Landis963 he/him Posted July 7, 2016 Posted July 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Emerald101 said: If an augur were to burn gold, and then worldhop to maipon and learn soulforgery, could they use the knowledge they gained from burning gold to forge themselves into their gold shadow? If they did that and then burned gold again, would the new gold shadow be their original self? Point of order: this hypothetical Augur would not be able to Forge, because they wouldn't have the requisite SDNA to form the proper bond with the Dor. A Forger could travel to Scadrial and get an unsealed Gold Allomancy nicromind, though.
red032 he/him Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 On 05/03/2011 at 8:21 PM, zas678 said: I'm pretty sure the animal hemalurgy has an answer. I'll try to dig it up. Also, Chaos, yeah, all the edits are fine. I think Endowment is a girl just from the two word description we have of the Voice. "Caring and Gentle". Generally more feminine traits. Plus, I think that Cultivation needs a friend Found Hemalurgy answer! HoA Q&A- Try to dog it up, itmay work better...
Dunkum he/him Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 On 7/7/2016 at 6:52 AM, Yata said: In the Stormlight's Letters Hoid and Frost talked about Rayse's crimes/murders and they mention Aona, Skai and Tanavast. They didn't talk about the fourth Shard he Splintered. Do they not know of this event or simply do they not care about those Shard-Vessel ? is there a fourth? I wasn't aware of one off the top of my head
Yata he/him Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dunkum said: is there a fourth? I wasn't aware of one off the top of my head ok it took me a lot of time to find it. Quote Can you write in one of my books about something we don;t know about the Shards, or at least one of the Shards? BRANDON SANDERSON Odium has killed at least one more Shard than the ones we know about NEW QUESTION: Is it possible for a Shard to Invest every bit of his power ? If it's possible, would the Vesse de- Ascend and would he be the Shard's Vessel also in a mortal body? Edited July 10, 2016 by Yata
Asperity he/him Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 Since Scadrial is an artificial planet, are any of the other Shardworlds artificial? Are there any cosmic entities similar in importance that are artificial? Stars, etc.
Landis963 he/him Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Kythis said: Since Scadrial is an artificial planet, are any of the other Shardworlds artificial? Are there any cosmic entities similar in importance that are artificial? Stars, etc. Yes. Roshar is one of them. We don't know if any other galactic landmarks were created by Shards or by Adonalsium. I would rephrase the question such that it asks whether there are important unInvested or naturally Invested places/things/etc. in the Cosmere which were NOT created by Adonalsium or his successors. And if yes, have we seen any of them? Edited July 11, 2016 by Landis963
feldi Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Landis963 said: Yes. Roshar is one of them. We don't know if any other galactic landmarks were created by Shards or by Adonalsium. I would rephrase the question such that it asks whether there are important unInvested or naturally Invested places/things/etc. in the Cosmere which were NOT created by Adonalsium or his successors. And if yes, have we seen any of them? Roshar is artificial? I'm pretty sure it was before the shattering, it was the planet of the listener and then Honor came and create the Human race there as well
Eki Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 5 minutes ago, feldi said: Roshar is artificial? I'm pretty sure it was before the shattering, it was the planet of the listener and then Honor came and create the Human race there as well Either created, or at least influenced, by Adonalsium, long before the shattering. And we don't yet know if the humans were created by the shards, or just brought there. Vorin mythology about the Tranquiline Halls seems to suggest humans immigrated to the planet rather than being creted there, but we don't yet know for sure.
Ecthelion III he/him Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 Where did you originally get the name Ars Arcanum (Latin for arcane or mysterious art) from?
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 4 hours ago, Ecthelion III said: Where did you originally get the name Ars Arcanum (Latin for arcane or mysterious art) from? He's actually answered that one before. I haven't been able to find the specific quote, but there is an answer out there. Wish I could remember it.
Ecthelion III he/him Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Quote The name "Ars Arcanum" deserves a note as well. I've always liked how Ann McCaffery named her appendix the 'Dragondex' in the back of her Pern books. One of the biggest draws of my books are the magic systems, and since I intend to do a new one for every series I write (and many, like the Mistborn trilogy, will have multiple magic systems per series) I wanted some sort of 'catch all' title I could name the appendixes in each of my books. I fiddled around for a while. Ars Magica was my first choice, since it's kind of a cool Latinate take on 'Magical Arts' or 'Magical Skills.' However, there's an RPG out with that name, and I figured I wanted to stay away from their title. Ars Arcanum, then, was my next choice. I ended up liking it better, if only because it has a little more true Latinate feel to it. Found it! 2
feldi Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 can the Returned change their body to a Kandra version or a Parshendi version of them self?
Argel he/him Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, feldi said: can the Returned change their body to a Kandra version or a Parshendi version of them self? Very doubtful because a Kandra requires hemalurgic spikes. There are probably other reasons it's not feasible as well, but that's an obvious one. If the Returned had all the extra stuff it needed such as the spikes then maybe. But I think there are overlapping magic systems and Investiture needed from each that would make it difficult. Edited July 13, 2016 by Argel
WeiryWriter he/him Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Argel said: Very doubtful because a Kandra requires hemalurgic spikes. There are probably other reasons it's not feasible as well, but that's an obvious one. If the Returned had all the extra stuff it needed such as the spikes then maybe. But I think there are overlapping magic systems and Investiture needed from each that would make it difficult. I really don't think the spikes have anything to do with it. The whole shapeshifting thing is a natural ability of mistwraiths, the spikes just allow them to be sapient. 1
Dunkum he/him Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 3 hours ago, WeiryWriter said: I really don't think the spikes have anything to do with it. The whole shapeshifting thing is a natural ability of mistwraiths, the spikes just allow them to be sapient. this is true, but do we know the full extent of the returned shapeshifting ability? we see some of it in Warbreaker, but it isn't clear exactly how much they can change themselves.
Oversleep Posted July 16, 2016 Posted July 16, 2016 Could you make someone unable to do Hemalurgy by spiking it out of that person?
Jondesu he/him Posted July 16, 2016 Posted July 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, Oversleep said: Could you make someone unable to do Hemalurgy by spiking it out of that person? Once you spike someone, they generally die, which would effectively make them unable to perform Hemalurgy. :-P Of course, this is the Cosmere, where death isn't always permanent, so still an interesting question. jW
Oversleep Posted July 16, 2016 Posted July 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, Jondesu said: Once you spike someone, they generally die, which would effectively make them unable to perform Hemalurgy. :-P Of course, this is the Cosmere, where death isn't always permanent, so still an interesting question. jW Well, we consider Feruchemists or Allomancers losing their abilities when they actually die anyway, so that's a legitimate question. BTW, Hemalurgy doesn't have to be lethal. Very damaging - yes, but it could be non-lethal.
Yata he/him Posted July 18, 2016 Posted July 18, 2016 If a Cognitive Shadow is on Roshar, would He/She be capable of manifest itself visible on the Physicalm Realm when "something happen" ? (like lesser Spren) and if Yes, what are the kind of events who may trigger a Cognitive Shadow's manifestation?
DrakeMarshall he/him Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 So we know that the nightwatcher's boons and banes have a certain pattern to them, and that she is related to cultivation (like the stormfather is to honor). My question is, has there ever been a time when the nightwatcher flat out refused somebody's wish? The nightwatcher operates within certain loose rules, and it strikes me that over the years somebody would have made a specific request that the nightwatcher simply did not grant.
Jondesu he/him Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Drake Marshall said: So we know that the nightwatcher's boons and banes have a certain pattern to them, and that she is related to cultivation (like the stormfather is to honor). My question is, has there ever been a time when the nightwatcher flat out refused somebody's wish? The nightwatcher operates within certain loose rules, and it strikes me that over the years somebody would have made a specific request that the nightwatcher simply did not grant. It seems to me she often doesn't grant the requested boon. Whoever it is that we hear talking about it says she listens to your request, but then gives you what she thinks you deserve, and a bane to go with it. jW Edited July 19, 2016 by Jondesu
DrakeMarshall he/him Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Interesting. I suppose that makes a sort of sense. Rather than refusing the wish, she just gives you... Something else.
Oversleep Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Why did Inquisitors have spikes driven through their eyes in the first place? I mean, there surely were other bindpoints to use so what's the point in depraving them of one of the most basic senses? In FE Vin blinded the Inquisitor by throwing a handful of metal dust and it wouldn't work if they kept their eyes. Did TLR make that decision to add another weak point?
Yata he/him Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 12 hours ago, Oversleep said: Did TLR make that decision to add another weak point? Ruin kept creating Inquisitors with eyes spiked, therefore it's probably related to the Inquisitor trasformation than TLR design to give then some disadvantage.
Oversleep Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 5 hours ago, Yata said: Ruin kept creating Inquisitors with eyes spiked, therefore it's probably related to the Inquisitor trasformation than TLR design to give then some disadvantage. Did he even create new Inquisitors or just kept adding new powers to the already existing ones?
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