Haradion Drogon Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 When Leras died, Preservation dropped to the ground. Could Ruin have splintered Preservation instead? *Was* trapping Ruin in teh well, effectively splintering him? Divererting his power somewhere else?
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 If Wayne makes a Speed Bubble, and Wax pokes his Hand as his Gun outside the Border of the Bubble, Would he be able to Shoot Normally? And Why didn't he do this?
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 If Wayne makes a Speed Bubble, and Wax pokes his Hand as his Gun outside the Border of the Bubble, Would he be able to Shoot Normally? And Why didn't he do this? No, people can't cross the boundary of a speed bubble, and objects are either entirely in or entirely out (since he would still be holding the gun it would have to be still be in).
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 No, people can't cross the boundary of a speed bubble, and objects are either entirely in or entirely out (since he would still be holding the gun it would have to be still be in). I can't Find it, But Kurk once asked Branodn if the Bubble would Expnad when you pushed it, and Brandon said your hand would go Through. It just depends on if the Majotrity of the Item thinks of itself in or out.
entropicscholar he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) If Wayne makes a Speed Bubble, and Wax pokes his Hand as his Gun outside the Border of the Bubble, Would he be able to Shoot Normally? And Why didn't he do this? If he did poke his hand out of the bubble, he likely wouldn't be able to move his fingers fast enough to gain any advantage. (his hand would be in a much slower time stream, and would seem to take forever to respond.) edit: also, at the end of Alloy of Law... the entire plan of trapping Miles in a Cadmium bubble until the police could arrive required that all of Miles' minions, who were outside the bubble be dead. They were worried that if any of the thugs lived they could easily just step through and shoot someone / warn Miles. Edited June 1, 2014 by entropicscholar
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 I can't Find it, But Kurk once asked Branodn if the Bubble would Expnad when you pushed it, and Brandon said your hand would go Through. It just depends on if the Majotrity of the Item thinks of itself in or out. Do you have a link for that? (Sorry, misread the first part of your post) Since it goes against what is stated in Alloy: Did they use a speed bubble, like Wayne makes? Waxillium thought. But no. You couldn’t move in or out of a speed bubble once one was up, and it would be impossible to make one large enough to facilitate this kind of robbery. So far as he knew, at least. Granted they don't know everything, but if it was a simple as "stick your hand out" I think they would know? Even if you could push your hand outside of the boundary it would still act as if it was inside: klokkan Hello Mr. Sanderson, I have a question about bendalloy bubbles—what happens to a human that is partially in and partially out of the bubble when it's placed? Does the difference in the flow of time kill him? And, if yes, is the boundary of active bendalloy bubble effectively impassable for living organisms? I get that bullets shot out of the bubble randomly change directions, but what happens to, let's say, a person trying to jump out of the bubble (or, given enough time, a person trying to get inside)? Brandon Sanderson Any living thing touching the bubble is affected by the bubble. (source) 1
entropicscholar he/him Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 klokkanHello Mr. Sanderson, I have a question about bendalloy bubbles—what happens to a human that is partially in and partially out of the bubble when it's placed? Does the difference in the flow of time kill him?And, if yes, is the boundary of active bendalloy bubble effectively impassable for living organisms? I get that bullets shot out of the bubble randomly change directions, but what happens to, let's say, a person trying to jump out of the bubble (or, given enough time, a person trying to get inside)?Brandon SandersonAny living thing touching the bubble is affected by the bubble. sounds like a RAFO card to me
Curiosity he/him Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Can a post-Final Ascension koloss (pure koloss, no human blood) be born with Allomancy? Can a post-Final Ascension koloss burn Lerasium?
Kurkistan he/him Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) Here's the quote. Source: Kurkistan: Last question: If Wayne was inside of a speed bubble and punches somebody who's standing outside it, what's happening with his fist and them: are they like sucked into the bubble, or what?[/font][/color]Brandon: So, I have... So _exiting_ a speed bubble, while it's going, has _weird_ ramifications on lots of things. It would be really hard to punch somebody through a speed bubble-Kurkistan: So would the surface like distend around his fist--<Illustrates with fist "stretching out" invisible film>Brandon: It's going to steal your momentum, but if you actually managed to do it, then- yes. Anything in the speed bubble that's touching through is counted as being as part of the speed bubble.Kurkistan: Okay, so the bubble would end here <Draws invisible surface in the air> and his fist would be out there <Illustrates by "punching" arm through the fake surface, demonstrating the fist extending past the bubble while he arm is within>, but still fast?Brandon: Yes.Kurkistan: Oh okay, thank you.Brandon: That's how I would imagine it so far.Kurkistan: But the bubble does _end_ at [the same place still, with the fist extending out past its boundary].Brandon: The bubble does end, yes.Kurkistan: <Makes pleasantries and goes to leave>Brandon: And when you're punching through, it's going to- your momentum is gonna'- you're going to lose momentum and get a ricochet, because you're lurching from- <notices Kurkistan (very foolishly) acting like he's about to leave> anyway... I'll let you figure that one out on your own. By my reading, the gun wold probably also be "fast" because it's being wielded by a fast-moving person, and I would guess that the bullet, once it was no longer "part" of the gun, would experience the usual weirdness that bubble-exiting stuff suffers from. Edited June 2, 2014 by Kurkistan 2
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Thank you Kurk. But the gun would be completely outside of the Bubble, so I imagine it would be moving in Normal time, and be unaffected by the Bubble. Though you'd have to be careful to not break the gun with your super fast hand.
Kurkistan he/him Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 @Joe Maybe, maybe not. We know that any living person touching the bubble is affected by it, and the natural assumption here is that their clothing is included in the bargain. So non-living things can be affected by time bubbles simply by virtue of being "worn" by living things that are touching the bubble. This despite the non-living thing possibly being completely outside the bubble's radius. The question, then, is whether a gun being wielded by a person counts as enough of a part of them that it will also be included by the bubble's effect. @Scholar No problem.
Tempus Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Random trivia question: Did Devotion or Dominion splinter into eighty parts?
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Are all spren Splinters? Or are only "sentient" spren (or who have the capability of sentience) like Syl Splinters? 1
SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 If Miles Hundredlifes had been given to a mad scientist instead of killed, and that mad scientist then proceeded to supply him with sufficient gold for healing whilst strapping him to a guillotine, cutting off his arm waiting for it to heal then cutting it off again. Repeating for Miles' remaining life. Would his arm continuously grow back or would it stop after a couple of years? If Marsh goes to Nalthis and gets a Returned to heal him, would that fix the Flaw? Could enough Breaths do that? If several hundred Drabs were forced to copulate with each other and each generation born was turned into a Drab and made to copulate with the other Drabs. Continuously doing this with each and every generation born in this 'experiment'. Would the children at any stage cease to have an innate Breath? Can Progression be used to increase muscle tissue in animals? Can a 'modern' Fabrial use Breath as fuel instead of Stormlight?
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 As per a discussion with Moogle and Tempus in chat: "You've said that a Seeker could learn to detect Feruchemy, would a Feruchemist tapping an attribute at x2 have "louder" bronzepulses than a Feruchemist tapping at 1x?" 1
Kurkistan he/him Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 As per a discussion with Moogle and Tempus in chat: "You've said that a Seeker could learn to detect Feruchemy, would a Feruchemist tapping an attribute at x2 have "louder" bronzepulses than a Feruchemist tapping at 1x?" As an addendum to this, we might have to go all the way back to the "initial amount stored" discussion and ask if a Feruchemist taps 100 of something at 100% efficiency while another taps 200 at 50% efficiency, is one louder?
ccstat he/him Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Additionally, would the seeker be able to sense both filling and tapping? Could the two be distinguished? "Using" in the question seems to imply tapping, but presumably both are equivalent in terms of investiture.
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Additionally, would the seeker be able to sense both filling and tapping? Could the two be distinguished? "Using" in the question seems to imply tapping, but presumably both are equivalent in terms of investiture. Well in Allomancy the Pushing Vs. Pulling metals feel different, perhaps a Feruchemist filling a metalmind sounds has a similar feel to the Pulling metals and one tapping feels like a Pushing metal?
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 COuld a Practiced Seeker tell the difference between a Windrunner with Stormlight and a SkyBreaker with Stormlight? 1
ccstat he/him Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I suspect they could tell the difference between surges being actively used, but not between two knights from different orders that were just holding stormlight.
Moogle Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) COuld a Practiced Seeker tell the difference between a Windrunner with Stormlight and a SkyBreaker with Stormlight? I'd guess they could. Each Knight seems to have their own 'frequency', going by how they produce their Order's symbol in frost they produce via cymatics. This fits in very well with the "beats" that Allomancers hear. I also imagine they could differentiate each individual Surge, since those seem to have their own symbol too. I'm not sure, though. It's an interesting question. Edited June 5, 2014 by Moogle
Argent he/him Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) I believe it has been confirmed that Seekers experienced enough can differentiate between any kind of active Investiture. In short, they can tell whether or not two people are using Investiture from the same Shard (e.g. if a Mistborn Steelpushes a piece of metal out of the room and a Surgebinder Lashes it to the same effect, a Seeker would be able to tell that they access different Shards) whether or not two people are using different powers of the same Shard (e.g. burning different metals, using different Surges, etc) I don't think just holding Stormlight counts as Investing - though it might. If it does, I imagine you'd need a very powerful Seeker to even detect that, and even they they would probably only detect that this person has more (innate) Investiture than others, kind of like how Awakeners have more life force. Edited June 5, 2014 by Argent
Moogle Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) I don't think just holding Stormlight counts as Investing - though it might. If it does, I imagine you'd need a very powerful Seeker to even detect that, and even they they would probably only detect that this person has more (innate) Investiture than others, kind of like how Awakeners have more life force. I imagine just holding Stormlight counts. In fact, it seems likely that just holding Investiture of any type is what you actually detect with Allomantic bronze (particularly since this is how lifesense works - you detect amounts of Investiture around you, though this is complicated by the fact that you need a ridiculously high Heightening to detect Breaths stored in objects). When you burn metals you "start an Investiture" according to AoL, which means you're now "holding" Preservation inside of you like someone holds Stormlight, and you're simultaneously using the Investiture. It almost seems like it should be possible to burn a metal and not actually "use" it, and just get the happy-warm-stomach feeling from having some Preservation in you. Edited June 5, 2014 by Moogle
entropicscholar he/him Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Can a 'modern' Fabrial use Breath as fuel instead of Stormlight? Brandon has stated that "any magic system may be use to fuel any other". The origional question was in reference to Nightblood using stormlight instead of Breath (yes, it can), so I think its safe to say that a Fabrial could be powered by Breath. -------- Question: Seekers can sense both allomancy and Ferochemy being used. Can they sense the use of Breath, or Dor? If they can sense the use of Breath, can they sense the presence of people with large amounts of breath? or only the actual act of Awakening? (an alternative question, that provides the same information would be "why is it that Hemelurgy was never discovered by observant Seekers, during The Final Empire?")
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