Blassphamy Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 If Hoid has enough breath to have perfect pitch then wouldn't he be morphing the area around him to be brighter, as in amplifying the colors within a radius around him?
Ketek Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Hood with breath? o.O Anyway, the aura would be something you'd need to really look out for, especially if you didn't have a Heightening of your own. Second Heightening doesn't grant too noticeable an aura. And it's safe to assume that Rosharans, were they to notice it in the first place would attribute it to a trick of the eye.
Stalagmite Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Not necessarily, Vasher can suppress his. But while it's suppressed he gains no heightenings like perfect pitch. Hoid probably is making the colors around him more vivid, just no one on Roshar notices it because without having breath yourself it's hard to detect the effect.* *unless the person has a lot of them of course
Kasimir he/him Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) Stalagmite, on 20 Apr 2014 - 2:59 PM, said: But while it's suppressed he gains no heightenings like perfect pitch. Hoid probably is making the colors around him more vivid, just no one on Roshar notices it because without having breath yourself it's hard to detect the effect.* *unless the person has a lot of them of course Probably just Zahel then. Edited April 20, 2014 by Kasimir
Ketek Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Zahel suppressed his Breath too. He'd look like a Returned otherwise, and there is no way no one would pick up on that.
Moogle Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Shallan suppresses the Stormlight streaming off her by feeding it into an illusion. It's possible Hoid is doing a similar trick, or perhaps burning copper constantly (if it works by dampening Investiture). Some interaction between systems we don't know of could definitely hide it.
Kasimir he/him Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Ketek, on 20 Apr 2014 - 3:23 PM, said: Zahel suppressed his Breath too. He'd look like a Returned otherwise, and there is no way no one would pick up on that. But he's still got some Breath--if he's suppressing his Returned Breath, he still has enough for the fourth Heightening, because he displays life sense. That puts him at the level where he can detect Hoid's Breath.
dyring Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Kasimir: Since its very strongly hinted Zahel uses stormlight instead of breath to survive every week, its likely he can use stormlight for other normally breath-requiring things aswell.
Ketek Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Fourth Heightening is perfect life sense, as far as I know. You have life sense from the First Heightening onwards, it's just not perfect. And considering that Kaladin needed to be outside his door for Zahel to sense him... if he does have Breaths there's probably not too many of them.
AerionBFII he/him Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Fourth Heightening is perfect life sense, as far as I know. You have life sense from the First Heightening onwards, it's just not perfect. And considering that Kaladin needed to be outside his door for Zahel to sense him... if he does have Breaths there's probably not too many of them. i thought everybody had Life Sense it just grew stronger the more Breath you had? But yeah Perfect Life Sense is the Fourth Heightening thanks for clarifying i wasn't sure Zahel also sensed Syl with Kaladin, i find that very interesting! It could also just mean the Nalthis magic system works differently while on Roshar or i don't doubt Hoid could have picked up Zahel's trick of suppressing his Heightening effect on colour. 1
Ketek Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Yeah, everyone has life sense if they have even a single Breath, but I wouldn't really include that, since everyone already has it, Drabs aside. It's around the First Heightening that it really becomes a standard magical ability, methinks.
Eumenide Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 So i've been thinking...Hoid doesn't age, right? Could that be because he has reached the Fifth Heightening? 1
Shardmancer he/him Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 There are many reasons he could be using the LTR trick of gold storage.. He could be using some type of time warping ability since we know he can travel foward through time.. He is very old- (so he does age ) just his abilities can supress it very well.. In this cosmere age is different based on the planet your from.. we are still unaware of all his abilites- and i wouldnt be surprised if a fountain of youth pops up in shadesmare any day now.!
BreathTaker he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 SO SPOILERY, I HAD TO CLOSE MY EYES AND SCROLL DOWN!!! Me sad now, want to read WoR! :,(
Kobold King he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 SO SPOILERY, I HAD TO CLOSE MY EYES AND SCROLL DOWN!!! Me sad now, want to read WoR! :,( Be careful around the "Cosmere Theories" board if you're not completely up-to-date. Users are not required to give spoiler warnings. Spoilers can strike like the Shaod on this board.
GreyPilgrim he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 Is this thread a Malazan reference? To the common curse "Hood's breath"?
Swimmingly he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 My favorite curse from that series went something like: "Hood's black balls on a marble slab!"
Kobold King he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 My favorite curse from that series went something like: "Hood's black balls on a marble slab!" We're not talking about Hoid anymore, right? No? Good. Now I get to keep my sanity. 1
Cracknut he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 Hood's breath! Thought it was some kinda malazan-cosmere thread for a second
Ketek Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 We're not talking about Hoid anymore, right? No? Good. Now I get to keep my sanity. Shipping Hoid with ugly-crab-lizard thing in 3, 2, 1... 2
Kobold King he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 Shipping Hoid with ugly-crab-lizard thing in 3, 2, 1... No Shipfather! As your Bondship, I forbid you to continue down that line of thought! 1
GreyPilgrim he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 My favorite curse from that series went something like: "Hood's black balls on a marble slab!" No offense to Brandon, but Steven Erikson is way better at in-universe swears.
Aether he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 No offense to Brandon, but Steven Erikson is way better at in-universe swears. Robert Jordan wasn't bad either. If not as explicit, definitely more imaginative.
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