Tglassy Posted November 2, 2019 Posted November 2, 2019 So we know that Soulcasters, given enough stormlight and enough skill, can essentially Soulcast almost anything into almost anything else, and we've seen Soulcasting help with healing, as when Shallan has her blood soulcast. My question is: how detailed can one get in Soulcasting? Would it be possible to Soulcast a wound out of a person? A Disease? A genetic deformity? Could I Soulcast a person to look like someone else in reality, rather than putting an illusion on them? is Soulcasting cosmetic surgery a thing? And what constitutes "Skill" in a Soulcaster? It is suggested that a skilled Soulcaster could have recreated the Strawberry Jam. Would they simply need to know how it tasted and its consistency, or would it be easier if they knew its molecular structure? Would a Surgeon who could Soulcast be more 'skilled' at Soulcasting the body than someone who didn't understand the human body as well? Or is it more of an experience kind of thing, where the more they do it the better they get? And lastly, if a Soulcaster understood each part of a machine they wanted to build, down to the nuts and bolts it would take to build it, could they construct that out of the air? If so, how complex can it be? If an Engineer was also a Soulcaster, and could keep every part of, say, a car, in their head at once, could they then Soulcast a car out of thin air? A Computer? As to whether a person could keep all that information in their head, just make them a Zinc compounder. And for the Stormlight, have them sit next to Dalinar. Nothing I've seen suggests any of that is impossible, which means a Zinc Compounding Twinborn who is also either an Elsecaller or a Lightweaver is a powerful creature indeed. 1
Honorless he/him Posted November 2, 2019 Posted November 2, 2019 (edited) How complex can a Soulcaster get? Seems to vary by skill, Kaza says she can transform part of something rather than the whole, for instance. They can apparently transform stuff into edible food, and those can get chemically complex. I think they get a boost to certain basic transformations but can definitely get far more detailed as their scientific and Realmatic knowledge expands. Edited November 2, 2019 by Honorless 1
KandraAllomancer he/him Posted November 2, 2019 Posted November 2, 2019 I see several potential problems : It would require extreme willpower. Electrum compounding might help I don't think it's possible for a human to store the blueprint for a modern computer (all the transistors etc.) in their head. With a coppermind though... If I understand correctly, you can soulcast one Essence at a time. I also have no idea which Essence synthetic materials, like plastic, would be The level of required skill is enormous - you probably become a savant and die long before achieving it Dalinar can't just power Soulcasting alone - Stormlight needs to go through a gemstone, and they easily break. No idea how a perfect gemstone would work in this situation 1
Tglassy Posted November 2, 2019 Author Posted November 2, 2019 It sounds like a Fullborn would be able to do some crazy things, though, compounding mental speed, memory, mental determination, and potentially Stormlight (if Nicrosil does indeed store Stormlight, as I believe). Memorize every aspect of a machine, down to the last bolt, one at a time, storing the memories as you memorize, and then tapping Mental Speed as you tap all those memories to give yourself time, and increasing your mental determination so you can overcome the resistance of the item being transformed, while compounding Stormlight from a Nicrosil Mind. But you're right about the gemstones. It would need a perfect one, whichever is used to soul cast metal. The plastic parts of a computer are just to hold things together, it can entirely be made of metal, I believe. 1
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted November 2, 2019 Posted November 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, Tglassy said: It sounds like a Fullborn would be able to do some crazy things, though, compounding mental speed, memory, mental determination, and potentially Stormlight (if Nicrosil does indeed store Stormlight, as I believe). Memorize every aspect of a machine, down to the last bolt, one at a time, storing the memories as you memorize, and then tapping Mental Speed as you tap all those memories to give yourself time, and increasing your mental determination so you can overcome the resistance of the item being transformed, while compounding Stormlight from a Nicrosil Mind. But you're right about the gemstones. It would need a perfect one, whichever is used to soul cast metal. The plastic parts of a computer are just to hold things together, it can entirely be made of metal, I believe. Well, if we're throwing the Metallic arts into the mix, then you can burn Duralumin to fuel Surgebinding. No stormlight or gems needed. And you can soulcast more Duralumin to fuel it more. Quote Paladin Brewer If a person had the power of Mistborn and other powers like Surges, could he use duralumin to power the Surges? Brandon Sanderson This is possible. Skyward Houston signing (Nov. 19, 2018) So you can burn normally-obtained Duralumin to soulcast a ton of duralumin, then burn all of that to superpower your Transformation surge, go ham.
KandraAllomancer he/him Posted November 3, 2019 Posted November 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Tglassy said: But you're right about the gemstones. It would need a perfect one, whichever is used to soul cast metal. The plastic parts of a computer are just to hold things together, it can entirely be made of metal, I believe. You need metal, insulators (wood? rock?) and semiconductors (silicon falls under quartz/glass/crystal, I think). That's at least three Essences. That's for Earth-type computers. If you want something Stormlight-based you need gems, but those can't be Soulcasted as far as I can tell.
Dancer Posted November 3, 2019 Posted November 3, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Halyo_Alex said: Well, if we're throwing the Metallic arts into the mix, then you can burn Duralumin to fuel Surgebinding. No stormlight or gems needed. And you can soulcast more Duralumin to fuel it more. So you can burn normally-obtained Duralumin to soulcast a ton of duralumin, then burn all of that to superpower your Transformation surge, go ham. Duralumin only pushes out any kinetic Investiture that is inside you all at once. It could give you a very brief super charged surge but once that is done you will be out of Stormlight and would need more. Just burning Duralumin by itself would do nothing. Quote Questioner What happens if you burn duralumin while Compounding? Brandon Sanderson Duralumin while Compounding. So, what duralumin does is it burns out of all of your metal in one burst. So it doesn't necessarily gain you power, it makes it all happen at the same time. The same thing would happen. Questioner Could you turn into a baby? Brandon Sanderson Oh, you could totally turn into a baby. That is within the power of using that, doing <health wrong>, yeah you could totally... You'd be really dangerous. Questioner But it wouldn't really do much? Brandon Sanderson Oh it would have explosive... it does things really fast. That's what it does. Yes you could achieve very powerful sudden effects through that. It'd be scary. Controlling it can be dangerous, regardless of which metal you use. Quote Dwarven_Hydra Would a Duralumin Gnat Surgebinder be able to use duralumin to do a super Surge? Brandon Sanderson This (Duralumin+Surgebinding) would work. Edited November 3, 2019 by Dancer
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