KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Lines of forbiddance create impassable barriers perpendicular to the surface on which they were drawn. So, a Line of Forbiddance drawn on a wall would create a horizontal barrier that things can't pass through. Now, my question is, do we have any reason to believe that this wouldn't create something that the Rithmatist can then step on and support their weight? They could keep drawing lines on a wall, each line higher than the one before it, and create an invisible staircase that allows them to easily scale walls. Is there any reason to think that this shouldn't be possible? Why hasn't this been done in the book?
Treamayne Posted June 3 Posted June 3 2 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said: Is there any reason to think that this shouldn't be possible? Why hasn't this been done in the book? Logic is sound, but it would take a lot of practice/control to make something ascendable (first line, step up, second line knocks you off since they would all be the same "height" as far as we know) There is one WoB that contraindicates for the idea Was there ever a reason to try? WoBs: Spoiler Quote Questioner If you were to draw a Line of Forbiddance on a portable chalkboard, could you actually knock somebody overside the head? Brandon Sanderson It wouldn't knock them over the head, because it kinda has the magnetic repulsion sort of thing, but we will get into moving things as we go further in the series. Oathbringer Houston signing (Nov. 18, 2017) Quote KalynaAnne So you have Lines of Forbiddance, you draw them on the ground and you get forcefields. How about when you draw them on a chalkboard? Does it project out into the room? Brandon Sanderson It would project out into the room, yes. Shadows of Self release party (Oct. 5, 2015) Quote KalynaAnne Could you make fences, like Rithmatic fences, by having fence posts and drawing Lines of Forbiddance down them and creating a forcefield-- Brandon Sanderson Theoretically, yes. Shadows of Self release party (Oct. 5, 2015) Quote KalynaAnne If you drew a Line of Forbiddance on, like, a slate and then you can hold the slate-- Brandon Sanderson Moving stuff around starts playing with things. So I'm going to say, I will deal with that in the next book but it doesn't work how you want it to work. KalynaAnne Okay, I'll accept that answer. Brandon Sanderson For logistical reasons, when I was building the magic, I was "Ehhh, we've got to not have this be possible." Shadows of Self release party (Oct. 5, 2015) Quote KalynaAnne How high up do they [Lines of Forbiddance] go? Brandon Sanderson Thickness determines height. Shadows of Self release party (Oct. 5, 2015) Quote RippleGylf In The Rithmatist, in that world, do they ever use Rithmatics for practical purposes? I can easily see using Lines of Forbiddance for children to just draw a line on the wall, and like-- Brandon Sanderson They should do it more than they do. But there are people using it, chalklings included. Oathbringer release party (Nov. 13, 2017) Quote Questioner How does a Rithmatist draw a Mark's Cross structure if they can't cross their own Lines of Forbiddance? Brandon Sanderson You can get it right up close, and I kind of made it my mind that if you get right up close it kind of snaps together. That was my work around for it, that you can get up and make it. It's also like a magnetism thing where you can kind of push into it a little bit. The harder you push, the more force it pushes back on them. So those were my workarounds in my head. That one actually didn't strike me until I was halfway through the book and I was like "Hey wait a minute, how do you actually make this line work?" So I kind of put those two things on it. That's the in-world in but I didn't talk about it a ton in the books. Starsight Release Party (Nov. 26, 2019) Hope that helps
KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 16 minutes ago, Treamayne said: Logic is sound, but it would take a lot of practice/control to make something ascendable (first line, step up, second line knocks you off since they would all be the same "height" as far as we know) There is one WoB that contraindicates for the idea Was there ever a reason to try? WoBs: Hide contents Hope that helps Ah thanks. So it's just a wait for the sequel then. I was thinking that this could negate the need to build physical staircases out of real materials if you just leave Lines of Forbiddance on the wall and put signs to warn people 1
Verdance he/him Posted June 3 Posted June 3 The book is so good just thar everything else he makes is better
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