Cosmere power you wished you had

[Dragon Reborn he/him]

I want to be a Mistborn, fourth ideal knight radiant.

[Gasper he/him]

Basic eight metals Allomancy and Feruchemy plus double gold

[old man moomba he/him]

Ok.

You're thinking too small.

Fullborn, Fith Ideal Stoneward, and Windrunner Honorblade.

[+Invocation]

Fullborn. That's everything I need.

[Bigmikey357 he/him]

Fullborn + 50,000 Breaths= Shard of Inevitability

[SwordNimiForPresident the sword/that sword]

As I've said in previous threads on this topic, Elantrian. It's the only system that doesn't have a way around initiation, even Hoid couldn't do it. If I was adding another magic system, I would probably go for Surgebinding. If my theory that Renarin is using the same Surges as regular Truthwatchers turns out to be true, I would try to attract one of their Spren. Visions of the future is not something that we have seen an Elantrian do (I'm not sure what the deal is with Riino's orb). The other option would be Bondsmith, but I feel like it would be exceptionally hard to attract one of those Spren, and even harder to get it off world. I feel like the real advantage to having a Spren bond as an Elantrian would come from it's interaction with your Aon Dor abilities. We have seen that Shardblades can have runes or glyphs on them, so why not Aons? It would be really handy to be able to instantly form an Aon on your Shardblade rather than having to draw it. I don't know if it would work, and I don't know if there would be any consequences for channeling the Dor through a piece of Honor. While I admit it would probably be challenging to get a Spren off of Roshar, it is worth noting that Elantrians have demonstrated the ability to directly effect Shards, as they did in Secret History. If they can do that, I really can't see hacking a Spren bond off world presenting a serious problem.

If getting a Spren off of Roshar proves to be impossible, I would go for two Hemalurgic spikes. F-steel, because I feel that speed is the only real advantage that a Fullborn has over an Elantrian, and one of either F-copper, F-duralumin or F-nicrosil. The choice comes down to how F-nicrosil and F-duralumin interact with you access to the Dor. If F-duralumin lets you use Aons away from Sel, it is the go-to. If F-nicrosil can change how powerful your Aons are, it would be second. Finally, if neither of those work, F-copper would let you memorize Aons ahead of time and then recall them when you needed them. When combined with F-steel, you would be a serious threat to anyone.

Breath goes without saying, you simply get as much as you can.

Why not go get a cool Invested pet bird while you're at it?

Overall, I would say that almost any magic system will be redundant with an Elantrian's abilities, but having the Feruchemical powers I listed above could provide a certain amount of convenience, as well as fill what I consider to be an Elantrian's biggest weakness.

Edited April 30, 2019 by SwordNimiForPresident

[Pathfinder]

Said it elsewhere, and I will say it again, elsecaller all day everyday. Teleportation, matter transformation, power armor, and regeneration. Sign. Me. Up. 

[ShardShaper he/him]

Shard, fullborn compounder, Elantrian, Forger, All honorblades, 

[SwordNimiForPresident the sword/that sword]

5 minutes ago, ShardShaper said:

Shard, fullborn compounder, Elantrian, Forger, All honorblades, 

Why would you need any of the other stuff if you were a Shard?

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Oh-ho-ho, so it's the get-all-the-powers-in-the-cosmere thread, eh? In that case, I was born near Elantris, and became an Elantrian, somehow hacked my way into the other forms of investiture there, travelled to Scadrial and ate some lerasium and then stole all of the feruchemy powers, stole all of the honorblades and proceeded to use them at any time to access all of the ten surges, then ate that other thing that lets you become a voidbringer for good measure, visited the nightwatcher and asked for some epic boon, and somehow avoided the curse, went to Nalthis and collected about 5,000,000,000 breaths and used them to awaken a bunch of metal, hacked my way into Sand Mastery, and the Sixth of Dusk thing (still haven't read the book), then went on a shard murdering spree, thereby gaining all of the shards and becoming Adonalsium. Oh, and for good measure I broke the rules of the cosmere and went to Earth and hacked my way into being an epic.

Edited April 30, 2019 by Truthless of Shinovar

[overlord stick]

57 minutes ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Oh-ho-ho, so it's the get-all-the-powers-in-the-cosmere thread, eh? In that case, I was born near Elantris, and became an Elantrian, somehow hacked my way into the other forms of investiture there, travelled to Scadrial and ate some lerasium and then stole all of the feruchemy powers, stole all of the honorblades and proceeded to use them at any time to access all of the ten surges, then ate that other thing that lets you become a voidbringer for good measure, visited the nightwatcher and asked for some epic boon, and somehow avoided the curse, went to Nalthis and collected about 5,000,000,000 breaths and used them to awaken a bunch of metal, hacked my way into Sand Mastery, and the Sixth of Dusk thing (still haven't read the book), then went on a shard murdering spree, thereby gaining all of the shards and becoming Adonalsium. Oh, and for good measure I broke the rules of the cosmere and went to Earth and hacked my way into being an epic.

..Holy scud, man.

[old man moomba he/him]

Most of that was "I hacked my way into (blank)"

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

All of it was, except for being an Elantrian

[Lightblood]

1 hour ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

All of it was, except for being an Elantrian

My entire plan is to copy everything this man said. But first just hack my way into becoming an Elantrian.

 

Game. Set. Match

Edited May 1, 2019 by Lightblood

[+Keeper Exile]

I would definitely be a Mistborn and Full Feruchemist. If I could, I would also like to be a Truthwatcher or an Elescaller.

And if it was possible, an Inquisitor.

Edited May 1, 2019 by Keeper Exile

[Ethan_sedai he/him]

I would just want to be a Lightweaver, because particles are waves, gravity waves, pressure waves, heat waves, brain waves... it could do so much stuff! It’s even possible that Investiture comes in waves. I don’t know if Lightweaving can actually do all that stuff, but it would be fun to find out! Also, Soulcasting can also do some pretty fun stuff. Aside from that, maybe I would also want to be an Elantrian, just because I could probably win in an Aon fight with @SwordNimiForPresident, because I have also thought about this, and taken it just a bit further: if one Aon, why not more? Why not have a flat base, and then very thin vertical sheets, as thin and as close as possible, allowing me to stack Aon Rao as many times as I want, maybe combining it with Aon Omi because that also boosts Aonic Power, as well as all of the power boosting modifiers on each of them. Also, perhaps putting the Aons on my Shardplate, too. Basically giving me an insane boost to all my Aons as well as instant Aons at the front of this Shard-Aon-box. I might also want to figure out an Aon that can trigger a perpendicularity, however small, because I might be able to open a little gateway to Sel from wherever, as long as I placed the Aon in the Cognitive Realm. If no such Aon exists, I might have to become an Elsecaller, or some other kind of hacks.

I might also pick Feruchemal steel, just because it can also get pretty fun. 

Bendalloy would be nice, I could get things done faster if I’m on a deadline. 

Feruchemal brass would be nice, I wouldn’t have to take cold showers to wake myself up. 

I could probably find a way to Break a lot of little powers, like Lightweaving, or Soulcasting.  (That’s my Smedry Talent, to make things broken. Alcatraz’s is to break things. There is a difference.)

[+Invocation]

7 minutes ago, Ethan_Sedai said:

Bendalloy would be nice, I could get things done faster if I’m on a deadline. 

If you're looking to do things fast, you'll probably also want F-Steel, F-Electrum, and F-Zinc.

[SwordNimiForPresident the sword/that sword]

@Ethan_Sedai I'm not sure that those Aons work the way you think they do. The Aon Rao that makes Elantris is almost certainly unique in its ability to enhance the power of Aons, anything else would break the entire regional lock mechanics of Selish magic. Aon Omi is the Aon for love, I do not recall it being used in the books.

[Ethan_sedai he/him]

There is a WoB that says that Aon Omi slightly boosts the power of other Aons, I think. I’ll have to double check, though. It might have been Aon Opa...

anyways, I am pretty sure that there are Aons that boost the power of other Aons.

Edited May 1, 2019 by Ethan_Sedai

[SwordNimiForPresident the sword/that sword]

6 minutes ago, Ethan_Sedai said:

There is a WoB that says that Aon Omi slightly boosts the power of other Aons, I think. I’ll have to double check, though. It might have been Aon Opa...

anyways, I am pretty sure that there are Aons that boost the power of other Aons.

Opa is flower.

The Aon for power is Daa. From what we have seen so far it seems to be used for energy attacks.

Edited May 1, 2019 by SwordNimiForPresident

[Ethan_sedai he/him]

1 minute ago, SwordNimiForPresident said:

Opa is flower.

Yes, I know. It’s one of those two. I know it’s weird, but That’s what I remember the WoB saying. I’d check Arcanum, but Arcanum is blocked on my Phone...

Edited May 1, 2019 by Ethan_Sedai

[+Invocation]

11 minutes ago, Ethan_Sedai said:

Yes, I know. It’s one of those two. I know it’s weird, but That’s what I remember the WoB saying. I’d check Arcanum, but Arcanum is blocked on my Phone...

12 minutes ago, SwordNimiForPresident said:

Opa is flower.

The Aon for power is Daa. From what we have seen so far it seems to be used for energy attacks.

Found it for you both. I'll spoiler it because it's long and then excerpt the relevant bits.

Spoiler

Brandon Sanderson

Meaning

In its most basic form, Omi is used to represent love and benevolence. It is a common root Aon for a wide variety of words, including affection, care, passion, piety, zeal, and some synonyms of loyalty.

A complex Aon with strong symmetry, the Aon has often been used as an example of balance, and even perfection. The great AonDor scholar Enelan of the fourth century called it “The most perfect of Aons, fully incorporating the base of Aon Aon and spinning it into a complex icon that is artful and complicated, yet somehow basically simple at the same time.”

In later centuries, the symbol has come to mean not only love, but divinity as well, an association created by the Korathi Church’s appropriation of the Aon. Many Korathi devout also regard the symbol as representing the potential unification of all mankind through peace, temperance, and love.

History and Use

Aon Omi is best known as the official symbol of the Korathi church in Arelon. It was chosen by Korath (known as KoWho in JinDo) himself to represent the church and God. Scholars of the time say that Korath made the decision late in his life, after decades spent preaching his interpretations of the tenets of Shu-Keseg (which eventually became the Korathi religion) in Arelon and Elantris itself.

The choice was shocking to many, as the young Korathi devout saw the Elantrians and their worship as a competing religion. Their Aons, the basis for Elantrian magic an power, were then regarded as heathen symbols. Korath was always bothered by this competitive streak in his believers, and it is widely accepted that he picked an Aon to represent God and his religion as an attempt to show that all people were acceptable beneath the blanket of the Korathi doctrines. He himself called the Aon a “Thing of Beauty” and asked an Elantrian smith of his acquaintance to craft a silver pendant for him bearing the symbol.

That event, and the subsequent adoption of Aon Omi by the Korathi church, led to the odd relationship between the Elantrians and the Korathi religion which found root in their homeland. (Though, following Korath’s death, his right hand man and follower ShanVen moved the religion’s center of operations to Teod instead, where the young monarchy there had embraced Shu-Korath as its official religion.)

Over the years, many other Aons have been adopted by the Korathi religion, but this one–Aon Omi–has remained their most powerful and important symbol. It is used extensively in Korathi religious services, and pendants bearing Aon Omi are commonly worn by the devout. (Many simply call them Korathi pendants, or Korathi religious pendants.) Such pendants are commonly exchanged during Korathi wedding services. (See the end of ELANTRIS the novel for an example.)

Many Korathi priests now look at the use of Aons by their religion as symbol of the potential unity of all mankind, when different beliefs, sects, and cultures will be drawn together through sincere affection for one another.

Naming and Usage in ELANTRIS

As can be expected from its meanings, Aon Omi is a common root Aon for names in Arelon, particularly among those who follow the Korathi religion.

The most obvious word using Omi as a root is the name Domi itself, the Korathi word for God. This usage did not become common until the seventh century; before then, the Jindoeese name Dashu was used by the Korathi, and the Elantrians preferred a word using Aon Daa as its root. In an interesting exchange, the Aonic word ‘Domi’ eventually became a loan word back to Jindoeese, where the word DoMin eventually came to mean ‘god.’

The head priest of the Korathi chapel in Kae, Father Omin, also uses this Aon in his name. (As a side note, like many Korathi priests, Omin chose a new name for himself once he joined the priesthood. In his youth, he went by the name of Elenan.) Father Omin wears a jade pendant of Aon Omi.

Eondel wears a pendant of Aon Omi, his sky blue. Sarene wears one of green and gold, while Raoden wears one of black.

AonDor

Aon Omi is a powerful Aon, and before the fall of Elantris could perform powerful magics. When drawn it puts out a powerful and pure white light; any who are touched by this light find their negative emotions wiped away, replaced by a sense of serenity and peace. It is difficult indeed to maintain a sense of hatred while Aon Omi is in force.

So powerful is this Aon, however, that using it requires much of the Elantrian who draws it. The Aon will be weak unless the one drawing it feels a sincere affection for those around him, making this Aon very difficult to use in tense situations. This strange requirement has fascinated AonDor practitioners for centuries, as it is one of the few Aons which requires something other than skill in drawing from its Elantrian.

Aon Omi is also used in other places in AonDor equations. It can be used to tie other Aon chains together, and is also a weaker power modifier, if used in the correct way.

Brandon's Blog 2008 (April 16, 2008)

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Aon Omi is also used in other places in AonDor equations. It can be used to tie other Aon chains together, and is also a weaker power modifier, if used in the correct way.

 

[SwordNimiForPresident the sword/that sword]

Could you post a link to the entire thing? It sounds like it has some interesting stuff in it.

[+Invocation]

Just now, SwordNimiForPresident said:

Could you post a link to the entire thing? It sounds like it has some interesting stuff in it.

The full thing is in the spoiler, including a link at the very bottom that comes with it.

[SwordNimiForPresident the sword/that sword]

Just now, Invocation said:

The full thing is in the spoiler, including a link at the very bottom that comes with it.

Oops, I missed the spoiler tag, ty.