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Not sure it would be. I do not recall any indication that the meat is produced cooked. Nor do I recall that occurring for any of the other essences such as grain. They do have spices, so they could preserve the meat that way.

Thank you all three for all the information! I appreciate everyone's hard work! I will check out some more gameplay, research the job system some more, and decide if I am going to add it to my list. I definitely have a much more informed opinion on the gambit system now so that will no longer hold me back if I decide I want to give it a shot. As to what games I am playing right now. I am putting most of my hours into Borderlands 3. I have created seven characters so far, switching among and leveling them depending on my mood (some days tank, some days control, some days dps). When my wife plays classic Final Fantasy 7 (in preparation for the FF7 remake) I play on the switch in handheld my second run of Fire Emblem Three Houses (first run was Black Eagles, now doing Golden Deer, then Blue Lions, and ending with Black Eagles but making a different choice). Then I will play Trails of Cold Steel 2, Divinity Original Sin 2, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Banner Saga 1,2, and 3 (not necessarily in that order, it will depend on which game I am feeling at the time). Then the games I am keeping an eye out for are Alliance Alive Remaster, Trails of Cold Steel 3. Atelier Ryza (maybe, like I said need to research gameplay some more), Disgaea 4 Complete +, Baldur's Gate 3 and Phoenix Point. Then even further in the future Dark Crystal Age of Resistance Tactics, Tokyo Mirage Session FE, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 (on the fence because heard it was glitchy), Cyberpunk 2077, Empire of Sin, Digimon Survive, Haven, CrisTales (looks beautiful), Fairy Tail, and last but certainly not least The New Bravely Default game (whatever it will be called and whenever it will be released, no clue lol). I do not play short games, and I like finishing whatever I am playing before going on to something else so I have come to the conclusion that I may very well just keep an eye out when games come on sale and buy them, so they are cheaper, and will still exist when I finally have a chance to get to them lol.

I would like Dalinar and Adolin to notice Maya's increased sapience. I would like the stormfather to add his usual commentary lol. I would like Dalinar and Adolin to realize there is something missing in Maya, and Dalinar use his investiture infusing powers to restore it helping Adolin fully revive her and bond her. Then I would like to see a concerted effort be put forward to revive the other shardblades, and the pain of betrayal from the recreance be slowly healed.

As I have responded to the thought experiment you posited below, I have a thought experiment for you. Have you read my post earlier in this thread? If we knew for a fact (not saying we do, as written, it is a thought experiment) that the screaming voices ending and Evi saying she forgives Dalinar is her and the people of Rathalas actually genuinely forgiving Dalinar, would that constitute as the PoV you are requesting? That the very people wronged are accepting Dalinar's request for forgiveness, and they are the ones giving him redemption? Not to sound nitpicky, but the devil is in the details. How/Why did Dalinar beat Evi to death? Now I am never saying it is acceptable to beat your spouse. I am saying, was he still overwhelmed with the Thrill after the battle that, didn't see her, and struck out like when he killed some of his own soldiers in battle? Or are you saying he comes back from battle, and Evi argues with him about killing people, and he turns to her enraged by her disobedience and beats her to death? Because if it is the second, that does not fit with the character (to me) that we were presented with, regardless at what point we meet him. Even when he first married her and disliked her, he never laid a hand on her. Even when they argued there was never the slightest hint of him striking her. When younger Dalinar gloried in battle. In the contest. There is no battle in beating a helpless wife. There is no contest. So even at his worst, the Dalinar we know, I could not see voluntarily laying hands on Evi. Now if you are saying in this thought experiment, we are going to disregard the character, and arbitrarily state occurrences to find a line that people feel is too far, that is a different matter. But in your other post you stated: "Line-drawing questions are difficult and in some cases any answer will be arbitrary (e.g. how many grains of sand do you need for a heap?). " So if this thought experiment were to see how people would react to Dalinar if he beat his wife, despite that not being in character for Dalinar, then I do not see the point. Well there are no real world equivalents for Radiants either lol. You do not have to root for Dalinar either. No one is twisting your arm making you do so. If your reading of the novel resulted in you feeling Dalinar did too much for you to forgive him, that is your right and prerogative. But I do not see the author, nor anyone here saying you have to root for him. Just like Kaladin takes actions. Some people like him, some people dislike her. That doesn't mean the author is forcing people to root for Kaladin. Same thing with Shallan, Jasnah, Renarin, Navani, and etc. It is a story. You are entitled to take from it, and feel however you wish from it. Like Hoid's may monologues. Art is what the audience experiences.

So I am only commenting once more because I came across a quote that states why it would work. Now I say that fully acknowledging that this quote may not work for you Karger, or may not seem enough, but to me it is. So I am more posting it for informational purposes, than for debate. Feel free to completely disregard it, or ignore it if you so see fit: (This is regarding Jasnah's Soulcaster, which we know according to Shallan, she believes can transform any of the 10 essences) Way of Kings "It seemed that this Soulcaster was attuned to three Essences in particular: Vapor, Spark, and Lucentia. But it should be able to create any of the Ten Essences, from Zephyr to Talus. That last one was the most important to Shallan, as Talus included stone and earth. She could create new mineral deposits for her family to exploit. It would work; Soulcasters were very rare in Jah Keved, and her family's marble, jade, and opal would sell at a premium."

Although it may be splitting straws, and when loved ones are involved, rational thought tends not to come into play, but Dalinar did not directly kill Evi. He did not intend for her to die. Did the actions he took result in a scenario where she died? Yes. Had Evi not taken the actions she took, would she have died? No. Not saying Evi did the wrong thing. Not saying the finger pointing should be pointed at her. But I think although there will be shock, and maybe some initial upset, again the fact of the matter is Dalinar did not kill Evi. Evi died as result of an accident.

This quote was posted in another thread that I will link to: From Braid_Tug"Oh, this was from the first signing, so not recorded. We asked Brandon about gem cutting tech levels on Roshar. He hedged some. But did let us know that while it was still labor intensive, it was not as bad as Renaissance Europe. That yes, they do have an edge. But would not state what the edge was. Even with us making jokes about Shard scalpels to make the cuts."

To be clear (just in case), I do not mean to say cowards way out to deride your thinking/theory. I used that to describe how I think Dalinar might view it. Navani reading the book, I think he would feel as someone else telling the boys. Its like in elementary school you write a girl a note that you like them, rather than saying it to their face. Dalinar has always to me been a hands on man. Never have someone else do something you would not do yourself. When the visions were altered and released, he didn't wait to gather his thoughts, and come up with a rebuttal via pamphlets. He got up on a table, and told everyone there, "hey yeah I see visions. I own that. What is written isn't correct, but if you meet with me I will tell you straight." So I just don't personally see that kind of character waiting and I do not see that kind of character having someone else speak the words (to me) he feels he should be saying. So personally I see it as Dalinar taking Adolin, Renarin, Navani, Jasnah and anyone else particularly close to the family and saying "I have done horrible things in my life. If you are to follow me, you all deserve to know and decide for yourselves. I will not sugar coat it. This is what happened". Which ultimately is how he began the in world Oathbringer. Yep yep. Adolin certainly won't have as much hero worship for his father, and certainly will no longer want the "blackthorn" back, now that he would know what that fully entails, but I do not think it will destroy them. If anything it might cause Adolin to respect his father more, and understand why his father felt the need to be so disciplined and rigid with himself.

This is the crux of our disagreement. I think based on the information from the book, you can make money from creating marble deposits with a soulcaster. You do not. So further discussion is pointless. edit: for clarity, further discussion on the topic between you and I is pointless. Not saying it cannot be discussed at all. It can also take much shorter than that. It depends on usage. How big is the soulcasting, and how often.

Personally I really do not see Dalinar waiting till he wrote the book (draft or otherwise) and then giving Adolin and Renarin it to read to find out what happened. Dalinar is always an upfront in your face guy. I think he would see giving them the book to read as the cowards way out. Better to confront them as soon as possible, and lay it bare face to face. I could see him as that being (in his mind) the proper deference and punishment from Adolin and Renarin. That his sons deserve to hear it from him, and deserve it face to face so they can react however they will. At least that is how I think Dalinar would handle it based on what I have read of the character. As to their reactions, I think there will be shock, and upset, but again at the end of the day, at least regarding Evi's death, it was an accident and Dalinar has been trying to be a better man. It certainly will change how Adolin views his father, but I do not think it will destroy their relationship.

Hmmmm, then there is a chance I will end up not liking it. There have been games (like borderlands) where I am fine with action, as long as the customization is enough to make it feel unique, but I dunno. It would probably depend on how I feel watching the gambits I prepared based on my builds played out. That's something I give Sony, and more so Nintendo, they tend to have demos for their games. That's how I discovered my love for tactical rpgs. I played the demo for Disgaea 5. Shame Sony never did one for FF12, and Nintendo didn't do one for the remaster. Eh I shouldn't complain, I have a list of 10 to 15 games I am looking forward to playing and none of them are short lol. Thanks for the info!

The vibe I got more was "they stepped out of line and that is what they got. if you do so, the same will happen to you"

So does it default to turn-based, or is it still "action orientated" just now I have to constantly switch among my characters to tell them what to do instead of the gambits auto scripting them? Or another way to say it, if I turn off the gambits, do I get to take my time, observe the battle, and move the character where I want them, and tell them how to act like in Divinity Original Sin, or will it basically turn into an MMORPG? I have been told by my wife's cousin who played it that I may like it because I could customize the gambits, but I get concerned that I will end up just sitting back and watching the fight. One big part of making combinations for myself, is actually being able to play them. That is why I am into borderlands so much. I come up with combinations, and then I get the visceral feeling of using them (using fade away and skills to increase crit and gun damage with fl4k turning enemies into blood paste with a shot gun. using Amara's skills that turn her into a tank that even when damaged, she does a phase slam and suddenly her health is back to full, and im dealing the hurt). Basically I am worried it will turn into auto pilot. I have heard great reviews regarding the game, but I acknowledge I am a very picky gamer (not saying other games are bad, I just recognize I like a very niche type of game that ironically enough to my benefit has recently become more popular). So what I am trying to determine is whether or not FF12 fits into that niche enough to spend money on it. My first question to Dunkum in this post is why I haven't just turned it off. I would like to know if it then switches to turn-based, or does it remain action orientated. Because if it remains action orientated, that makes it worse to me, because now I am being rushed to make decisions and spam abilities instead of being able to take my time, and think through my decisions. That is why I never played Final Fantasy 15, or any of the "Tales of" games. I prefer tactical. Not to say action games hold no tactical aspects, but they hold more appeal to my wife, who can knock out those attack combo flawlessly, while she says she has no patience for games like fire emblem where I make a spread sheet planning out every level and skill till the character develops how I want. That is the reason I am curious about FF12. I am curious about the job system and builds I could make as result. Another example is I am hesitant about Atilier Ryza. I like the art style, and it is sorta turn based, but from the gameplay I have seen so far, the other characters keep acting while you control one in the party, and that I do not like. So I am waiting to see more gameplay before I decide whether I will be interested or not. Honestly I would love to play a demo to see how I feel about it, but there does not seem to be one.

To give you an example of a build you can do with the job system that is insane (but I will spoil tag it just in case you want to experiment for yourself)

I loved them both. The job system is awesome, both with mechanically what you can do with it, and the awesome costumes for the men and the women. The story gets repetitive, but there is an in story reason for it, that I cannot say otherwise it will be a massive spoiler. But if you can push through the repetition, everything else is amazing. Seriously cannot wait till the next one. All they have done so far is hint that they are working on it.

The job system is what is making me curious (loved bravely default and bravely second), but the gambit system is what keeps turning me away from ff12 without trying it. I am very particular about what my characters do and when. When I played Dragon Quest 11 I would get annoyed that the default is that the AI controls my other characters and would turn it off as soon as possible. So I am concerned I will feel the same way if I play FF12.

Once again, we differ regarding multiple core bits of information. Based on my reading, she does not need left over gemstones or something. I think it works as presented based on the information I have read regarding the world as I understand it.

As far as I am concerned, it is doing exactly what Lin did, but just enough to pay off the debts which based on my reading would work. I was just commenting that it was never meant to be a long term solution. To me both Lin's plan, and Shallan's were both meant to be short term. Lin to get enough quick money, to gain enough power that it wouldn't be a problem. For Shallan to get enough quick money to just shore up the prior debts, and not be sold into slavery. Since we still very much disagree on the access of soulcasters, the prevalence of soulcasters, the ability of soulcasters, the cost of soulcasters, and the money made from mining marble, we are not going to come to an accommodation on how it works in the book. I wish you luck in finding the answer you seek.

About to do a Golden Deer run myself since I just finished my Black Eagle (siding with Edelgard) run. I am thinking of making Lysithia a paladin (i think, have to check), then dancer, then mortal savant, while focusing on sword and magic. That way she gets +20 avoid when wielding a sword, gets +15 avoid when using the wait command, can counter attack from any distance (except archers that use curved shot), and if an enemy is resist to magic or extra beefy, can use soulblade (Magic stat+Resist state damage). Rapheal is going to be a tank. Thinking of recruiting Syvain, so he can hang out with Hilda to effectively have a +5 damage. Ignatz I am trying to decide whether to keep him as an archer, or make him a sword master with the +20 hit to help him land astra hits and increase his crit. Lorenz is pretty open, haven't had a chance to check him out yet. Marianne from what I understand is a really good healer, so probably will go that route with her. Maybe make her a gremory.

You are thinking of two separate scenes. 1. Adolin, Shallan and Dalinar present. Dalinar says Adolin should be King. Adolin rejects it and admits to killing Sadeas. Dalinar says it can be managed, and he should be King. Adolin says no, that he will be highprince. Shallan suggests Jasnah 2. New Scene, Sebarial and other nobles are in a room hanging out. Jasnah enters the room with the crown on, everyone realizing the Kholins named her as ruler. The end.

So just dropped by to mention two things. First will be in response to the above quote, and second to the below. First, don't forget Amaram, with full knowledge of what he was bringing about, actively worked towards bringing about a Desolation to return the Heralds so the Church would be back to dominance (despite it already almost being the world religion with multiple main cultures following it). Let me say that again, Amaram, consciously and deliberately worked to bring about a global apoclypse, which result in untold loss of life across the planet, just so the religion he belongs to, can say "I told you so". Planetary death trumps a city death to me. But I respect and understand you see differently. Just explaining why Amaram is worse in my mind. Now this is my own interpretation of the events, based on information we have, so I readily acknowledge and admit you may and probably do disagree. Based on a WoB, the spiritual self exists in the spiritual realm (the spiritual realm to be specific, not the beyond. I bold it to avoid confusion. The beyond is something else entirely) for a long time. Based on another WoB, Brandon has confirmed the screaming Szeth and Dalinar experience is a magical effect (as in we would see it in the real world as magic, but in the Cosmere it would be considered "normal"). When Dalinar rejected Odium, he received forgiveness from Evi and the people of Rathalas, and the screaming ended. I believe based on the information we have, Evi and the People of Rathalas was their spiritual aspect. That was their representation, and they forgave Dalinar based on what he went through after the burning, and the work he did to become a better man. You can certainly disagree and hold your own opinion, but that is how I choose to read it.

The reason for marble is because Lin already had marble mines in existence, so him "finding" new veins on his land made sense and could avoid suspicion. The reason why Calderis said 90 percent can't is because Shallan, quoted from the book by both myself and him, stated 9 out of 10 soulcasters could only do limited soulcasting. Additionally the only soulcaster we saw on screen that could do multiple transformations was Jasnah's, and the reason she could was because she was a radiant, not because of the fabrial. If we were to take arbitrary numbers for illustration, if there were 100 soulcasters known on the planet, that means 10 could effect more transformations than one specific transformation. Shallan commented on Jasnah's in particular being exceedingly rare. So if you want to talk about a prevalence that could upend an economy, to me, you would need far more than that. Personally I think it is single mode because Lin just needed to accomplish one thing to maintain the same appearance. Anyway his soulcasting wasn't meant to be permanent, nor his only means of income. The idea was to make him appear solvent enough to make deals and bribes to raise his standing and thereby make more money to balance it out. Finally the ghostbloods aided him because he was going to make a try at the princedom. The soulcaster was only a means of hiding their bankruptcy and keep them afloat long enough to secure allies, and assets to balance. It was borrowing from Paul to pay Peter. Or another real world example, a Ponzi scheme. For those that do not know how that works, a quick explanation. 1. Me being charismatic convinces an investor to give me a load of money for "the next big thing" 2. I promise the investor huge returns on his or her money 3. he or she convinces his or her rich friends to invest in the same "next big thing" and give me even more money 4. I take the money the new investors gave me, pocket some of it, and then hand a chunk over to the first investor claiming it was dividends from "the next big thing" 5. Original investor overjoyed, starts to tell others and brag about how much money he or she is making because of me. 6. More people flock to me, giving me more money, that again some of which I pocket, while some goes to prior investors, making them think they are making bank, to then get more people to go to me for investing. So there ultimately is no increase of money on the part of the investors. It is just money changing hands, while I pocket and enrich myself behind the scenes. The marble deposits give the illusion of solvency and house power for Lin. That allows him to borrow money against assets he does not have, to then make bribes and allies he cannot back up. This wouldn't have been a problem because with the help of the ghostbloods, he would have attained a position of power where he could either pay off the debts, or pretty much tell the creditors to go to braize. Marble deposits were never meant to be permanent. The "unfortunate" thing is he died before he got anywhere near that, so Shallan was hoping to just make enough deposits to pay off their debts. Not make a profit. Just get to the point where they would not be sold off into slavery. Then they could join up with some other minor house as a landless lighteyes or some such. I agree. Several years in the grand scheme of things is short term. Ponzi schemes have lasted a few years as well. They aren't meant to be long term. It is supposed to be a get rich quick scheme, and then either run before anyone catches you, or be in a position where the fall out does not effect you.

Well I think what also needs to be considered is what is soulcasted, and how big the soulcasting is. So I could soulcast once, but if I soulcasted a boulder, I might be worse off than someone that soulcasted 100 pebbles. I have updated my prior post with WoBs This may be covered in some of the WoB I added to my prior post Same here, this may be covered somewhat in the WoB I just updated in my prior post. Check them out, and let me know what you think.

Personally as it stands in the book I do not see soulcasting as limitless and essentially free. Soulcasting till you are changed into the essence is savantism. From what I understand (though this part is on recollection, so I could be wrong), but savantism is cumulative. As in, if I used a soulcaster 10 times today, and then stopped for a year, to then begin again, does not mean the damage done to my spirit web went away for me to be fresh and do more. It is still there. Also since savantism is the result of investiture forced through the cracks of your soul, personally I do not think it matters whether you switch from smoke to grain, to rock. Investiture is investiture. Just because you are creating different matter, does not change you are still forcing stormlight through your spirit web. I think what might be confusing things is there is soulcasting with a fabrial, and soulcasting as a radiant. Soulcasting with a fabrial is very limited, and we have WoB supporting that. Soulcasting as a radiant is much more open ended. I will pull up some WoB on the capabilities of soulcasting, and edit my post to include them (unless @Calderis ninjas me in return lol). Also to be clear, I don't want you to think I am trying to prevent you from discussing the Rosharan economy. I just feel some of the assertions being made in this thread are a bit far given what information we have to draw on at this time. ebilutionist How would food production be like without soulcasters? Has Alethkar, for example, grown far beyond what it could (population-wise) without them? Brandon Sanderson The food question is a great one. As far as the Alethi go, it's more a matter of concentration than raw food production. Shipping is SLOW in Alethkar. It's long, which makes getting between north and south difficult, and the rivers aren't as useful as they are on (say) Earth. The warcamps, for example, would starve themselves out short order without soulcasters. Supply lines are just not an Alethi strength. Kholinar, while not as big as Scadrian population centers, is also large enough that it depends on soulcasters for some of its food. It could survive without them, though, with northern Alethi food production. Really, warfare is where they've learned to extend themselves, and depend on the soulcasters. Remember, gemstones in them DO break, so you do still need a ready supply of emeralds. The larger, the better. ebilutionist Very interesting on the food logistics of Alethkar - I never did quite imagine Kholinar was smaller than say, Elendel, but the technological progress there explains it. Given how slow food transportation is, I would presume fresh food is a no-go. Are spices and preserved food selling well in Roshar, then? As for population centers, is Kholinar the largest around, or are other places a lot larger? Brandon Sanderson There's a reason that Herdazian food (which makes soulcast meat taste good) is popular these days. Azimir is larger in population than Kholinar. Kholinar is big by Rosharan standards, but far smaller than an Earth population center (like London) at a comparable time. The warcamps had it beat by a lot--depending on how you view the warcamps. (As one city, or ten small ones.) ebilutionist Does that just mean Herdazian food is incredibly spice-heavy, then? Also, why is Soulcast food bland? Is it due to the nature of the object (changing food to food makes it tastier than stone to food), or just because the Soulcaster lacks practice, like Jasnah did with strawberry jam? Brandon Sanderson Flavorful, rather than spicy. Most western food is already spicy. The Herdazians offer something a little different, and are pretty good with soulcast meat. The portability is also a bit of a revolution. Soulcasting anything other than the basic Essence requires some innate knowledge and practice. People could learn to soulcast better food, but it would have to be a Radiant with control over the process. The soulcaster fabrials are far more rigid in what they can create. ebilutionist As for soulcasting - now that is... interesting. So are Surgebinding fabrials more rigid in general? And what of an Honorblade when a non-Herald uses it? Brandon Sanderson A soulcaster is built to do a certain thing, and can do that certain thing well, but without as much flexibility. It is the difference between having a computer output a picture of a circle--following some inputs such as size and some changes to shape--and having an artist who can draw what you want. Stormlight Three Update #4 (Oct. 20, 2016) Darkness (paraphrased) Further on in that… do different gemstones hold a different flavor, or different "frequency" of Stormlight? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Umm…. Nnnnnnnnooooooo… But kind of? Here's the thing: So with the gemstones on Roshar… scientifically some of these gemstones are just really close to one another. Like chemical formula and whatever. But, their cognitive selves and their spiritual selves are gonna be very different because of human perception, right? (sure) And so, the answer is both a no and a yes because of that. So people's perception has sort of changed how the magic works, to an extent… but it's the same amount of investiture, just with slightly different flavorings. Darkness (paraphrased) Right, so… is it easier for a Soulcaster to turn rock into smoke with a smokestone as opposed to a ruby? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) So… Soulcasting… is gonna really depend on whether you're using a soulcaster. Darkness (paraphrased) First is for a Soulcaster, second is for a Surgebinder. Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) A Surgebinder is far less constrained than someone using a device accessing surges, right? A Knight Radiant is far less constrained than somebody using a mechanical means of accessing magic, and I would include Honorblades as a mechanical means of accessing a surge. Darkness (paraphrased) Cool! So with the whole Jasnah scene, she inhales Stormlight, for using Soulcasting. So how is it the Soulcaster appears to glow more fiercely instead of growing dimmer in that scene? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Um… heh heh heh… So… this is perception on Shallan's part, watching and kind of resonating with the Soulcasting, and some weird things are happening that she sees, and not necessarily anyone else is seeing. Darkness (paraphrased) I love that! Alright… Also, did Taravangian recognize that Jasnah was not Soulcasting traditionally? Like was it the hand sinking into the rock that gave it away? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Taravangian knew and already suspected. Supanova 2017 - Sydney (June 16, 2017) Questioner 1 Do all Soulcasters risk turning into the element or is it only those using the device? Brandon Sanderson All Soulcasters have an affinity but the ones using the device are locked down much more than the Soulcasters who are Knights Radiant. Questioner 1 So they are protected from being turned into-- Brandon Sanderson Oh no they-- I wouldn't say protected... *clarificaiton* Protected is the wrong term but that event, the savanthood and how it affects them and things like that is much less pronounced if you are a [Knight]. Questioner 1 Or is that counteracted by the healing as well? Brandon Sanderson Healing doesn't have to do with it because-- in cosmere terms there's nothing wrong with your body, your spirit is actually drifting, and so it's not hurting you physically by what's happening with the magics. So it's not the healing but if you have an active bond with a spren it takes a little different path. Let's just say, in simple terms-- Questioner 1 You are not losing body parts to smoke. Brandon Sanderson Yes, you are not using body parts to smoke. Questioner 1 What timeframe does it happen for the normal Soulcasters then? Brandon Sanderson For normal Soulcasters? It takes-- I mean, you've seen it happening in the books. We are talking [about] a process of years even decades, depending on the person. It happens to some-- Questioner 2 Depending on how often they Soulcast? Brandon Sanderson It depends on how often they Soulcast, and it depends on the person. Oathbringer Leeds signing (Dec. 1, 2017) Questioner Soulcasters that use the fabrial. Do they visit Shadesmar? Or do we see more about them? Because they are hidden and there is something about them that they get the stone face. Brandon Sanderson Yes. The actual Soulcasters. The use of of the Soulcasters is affecting them on one of the realms other than physical. Words of Radiance Omaha signing (March 13, 2014) The Forumlurker (paraphrased) If a Radiant tried to Soulcast directly with the Stormlight from the highstorm, what essences could they create? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) They could basically do whatever they want. There wouldn't be any limitations, but only for Radiant Soulcasters. Stuttgart signing (May 17, 2019) Kurkistan So for Soulcasting—-I talked a lot about those ideals that a lot of things are based on—-is that also like there's an ideal of stone that when you Soulcast stone if you don't do anything special, it just defaults as that? Brandon Sanderson Yes, there will be a default of all of them. Kurkistan And that's the same exact thing as spren and why the Lord Ruler dies of old age and all that stuff? Brandon Sanderson That is-- Yes, that's the same sort of concept. Yes. Firefight Chicago signing (Feb. 20, 2015) ebilutionist Regarding Soulcasting, I have a question - why do people continue to use it post-Recreance? Would it not have been seen as a betrayal, given that the Radiants abandoned them? Why this Surge but not others? Was it simply the only Surge available and people would have kept using the others anyway? I guess it's a matter of practicality but given how devout Vorinism can be it does seem odd. Brandon Sanderson Good question. You'll notice that Soulcasters aren't the only fabrial that access a Surge, however. They're just the one most commonly used. There are plenty of rationalizations. But it comes down to this: they are too useful to give up. ebilutionist Ah yes, now that I think of it Navani's conjoined-gem fabrials seem to utilize Gravitation and perhaps the heating one uses Abrasion(?) to produce heat. Or are there others I did miss? Brandon Sanderson I was referencing a Regrowth fabrial, actually, which I believe has appeared several times. ebilutionist Isn't the Regrowth fabrial incredibly rare? I was under the impression it disappeared with the Recreance and only Nin's reappearance brought it back. AFAIK, only a Radiant in Dalinar's vision and a Herald have actually used it so far. Brandon Sanderson Their rarity depends on the time period in question. But yes, I'd list them as incredibly rare. Stormlight Three Update #4 (Oct. 20, 2016) Questioner If I were to impulsively Soulcast pewter, the way Shallan does with the blood in The Way of Kings, would it come out that an Allomancer be able to use it? Brandon Sanderson You could create Allomantically viable metals, yes. Questioner But is it automatic? Brandon Sanderson I would say that the pure metals are, but the alloys are not. Words of Radiance Chicago signing (March 22, 2014) Questioner So Allomantic Savants. So I was curious-- That system-- When that happens, is it purely physiological, or is there something else happening in terms of-- Brandon Sanderson Uhh, it's physiological in a cosmere sense, but that can involve your Cognitive and Spiritual aspects. Questioner I guess the question there is, are there other similar processes to savantism with other-- Brandon Sanderson Yeah, yeah you've seen it. So, Soulcasters. Argent Where their skin turns-- Brandon Sanderson Where they're slowly being-- their spirit is slowly being merged and infused with Investiture that is having Physical ramifications. It's the same thing. Arcanum Unbounded Chicago signing (Dec. 6, 2016) Questioner I want to know if there is a toxic level for Stormlight? If you're in the storm, can you get to the point where you have too much? Brandon Sanderson No, it doesn't quite work that way. Good question, though. Questioner You said there was one person, I guess it was the Soulcasters, who were starting to change because of that? Brandon Sanderson That's more the magic changing their soul over time. It's not necessarily a function of the storms. Oathbringer San Francisco signing (Nov. 15, 2017)

Personally I do not think we have the kind of information to derive any of those conclusions. And you are forgetting that soulcasting is ultimately a death sentence. But beyond that, we have only seen soulcasters in the possession of high lords, kings, and secret societies with the means to gain access to such objects. Until we know how much can be made, how much the gemstones are worth, how many soulcasters exist, of those that exist what essences they can do (for instance we have seen two so far that only transform smoke), I do not think we can adequately make those kind of statements. for instance: Way of Kings Page 91 It was true; jasnah really did have a functioning Soulcaster. And a powerful one too. Nine out of ten Soulcasters were capable of a few limited transformations: creating water, or grain from stone; forming bland, single roomed rock buildings out of air or cloth. A greater one, like Jasnah's could effectuate any transformation. Literally turn any substance into any other one. How it must grate on the ardents that such a powerful, holy relic was in the hands of someone outside the ardentia.