[OB] Transportation surge

[Watchcry he/him]

I was a little disappointed in the transportation surge. I thought for sure it could transport others like an Oathgate. It's just kind of lame that it's basic use is simply to enter and exit Shadesmar. 

HOWEVER,

I could see that Jasnah combined it with transformation to transport her crystallization effect to multiple enemies while fighting in Thaylen. That is obviously something unique only to Elsecalling. 

If Willshapers, then, can use cohesion to mold things (like leaving a hand print in a boulder), my guess is that at the very least, inexperienced Willshapers will have to touch a surface to transport the cohesion surge to mold a broad area to their will, but perhaps seasoned ones can mold surfaces or objects without touching them, kind of like soulscasting, but instead of transforming, they mold and shape. 

Thoughts?

[digitalbusker he/him]

I think it's probably a mistake to assume we know everything Jasnah can and can't do with Transportation.

[Calderis he/him]

Considering that the oathgates are a thing, I still believe that Elsecallers/Willshapers can teleport. 

It may not be the easiest use of the Transportation surge, so it may be more akin to what Kaladin did in the storm using adhesion. But it's a part of the surge. 

[deeptheory]

I want Elsecallers to somehow be able to easily worldhop at their highest stages.  Keyword : Want

[Ciridae]

8 hours ago, Calderis said:

Considering that the oathgates are a thing, I still believe that Elsecallers/Willshapers can teleport. 

It may not be the easiest use of the Transportation surge, so it may be more akin to what Kaladin did in the storm using adhesion. But it's a part of the surge. 

Yes, it's for sure part of what the surge should be able to do. I agree that it's probably not easy to master, and if I remember correctly Brandon has said that Elsecalling isn't very exact, even if you know what you're doing. Now I'm not sure if Elsecalling is just the act of creating the mini-perpendicularity or if is also transporting things through the physical realm. 

We've no confirmation of this but I still think that transportation allows for a ranged application of the surges.

[Nymeros]

You sound like the people who were saying that they were disapponted that Adhesion, the Surge of vacuum and air pressure, was only good for sticking things together....... Just be patient.