Which would you rather?

[StormblessDave]

For me personally, Id choose mistborn and God King(with tongue pls)

[Nathrangking he/him]

I chose LR and Returned.

[StormblessDave]

12 minutes ago, Nathrangking said:

I chose LR and Returned.

why the returned? 

[Shadowmancer he/him]

I like the idea of a twinborn. Doesn't matter if I can't compound, honestly. I just want to be able to do two magics instead of one.  And Lord Ruler doesn't have to be tortured for millennia, and I just like the idea of Allomancy/Feruchemy/Hemalurgy better than Awakening.

[StormblessDave]

1 minute ago, Shadowmancer said:

I like the idea of a twinborn. Doesn't matter if I can't compound, honestly. I just want to be able to do two magics instead of one.  And Lord Ruler doesn't have to be tortured for millennia, and I just like the idea of Allomancy/Feruchemy/Hemalurgy better than Awakening.

I prefer mistborn, because you literally use all of the allomantic powers(Id love a lerasium bead)

However twinborn does give you the feruchemical ability so that's good too

[Calderis he/him]

Chose Mistborn because sheer variety and availability of resources. 

And TLR because seriously, if he hadn't been overconfident he could have taken out literally any non-shard we've seen.

Edit: I mean seriously. Don't toy with threats. Kill them and be done with it. 

Edit2: he was a pretty stupid all powerful overlord in that regard. 

Edited August 14, 2017 by Calderis

[StormblessDave]

2 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Chose Mistborn because sheer variety and availability of resources. 

And TLR because seriously, if he hadn't been overconfident he could have taken out literally any non-shard we've seen.

Edit: I mean seriously. Don't toy with threats. Kill them and be done with it. 

Could he have taken out the God King, the amount of investiture he has is mind boggling.

[Calderis he/him]

Just now, StormblessDave said:

Could he have taken out the God King, the amount of investiture he has is mind boggling.

The God King is only functionally immortal and can't heal himself. 

All TLR would have to do us pelt him with coins and/or compound steel and Susebron goes down. Hard. 

[StormblessDave]

Yeah I personally chose the God King because of the way he sees the world, it must be beautiful!

[17th Splinter he/him]

9 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Chose Mistborn because sheer variety and availability of resources. 

And TLR because seriously, if he hadn't been overconfident he could have taken out literally any non-shard we've seen.

Edit: I mean seriously. Don't toy with threats. Kill them and be done with it. 

Edit2: he was a pretty stupid all powerful overlord in that regard. 

Same, but I wish feruchemist was an option

[StormblessDave]

1 minute ago, 17th Splinter said:

Same, but I wish feruchemist was an option

Sry I was choosing 1 magic system that stood out in the respective worlds, I added twinborn because it was in era 2

[phoenix2563]

Elantrian since their magic is so overpowered, and also one of the systems most difficult to obtain via world hopping (see: Hoid).

Lord Ruler since he is the most powerful of the three by far.

Edited August 14, 2017 by phoenix2563

[StormblessDave]

Yeah its funny that despite being the most powerful of the 3, He's the only one dead LMAO

[17th Splinter he/him]

3 minutes ago, StormblessDave said:

Yeah its funny that despite being the most powerful of the 3, He's the only one dead LMAO

And he got taken out by a 14ish year old girl XD

[Faceless Mist-Wraith he/him]

I would go with twinborn for the interesting power combinations, and TLR because then I would just get to enjoy the full benefits of both systems.

 

[StormblessDave]

Rosharan system seems to be left out, very interesting(even though it's Brandon's biggest series)

[Andy92]

1 hour ago, StormblessDave said:

Rosharan system seems to be left out, very interesting(even though it's Brandon's biggest series)

It's probably because Radiants only get access to two surges. If you had some mega-radiant that could use every surge, that's unstoppable. 

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

I chose radiant.

I think that in general, we seriously underestimate what a full radiant is capable of.

Imagine a radiant who can use surges more effectively than Szeth or Kaladin, while wearing shardplate, while using stormlight-enhanced speed, strength, and healing, and using a shardblade.

In my opinion, such a radiant, a fully fledged radiant, could beat your average mistborn on any day of the weak.

 

That being said, I chose Lord Ruler for the second question, because compounding for every single feruchemical power is absurdly powerful.

[TheLordRuler he/him]

2 hours ago, Drake Marshall said:

I chose radiant.

I think that in general, we seriously underestimate what a full radiant is capable of.

Imagine a radiant who can use surges more effectively than Szeth or Kaladin, while wearing shardplate, while using stormlight-enhanced speed, strength, and healing, and using a shardblade.

In my opinion, such a radiant, a fully fledged radiant, could beat your average mistborn on any day of the weak.

 

That being said, I chose Lord Ruler for the second question, because compounding for every single feruchemical power is absurdly powerful.

See, that's where you're making a mistake. We don't KNOW what a full fledged Radiant or Herald is capable. To say that they can beat Mistborns, some of the most powerful individuals literally worth armies, easily is a statement you just cannot make. Thats the reason why Rosharian figures have gotten so little votes, we just don't know what they can do. 

Also, imagine a world with armies of Mistborn-strength individuals. Thats doesn't seem like Roshar to me. Having thousands upon thousands of such powerful people seems like a disaster, oaths or no oaths. 

I don't think its likely a Radiant is more powerful than a Mistborn. But who knows? 

[Calderis he/him]

@Drake Marshall @TheLordRuler

This is only speaking of one particular order, but I think it's relevant here. 

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1152#25

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QUESTION

We were wondering who would win in a fight, a Mistborn or a Windrunner.

BRANDON SANDERSON

It would really depend on the situation. I would say the Windrunner would win on a battlefield and the Mistborn will when at sneaking around and slitting people’s throats.

I chose Mistborn, but on a battlefield I think that most full Radiants would take it. You have Shardplate, a shape-shifting unbreakable unblockable (for a Mistborn) weapon/shield, plus surges and Stormlight healing.

But Mistborn are assassins. Why would they ever fight a Radiant in the field unless they had to? 

[Brightlord M. Alhstrom he/him]

...... I put in Twinborn, then realized you didn't mean a fullborn (a la Lord Ruler), but a misting+ferring.

My answer would depend: Do I end up in the world I choose, or an I still in the modern world?

 - Modern world: Definitely go Twinborn with a Cadmium Allomancy and Copper Feruchemy.

 - Cosmere: Knight Radiant. Even if Mistborn end up being more powerful, I much prefer the more direct attitude of a Radiant than the stealthy and deceptive Mistborn Assassin type. And if I could choose my order: Bondsmith.

[Nathrangking he/him]

11 hours ago, StormblessDave said:

why the returned? 

Having up to the fifth heightening has a great number of awesome advantages that I would love to have.

[AbsentKeeper he/him]

10 hours ago, Drake Marshall said:

I chose radiant.

I think that in general, we seriously underestimate what a full radiant is capable of.

Imagine a radiant who can use surges more effectively than Szeth or Kaladin, while wearing shardplate, while using stormlight-enhanced speed, strength, and healing, and using a shardblade.

In my opinion, such a radiant, a fully fledged radiant, could beat your average mistborn on any day of the weak.

 

That being said, I chose Lord Ruler for the second question, because compounding for every single feruchemical power is absurdly powerful.

I chose the same, and this was almost my exact logic.

However, I also just like the idea of having a spren buddy.

[Taliax none (name only)]

36 minutes ago, Cowmanthethird said:

I chose the same, and this was almost my exact logic.

However, I also just like the idea of having a spren buddy.

this was what ultimately made my decision for Radiant over Mistborn. Plus, a spren also functions as a Swiss army weapon/tool that you can summon at will. That's pretty OP, whether in the Cosmere or the modern world. (I wonder if a spren could become a pen? Probably not because of the ink, but would be nice to not worry about losing those.)

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

12 hours ago, TheLordRuler said:

See, that's where you're making a mistake. We don't KNOW what a full fledged Radiant or Herald is capable. To say that they can beat Mistborns, some of the most powerful individuals literally worth armies, easily is a statement you just cannot make. Thats the reason why Rosharian figures have gotten so little votes, we just don't know what they can do. 

Also, imagine a world with armies of Mistborn-strength individuals. Thats doesn't seem like Roshar to me. Having thousands upon thousands of such powerful people seems like a disaster, oaths or no oaths. 

I don't think its likely a Radiant is more powerful than a Mistborn. But who knows? 

Well maybe I'm more given to taking risks 

Remember though that a radiant definitely outclasses a full shardbearer... And big massive wars were fought over sets of shards.

They didn't fight big massive wars to secure the loyalty of a single mistborn. Nor would a single mistborn be capable of turning the tide in a big war.

I will also note that I believe a thousands upon thousands of radiants was probably a total disaster. During the desolations, the heralds kept them in line, but after the heralds left their posts... I believe the radiants fought each other. I mean, what were they fighting if not each other, seeing as there were no Voidbringers left after Aherietiam? Which is part of why everybody hates them so much in modern Roshar.