Pathfinder Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 @Pathfinder, Physical Realm power is proportionate to the Cognitive Realm mind that wields it. “Sentient” spren can exercise a “sentient” amount of power – affecting a merchant’s wares or tripping Kaladin, etc. Here’s what I said about this on another thread: “In my…post on how spren become sapient, I posit that every Radiantspren other than the Stormfather began its Physical Realm existence as merely a sentient ‘natural phenomenon’ spren from Cultivation: windspren, creationspren, flamespren, etc. That amount of investiture that confers sapience remains in the Cognitive Realm, ‘carried’ by the ‘escort’ sentient spren. When the sentient spren finds a suitable host, the cognitive investiture it carries bonds with the KR’s own mind, enabling the KR to use the spren’s cognitive investiture to direct magical effects. Thus, Syl remains a mischievous windspren in the Physical Realm, though now she is bonded with Kaladin and has the greater mental capacity of sapience to understand and execute Kaladin’s commands.” Does that help or make things hopelessly Confusing? (I’m good at that.) The cited post may or may not clarify things for you. So if I understand you and iBambam correctly, affecting the physical realm for spren is more of a spectrum rather than an on off switch?
iBambam Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 I think that's an accurate way of looking at it. With a few exceptions, like the stormfather, I'm sure.
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