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Mistborn would work. Steel and iron have the blue lines, remember, and Kelsier explains them to Vin before either one really gets used. Copperclouds don't need to be visible, because they get explained. Bronze could be done with sound effects. Brass and zinc are more difficult, but even in the book you can't really tell whether or not Breeze is doing anything, unless it's specifically noticed by one of the characters.

Spren appear to be manifestations of Cognitive entities with Investiture attached to them. This is presumably caused by a combination of something to do with Roshar itself and the splintering of Honor. There were apparently spren before Honor was splintered, but it's likely that Honor and/or Cultivation would have reasons to create splinters.

Most humans probably came from Yolen, or were created on their respective planets by Adonalsium. For them, Adonalsium would have provided the Investiture.

Well, there's that, and also the fact that it can cut through anything. You don't have to include that, but Szeth does make use of that in the assassination of Gavilar.

How are you going to prevent the Honorblade from breaking the map?

Highstorms are not the Investiture. Stormlight is. The highstorms are vehicles for the Stormlight, whereas the mists are the literal Investiture.

Well, I could downvote you if you want.

Not anymore you aren't. Mwahahaha! I have used upvotes for evil! I have broken the entire system!

It's not "whatever people believe will happen, happens". It's "Investiture is affected by certain types of Cognitive things, and we've seen it affected by inside/outside before, so that's probably one thing that can affect Investiture in general".

We do have an example of free Investiture being unable to break a Cognitive inside/outside barrier, though. That makes it more likely that it would work.

Unlikely. The word "lighteyes" would have been unnecessary when the Radiants ruled, so it probably came into usage later. Also, there's no guarantee that "light" has all of the same meanings in Alethi. "Light" in "lighteyes" seems to mean something more like "pale", and there's no reason for it to also mean "illumination".

This is especially true when you consider Full Lashings. It's possible to lay down a Full Lashing over an area. It's going to be hard for Vin to dodge if her feet are attached to the ground, particularly if Szeth then goes for her legs. Also, Pathfinder: Pushing is not a constant force. Pushing is more like literal pushing. That's why it's possible to shoot a coin just by pushing on it for a short time.

Yeah, I don't really see it happening until Brandon has at least finished everything he's currently planning to write for the Cosmere. Even once he finishes, I don't think it will happen. Not enough Shardworlds to go around, given the glimpses we've had of the scale of the main arc.

I'm not so sure it could be yanked out of his hand. Yes, she'll be using duralumin, but it takes duralumin to push it at all, so presumably a duralumin push would be much less powerful than it would on an ordinary sword. Add in Szeth's enhanced strength, and he might not even have to let go. As for your edits: No, that's completely false. Gravity acts on all objects impartially, regardless of velocity. Fire a sniper bullet horizontally, and drop a marble, and they'll hit the ground at the same time. The bullet will go farther, but not longer. Speed doesn't affect gravity. Szeth doesn't have to move it much for it to miss, and he can dodge as well. Well, Vin would have to get some coins into her hand first, and maybe down a vial. I'm assuming they're dropped into a large area with knowledge of each other's powers, but without their stuff ready. Szeth can breathe in while bending down to get a rock, and he can do that pretty quickly. Or he can just breathe in, run at her, take the hits and get in close. If they don't have knowledge of each other's powers, then he won't have time to pick up a rock, but Vin will also be at a serious disadvantage, since she can't Push his weapon without duralumin and she won't know that.

1. Air resistance operates opposite to the direction of motion, so that just proves that Stormlight can do more than I had previously thought. Vin's weight has nothing to do with it, because the directions of motion are separate. 2. He's not using a Reverse Lashing on Vin, just on the coins. Also, separate directions of motion. Vin's pewter or duralumin or whatever doesn't matter. If you mean for the Full Lashing, assuming he starts with a reasonable amount of Stormlight, he'll have quite a bit more Stormlight than the Stormlight expended in getting close to Vin while either redirecting her coins or just healing from them. He'll still have enough to Full Lash her, and he has an unblockable sword against a pair of daggers. Also, like I said, he might not even need a Full Lashing. A sword versus a pair of daggers is already an unbalanced fight, and a sword which cannot be blocked and which one-hit-kills anything is even more unbalanced. Sword + enhanced combat abilities* + not having to care about getting hit vs. pair of daggers + seeing the future + having to care about getting hit. Atium is very powerful, yes, but when you include Full Lashings and/or Stormlight's combat enhancement* it's not as big a deal, especially when Szeth doesn't have to be careful about getting hit but Vin does. *Separate from the strength and speed. Pewter cancels those out.

Perpendicular velocities are separate. If you fire a bullet horizontally from a gun, it will hit the ground at the same time as a marble you drop (assuming no air resistance). It doesn't matter how hard Vin Pushes. The force required to move it a certain distance is (2*d*m)/t2, where d is the distance, m is the mass of the coin, and t is the time Szeth has to do it. Let's assume Szeth has to move it about half a meter. Therefore, the force required is m/t2. t is d/v, so that's mv2/ds2. ds is the distance between Vin and Szeth. You assumed earlier that it would be about the mass of a bullet, so that's about 0.0042 kg. Let's also assume it's moving at the same speed, so about 500 m/s. So the force is 250000*0.0042/ds2. That comes out to about 1000/ds2 N. Compare that to the force required to move hundreds of arrows, each weighing more than a bullet, across a massive distance to Kaladin's shield. Yes, Kaladin probably was more efficient, but the mass of an arrow according to your source is 35 grams, or 0.035 kg - nearly ten times the mass of a bullet. Multiply it by the several hundred arrows he had to move, and how fast he did that, and how far away some of those arrows were, he exerted an insane amount of force with his Lashing. Szeth wouldn't use up all his Stormlight stopping one of Vin's coins, or even an entire pouch's worth. Yes, Stormlight runs out continuously, but that just gives Szeth an incentive to finish it quickly. And unless Vin uses atium continuously as well, he'll do that with ease. Besides, even with Vin using atium, Szeth can win. A Full Lashing on the ground as he gets close, take out her legs with his Blade (and she can't dodge at this point, no matter how agile she is. Her legs are immobile), and she's stuck to the ground. Boom. Dead. Yeah, Szeth might be running low on Stormlight, but a Full Lashing doesn't use much Stormlight, and Vin's still dead. Even if a Full Lashing is too much of a risk, atium isn't an infinite advantage. Vin has managed to beat it, and Stormlight gives enhanced combat skill on top of the extra speed. For all we know, Szeth would be able to hit her despite atium. And once he's hit her, she's dead. Even if he only hits one arm, she now has the dead weight of an arm to lug around, and can't use that dagger, at which point he can hit her again and kill her.

One of them, IIRC, includes a phrase like "who is that behind you, with his head of lines?" It seems too confused to be dictated directly from Moelach. It's possible that there are multiple effects going on. Actually, that seems pretty likely.

Whoa, wait, it's Spiritual interactions which alter physics? I mean, I guess the laws of physics would be similar to Ideals, but this is interesting. Argh, now I want to make a big post musing about the mechanics of the Spiritual realm but I can't because I did a different one earlier.

"Men" was, at least at one point, sometimes used gender-neutrally. That could be it.

Szeth picks up a rock and Reverse Lashes it. Vin cannot shoot him. Szeth wins. Also, as I mentioned earlier, Szeth has a massive advantage while infused, so for Vin to survive more than a few seconds, she'll need atium. Atium burns very quickly, probably as fast as Stormlight gets used up. A few minutes worth of Stormlight, a few minutes worth of atium, which will run out first? We haven't set the amounts. If she uses duralumin with Steel to knock his Blade away, she has no more steel, and then ten heartbeats later Szeth has the advantage again. I'm saying it's an Honorblade, because it's the only weapon we've seen Szeth use. It doesn't use up Stormlight so incredibly fast that he wouldn't be able to win. Remember his fight with Gavilar. He was using all sorts of Lashings, and making good use of his extra speed and strength, up against a master swordsman wearing Shardplate and wielding a Blade, and he still had enough Stormlight at the end to get to the ground safely.

A Steelpush can't do anything against a sideways force, and Szeth can resummon his Blade if he drops it.. We haven't set the metal reserves, but Szeth can cut up the scenery until he finds her if necessary. Atium is Vin's only advantage, and it burns fast.

Yet another piece of evidence that Hoid is the Doctor.

That seems like a special Windrunner sensing-the-air thing. I doubt Szeth would get it. He might still be able to react to Vin's reaction, like she did to Zane, especially with Stormlight's enhancement. (Also, a couple of posts appear to have disappeared from this thread. What's going on?)

You can't counter the Reverse Lashing. It attracts airborne objects. You can't shoot coins, which takes away the entire ranged advantage of the Mistborn, and since it's possible to use Stormlight to throw objects which aren't metal, you can't use Steel for protection. Kelsier's focus was with Iron and Steel, so he would do even worse than Vin, who's got an instinctual mastery of Allomancy. Yes, she can affect his emotions, but Szeth is very good at ignoring his emotions. Remember, he's Truthless. He's pretty much constantly forced to break the holiest rules of his religion. He would shove down any emotions which might dissuade others. Fly upwards, wait until Vin launches herself up at him, then use the flight advantages of Gravitation to get under her with a Shardblade. Atium is worthless when you're in midair and moving on a predetermined path. Or launch large objects at her to get her distracted, then come at her with Stormlight-enhanced speed, get in close, kill her with the Blade, and heal up whatever wounds she inflicted. If the large objects aren't good enough, put a Full Lashing on the ground right as he gets close.

Not really on topic, but I just wanted to mention that I absolutely hate those little TM's whenever I see them. Is it impossible for the sellers to just write something along the lines of "All character names, locations, etc. are copyrighted/trademarked" at the bottom?