifying that Ati to be honest, having Harmony's dark side having it out for you.

[Ninth of the Night]

What are we counting as Shadesmar, just the region on Roshar or the entire Cognitive Realm?

If it's the latter then that will easily be my choice, I'd just live in Silverlight. Although if it's the former I don't see much reason in splitting that up from Roshar altogether.

[Qianweilian He/him]

55 minutes ago, Ninth of the Night said:

What are we counting as Shadesmar, just the region on Roshar or the entire Cognitive Realm?

If it's the latter then that will easily be my choice, I'd just live in Silverlight. Although if it's the former I don't see much reason in splitting that up from Roshar altogether.

I'm assuming the entire cr, as it specifies you can't go into the pr.

[Myst He/Him]

I picked Scadrial, 3rd Ideal Knight, and Ruin.

Scadrial is the one I’d have the best bet of fitting in with, I wouldn’t be as slow on the uptake. Sel I don’t want to have anything to do with Fjordel or Dakhor. And as for Roshar, I’d have problems adjusting to the food.(plus the whole knight of sorrows thing, but this happens before so that may not matter)

I went with Knight Radiant because that would have the most impact on me as a person. A Spren would always be nice to bounce ideas off of or something similar. Plus, I don’t want to be extraordinary, and since investiture for surges is limited on Scadrial I won’t stand out too much.

And I finally chose Ruin. You have to remember that Ati never wanted to be evil or destructive. Having Ati mad at me would be fine. Having the power mad at me not so much. But, for the entirety of Ruin’s existence it’s either been locked up in the well or too focused on ending the world to care about me.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

GUYS THE COGNITIVE REALM IS THE COOLEST THING EVER

Also why isn't the funny worm people for IotE on there???? (Sadly I had to pick radiant)

Ruin because IT DIED

[GG0z He/Him]

I picked Sel, Ruin, and Third Ideal Radiant

I went with Sel because it is the planet with arguably the least conflicts(or least important).

Ruin and preservation merged, so I wouldn’t really have an enemy. I feel like that’s an obvious choice there.

The Third Ideal Radiant is a lot more powerful than a mistborn, as Radiants are more Invested. Also, having a Spren as a buddy would seem very nice

 

[NameIess]

I picked Scadrial, because I don’t want high gravity or the Everstorm and the political climate seems a bit more stable for living, at least in Elendel basin.

for powers I picked Twinborn, A-pewter and F-gold would be my choice. I’d like A-steel, but I think Pewter would be more practical.

and for mortal enemy, obviously Kelsier and Ruin are nonstarters being on Scadrial, so I picked Hoid. My logic is: Hoid can’t kill me personally, and since everyone else besides him is presumably free of the irrational desire to murder me, it will be difficult for him to convince anyone else to kill me. Especially with Design possibly running interference for me. Odium might be far away, but I don’t want to constantly worry about his devoted unquestioning followers assassinating me. Hoid doesn’t have those, so yeah, he’s my pick.

[Ninth of the Night]

On 5/5/2026 at 12:21 PM, Qianweilian said:

I'm assuming the entire cr, as it specifies you can't go into the pr.

Easy choice then. I'll live in Silverlight, full Feruchemist (although it's a toss up between that and Mistborn), Odium as my enemy since he can't leave Roshar nor can any of his followers. I'm perfectly safe from him. And by the time he becomes Retribution, the whole cosmere will be his enemy, so I'll be in good company.

[Frustration]

Scadrial is the closest to earth, and while I like the others, I'm not a very adventurous person, and I want to just live my life.

I'd go with Feruchemy as for just daily life it's probably the best

And Hoid is the only one of those who won't just kill me the moment they get a chance, so him.

[Qianweilian He/him]

3 hours ago, Frustration said:

Scadrial is the closest to earth, and while I like the others, I'm not a very adventurous person, and I want to just live my life.

I'd go with Feruchemy as for just daily life it's probably the best

And Hoid is the only one of those who won't just kill me the moment they get a chance, so him.

The only problem is, I don't want Hoid to get someone else to kill me. The prompt specifies he wants me dead, and I don't trust he won't just get me shot in an alleyway (ala the Waynes)

[Frustration]

10 minutes ago, Qianweilian said:

The only problem is, I don't want Hoid to get someone else to kill me. The prompt specifies he wants me dead, and I don't trust he won't just get me shot in an alleyway (ala the Waynes)

He's also wanted Rayse dead for several thousand years. He has bigger fish to fry than dealing with little old me.

[Qianweilian He/him]

1 minute ago, Frustration said:

He's also wanted Rayse dead for several thousand years. He has bigger fish to fry than dealing with little old me.

He can do a lot more about you then he can Rayse.

[Frustration]

6 minutes ago, Qianweilian said:

He can do a lot more about you then he can Rayse.

He wanted Rayse dead before the Shattering.

I think I'll be fine.