Life&Death he/him Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 About how many breaths would it take to make a common object invested enough to stop a Shardblade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Oversleep Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 We don't know. We only have... no, wait, we don't have any data points on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dunkum he/him Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 4 hours ago, Oversleep said: We don't know. We only have... no, wait, we don't have any data points on this. We certainly haven't seen anything directly. but I'm pretty sure Brandon has confirmed that Nightblood is more invested than a shardblade. though I suppose it is possble that even he couldn't stop one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nathrangking he/him Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 He could take a shardblade. It would be relatively the same as a shardblade battle. They are both extremely heavily invested and will resist each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CrazyRioter she/her Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 I think Nightblood would win easily, he's vastly more invested than a Shardblade per WoB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Unlicensed Hemalurgist he/him Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 What about Nightblood vs. an Honorblade? Will the fact that they're literally pieces of a Shard make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Calderis he/him Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, Unlicensed Hemalurgist said: What about Nightblood vs. an Honorblade? Will the fact that they're literally pieces of a Shard make a difference? No. Nightblood is more. A spren and an Honorblade are both Splinters. Quote Questioner Is Nightblood a minor Shard? Brandon Sanderson Nightblood is one of the most heavily Invested things in the cosmere that is not a Shard. source Quote Questioner I've got a list of various Cosmere bits of metal and I was wondering if you would rank them from like one to ten or just easy to difficult on how hard it would be to steelpush on them. So with one being just a regular coin, ten being like when the Lord Ruler was moving bits of glass on the floor, so like metal inside a person's body. Brandon Sanderson It depends on how strong the investiture in them is. Questioner Is that gonna be the answer for all of these? Brandon Sanderson Probably! Questioner How about a spike charged with Hemallurgy? Brandon Sanderson A spike charged with Hemallurgy... that depends on... Questioner Not in a person. Brandon Sanderson Depends on how strong, yeah, a spike is moderately, (in the realm of these kinds of things) moderately easy to push on because a spike does not rip off very much investiture. Only enough to short circuit the soul, and t less it over time. I would put that at the bottom, with the top being very hard, to be one of the easier things. Questioner How about a metalmind that is full? Brandon Sanderson That is full? That is going to be middle of the realm of the, yeah. Generally easier than, for instance, a Shardblade which is going to be very hard. Questioner #2 A Shardblade is [inaudible] actually metal? [metal]-ish? Brandon Sanderson Ish. Is Lerasium a metal. Yeah. Questioner So that'd be the same for Shardplate too? Brandon Sanderson Shardplate and Blade are very hard. Blade is probably gonna be a little harder. Questioner A Halfshard? Brandon Sanderson A halfshard shield? That's gonna be moderate. Questioner Nightblood? I imagine that being hard. Brandon Sanderson Hard, of all the things you've listed, that is going to be the hardest. Far beyond even a Sharblade. Questioner Far beyond metal inside a person? Brandon Sanderson Uh, yes. Depending on how invested the person is. Questioner If somebody was invested as much as Nightblood? Brandon Sanderson Yes, for instance the God King, right. At the end with all those breaths. Pushing something inside of him, getting through all of that? Gonna be real hard. Average person on Scadrial? You've seen how hard that is. A drab? Much easier. Questioner That was my next one, or no, sorry not a drab. A lifeless? Brandon Sanderson A lifeless, yeah. Even... yeah. Lifeless are kind of weird because they've had their soul leave but then they've had a replacement stuck in in the form of breath which leaves them in a very weird position compared to a drab which has had part of their investiture ripped away but a majority remains, so, anyways. I'm going to give you one more. Pick your favorite. Questioner A soul stamped piece of metal? Brandon Sanderson A soul stamped piece of metal is going to be on the lower, easier side. Not a lot of investiture going on in a soul stamp. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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