Fun ideas you think could be done with Surges

[+ILuvHats he/him]

You can do a lot of crazy stuff with Abrasion. The one I could think of is causing the resonant frequency of an object to magnify vibrations near infinitely. I’m not a hardcore science person, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it should work. The mechanical oscillations caused by an applied force is basically a constant transfer from kinetic energy to potential and back again. Friction is the main culprit behind damping, which limits the amplitude of the oscillations. So, as long as you have enough stormlight to ensure all the surface area is frictionless, the damping should be extremely small. Factors like gravity may cause additional damping, but their effect is so minimal that they can probably be neglected.

So if you’ve ever heard of Tesla’s device that could supposedly collapse a building by vibrating to its resonant frequency, you could basically emulate that with abrasion. Even a small, handheld device which vibrates could cause total structural failure in massive buildings or bridges. The amount of stormlight needed would be impractical, but it’s an interesting thought experiment.

[NysemePtem he/him]

On 8/11/2020 at 7:15 AM, Realmatic Shadow said:

You could make a religion out of this

The interaction for this would be quite entertaining. "Yes sir, I do understand Division. I just don't see what it has to do with writing stuff out"

You would never technically need to buy clothing either, but that might be a little chilly. 

Another for Transformation: Congratulations, you can turn anything to gold. Please be careful

Ahh, but holding stormlight wards off the cold!

[Realmatic Shadow]

10 hours ago, NysemePtem said:

On 8/11/2020 at 9:15 PM, Realmatic Shadow said:

You could make a religion out of this

The interaction for this would be quite entertaining. "Yes sir, I do understand Division. I just don't see what it has to do with writing stuff out"

You would never technically need to buy clothing either, but that might be a little chilly. 

Another for Transformation: Congratulations, you can turn anything to gold. Please be careful

Ahh, but holding stormlight wards off the cold!

Entirely forgot about that! I guess clothes are now optional, given Illumination.

[Pathfinder]

On 8/22/2020 at 5:26 PM, Azarias said:

They're not shaping the air- they're just turning the air already in that space into stone.

and yeah you're right about the pain

 

On 8/23/2020 at 3:04 PM, BasementDwellingRadiant said:

Navani(I think?) notes that air rushes past her into the space of the wall when Jasnah repairs it.

Gas is less dense than a solid, so the "axi" need to be compressed together. The rushing of air, is for the surrounding air to "fill the space" left behind. Having said that, Brandon has also confirmed that conservation of mass is not always precise in soulcasting. For instance Jasnah soulcasting the boulder to smoke is an example of this in the reverse. The dense bolder explodes outwards as it turns into a gas. Apparently if it was fully accurate, the explosion would have been powerful enough to kill everyone there. Also when people are soulcasted to rock, they should shrink but they do not. 

 

As for fun thing to do with surges, assuming solid illusions are possible, then extra arms or extra people to accomplish any tasks. You would be your entire work force. Walk around on legs that are like stilts but look like normal legs. Make wings and fly around. And so many many more things.