Discussion of Knight Radiant Powers

[17th Splinter he/him]

Had an interesting thought. If a Knight Radiant with Adhesion (Pressure and Vacuum) lets say Kaladin or Dalinar, stuck someone with Abrasion (Friction) lets say Lift, to a wall could "Lift" escape by reducing her friction? 

[Pagerunner he/him]

It really depends on the specific physics of Adhesion, which I'll admit I can't quite wrap my head around. But I can see a good analogy in suction cups on your shower wall. If the wall is wet, you can't pull it straight off, but you can slide it around easily.

[Stormrunner1730]

Probably depends on the amount of Stormlight you currently have vs. the amount of Stormlight in the Lashing.  For example, Lift (with plenty of pancakes haha) would probably at least be able to move around per Pagerunner's comment.

Edited October 24, 2017 by Stormrunner1730

[thejopen27 he/him]

Yes, like the shower thing. Slide around, but unable to disengage. Although I don't think Kaladin could stick something invested to a wall.

[Calderis he/him]

10 minutes ago, thejopen27 said:

Yes, like the shower thing. Slide around, but unable to disengage. Although I don't think Kaladin could stick something invested to a wall.

He could, it would just be more expensive to do so, and he'd have to "push" stormlight in harder. It's no different than an allomancer attempting to push on a metalmind. 

[Yata he/him]

32 minutes ago, Calderis said:

He could, it would just be more expensive to do so, and he'd have to "push" stormlight in harder. It's no different than an allomancer attempting to push on a metalmind. 

Honestly i am not so sure, if the Surge works crafting an artificial void the amount of Investiture is meaningless as the Surge will simply affect the space/air in the between

[Exis]

Is there anything more to the Adhesion surge than a Full Lashing? In the Ars Arcanum, I think the surge is listed as the surge of pressure/vacuum and so far it seems way less useful than say Transformation or Gravitation. But... what if there are more uses for the full lashing - focused more on the vacuum/pressure side of things. Real-world flight is based more on the use of pressure differentials to produce lift/thrust (e.g. the aerofoil on a plane). This might not be incredibly useful if you also have Gravitation but another use of pressure in flight is jet engine technology. Could we see Jet-Stream windrunning once more oaths are sworn? 

[thejopen27 he/him]

Possibly, I think adhesion contributes to Kaladin sensing movements in the air while fighting. Changes in air pressure act as a sixth sense. I also think Kaladin gets perfect super-hero landings from this surge. He doesn't heal, or resist damage on long falls, his fall is cushioned by a burst of air and stormlight.