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I believe snapping is now easier. I will have to go looking for it, but I think there is a WoB that Harmony smoothed that out a bit. But I don't know if it is ever described how people find out now.

Both of those ideas are very interesting. And it would be very cool to find out that was the case, it would give us insight into the early history of the cosmere.

Thanks! "Something else?" Is there something else? I think you just described everything possible. Personally, I am still trying to wrap my head around the numbers relating to the Shards rather than the world. The numbers on Scadrial and Roshar seem to have as much effect on the magic as the focus. And I think there was a WoB that said the focus is more related to the world, but maybe I am remembering wrong.

My mind is just a little bit blown.

I can't find a number on the Iridescent Tones. But you are right, the number of Breaths is an estimate.

Not that I could think of... But I can't think of any number with any strength in either of the Sel books. Maybe I need to re-read.

Yes, 5 Scholars. The 5 visions. And the multiples of the heightenings. (Thanks Joe, hadn't thought of that) And reading the annotations, Brandon mentions that Pahn Kahl worship five gods. http://brandonsanderson.com/annotation-warbreaker-chapter-twenty-nine/ (expand the spoilers) Not definitive, but fairly strong evidence... if the worlds all do have a number.

So it seems all the planets have a number of some importance. Scadrial's is 16, Roshar has 10, and Nalthis has 5. But I can't pin down a number for Sel. Of course it is possible that Brandon had not started the whole number thing when he wrote those stories, or maybe all planets are not meant to have one, but let's assume they do. The only number I can get for Sel is 3, because there are three view-points in Elantris, and there are three base elements of Aons: the coast, the mountain range, and the lake. But that feels very flimsy and doesn't seem to match up with the fact that most of the Aons are balanced with an even number of base elements. Could there be other numbers that seem to be a theme of Sel?

I agree with everything you said. It brings up another question to me: Does Theoryland currently attempt to consolidate all WoBs? I know they pull a bunch in, like annotations, etc. But is it even possible to get everything? Do they have special permission to get content off TOR, or other sites? Could my dream to have a single clearing house be a dream of smoke?

I just finished reading Alloy of Law again, and it sounds like something Wayne would do... Although Hoid did something similar in Emperor's Soul... Wait a minute! Wayne IS Hoid!

I went ahead and set one up that fits most of my wish-list. It does not give the ability to browse a QA event, but maybe that doesn't matter since that is what Theoryland is for... But just about everything else is there. What I don't know is if anyone else cares. Entering all WoB into one site would probably be a ton of work, which would be wasted if it doesn't really serve any new purpose. Anywho, here is the link to the test site: http://wob.orbsix.com/phpmyfaq/

So... I sometimes go wandering through the WoB stuff found around the webernets, and I usually find it to be a frustrating experience. First, while much of it is on Theoryland, there many other sites and locations, including this forum. Second, it is all combined and grouped by event. Third, the searching and tagging features seem to be hit-and-miss. None of that is a complaint against existing sites. Theoryland's is awesome and I am grateful for it. However, the current state of affairs does not work very well for me when I want to do research. So, I got thinking it might be nice to make a new site that brings everything together in one place. Maybe it could even be "Official" like this site. I started looking around at different FAQ systems, and decided to come here and get some feedback. Is this something that would be useful to people other than me? Here are the features I would want in an ideal world: Categories as well as tags. I would like to be able to just search through Cosmere sometimes, and not be distracted by WoT, or general questions about writing. Or visa-versa. Ability to browse a single QA session, or browse all topics in a single category or tag Simple way to link to an source (i.e. Theoryland, TOR, etc) Clean tool for entering a bunch of questions from a new event. In addition to categories and tags, an easy way to link related questions Anyone should be able to sign up for an account to contribute. Thoughts?

Welcome. I hope you enjoy your time here, everyone here is awesome and you should feel right at home!

Now THAT would be some weird compounding!

I dont know what that could possibly be, but I want one!

I thought the light plates were on all the time... And I am drawing a blank on teleporter plates?

It is interesting to think about Aons as weapons. At first I was thinking you would have to prepare a bunch of Aons on paper or something that you could trigger with a touch. You go into a fight and you trigger them one at a time toward your target. But then I realised that Aons drawn on something physical seem to continue to work and not just flash and burn away. You would not need a bunch to fire off one at a time, you would just need controls built into one to turn it on and back off. I thought of Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, with the fire rune on his gloves, and with a snap he triggers a forceful blast of fire. I wonder what other types of things you could do? Could there be runes to change your personally gravity? Control water, wind, or earth? Could you have a bunch of different Aons tattooed on your body to do different things? Although that brings up another question. If I make an Aon, am I the only one that can use it? Or could someone make weapons to be used by other people?

So I looked around a bit and couldn't find anything. Has anyone put together a timeline of all the books?

I agree that AonDor is not generally cut out for one-on-one combat, as was seen in the closing fight between Raoden and Dilaf. Interesting to think about what an Elantrian could do to "Prepare".

Couldn't we use part of coppermind for that? Oh, wait there was an entire discussion about that, with no final consensus. However, if a wiki system could handle it, it is easy to set one up. If not, what do you want in a site like this? and maybe there is some type of system that would work.

Wander around on Brandon's site and you should find Warbreaker for free. Elantris is awesome also, but make sure to follow it up with the Emperor's Soul which I put off reading until just recently, and found it quite enjoyable. And welcome!

I was thinking along those same lines. I wonder if this could be another example of compounding.

So I have about a billion questions about everything in the cosmere, and of course many of them are not really answerable, but that won't stop me from asking. So here is one of my first about Elantris: Why is the Elantrian magic so freakin powerful? On Roshar... (WOR spoiler) Over in MaiPon (Emperors Soul) you have to write a plausible history for the object that could-have-been, and the seal must remain attached. Scadrial and Nalthis don't really have magic that let you change what an object is. In Elantris, you just draw up the correct Aon, and BAMB, garbage is food. Thoughts? WoB quotes?

The sDNS of metals? That is new to me. I fairly sure I read WOB state that the metal is actually a pattern. So I would imagine that if the metal is off, the pattern is wrong. And just like Aons that are not drawn correctly, metals that are off can have bad consequences.

Yes... but could it have an effect on the Breath? Could it perhaps cut that single breath, and thus end that lifeless?