Jondesu

Gotta say, I didn't vote for Arinian and didn't feel the reasoning was that convincing, but there were enough people that voted on him that going ahead and executing him should give us some very workable information. Probably more so, actually, since we get to compare who voted to imprison him, and then who voted to execute. So yeah, unless I'm convinced otherwise, Arinian. I guess it's possible that the Elims would take him out anyways since they did kill Sheep and it's an easier kill to get someone who's imprisoned already, but I wouldn't want to assume they will, and if he is an Elim, they definitely won't kill him.

Screw it. I'll sign up as Jon, who won't be doing any RP (or very minimal) since all those efforts will be focused on the other two games. I have a feeling I'll die early in this game anyways.

Agreed, but the ones TLR used don't seem to have been particularly significant. There was atium for his stored age, and I suspect traces of several other metals to make sure he always had access to some stores (gold, steel, iron would all be pretty useful), but he probably wasn't doing anything else all that funky with them. Marsh isn't a Fullborn from what I know, just still granted his powers from Hemalurgy. Kelsier is theorized to have regained his physical form with Feruchemical powers in addition to being Mistborn, making him a Fullborn, and he created the "Bands of Mourning" that they're searching for on his own. I doubt Marsh even knew they existed.

I think it's been indicated that animals have a spiritweb, just not one as complex or as well developed as humans. Hemalurgy worked with animals, after all, though with some weird effects since the spikes were then put into humans.

My impression is that both Braize and Ashyn are likely visible, to a similar degree as Mars and Venus are visible from Earth, except I don't recall the relative sizes of the planets, so the actual visible sizes might differ. I know Kaladin mentions seeing Braize in the sky as Spoolofwhool said, and I think someone else mentioned it at one point too.

Vote Tally: Sart (1): Herowannabe STINK (4): Jondesu, Wyrmhero, A Joe in the Bush, Magestar, Stick Magestar (2): Conquestor, little wilson Elbereth (2): Seonid, Magestar Seonid (1): Araris Valerian You didn't tie up the lead, wilson, but you did give us a tie for second place. Even if Stink's behavior seems normal, I'm really feeling like it's time for him to go. I'd prefer we keep enough of a gap to avoid any vote shenanigans.

Heh, I know, most people just don't use the distinguisher of sapience and consider humans and animals all sentient, and then have trouble describing what makes humans different. Edit: my point being that sentience, not sapience, is the important factor, and explains why a tree couldn't be a Lifeless, while an animal can.

Vasher's definition focused not on being alive or organic, but sentient. Brandon uses that for self-aware creatures, like animals, and uses sapience to additionally distinguish human-like intelligence. I would assume that only self-aware animals would make Type II Awakened Entities, i.e. Lifeless.

Weird Al

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Kintas threw himself on the ground as the greatshell rolled over, watching the spikes and attempting to position himself where they wouldn't impale him, but knowing it would just be a matter of chance. One of the spikes slammed into the ground less than an inch from his arm, grazing it and sending a shock of pain up into his shoulder, but leaving him alive and otherwise undamaged. The chasmfiend's bulk was just above him, keeping him from rising for now, and he didn't have the strength to push it up at all. He lay there breathing, sucking in a bit of Stormlight to keep him alert, until the chasmfiend was lifted up. Storms, were those Kaladin's squires lifting the beast? Kintas was shocked at their strength, considering there was only four of them, with Kaladin swooping in to help as well. He flipped onto his belly and began to rise, stooping and making his way out from under the greatshell's back, when he noticed Sareth, who had still been lying on the ground next to him, recovering from his ordeal. He wasn't on the ground now. He was skewered on one of the spines, shoved far through his belly and lifting him up as the chasmfiend was lifted to make room for them to escape. Amazingly, Sareth reached out and grabbed the end of the spike, or as close to the point as he could reach, and began pulling himself off. Kintas couldn't believe the man's resolve and strength, and to his shame, stood there gawking for a moment. He quickly shook that off, though, and jumped to help. He pulled Sareth the rest of the way off the spike and threw him over his shoulder, hoping there were still infused spheres close enough for the Shin man to breath in and heal himself. Running out from under the beast, he moved to a safe spot and laid Sareth down, feeling as if he could have carried him much further with the storm surging through his veins, but also not wanting to be too far from where he could look for others to help. Then the beast moved again, and his mind nearly blanked from panic. He was no warrior. What was he doing trying to help kill a chasmfiend? And then, the smug face of Balthazar emerged, a giant gem in his hand, acting as though he was one of the heroes of ages. I almost wish he'd been digested, with that face. He'll be insufferable now. Gloryspren, several of them, were popping into existence around his head, and while Kintas couldn't really blame him, he still groaned internally. Kaladin and his squires moved among the Initiates, distributing more infused spheres to those who had run out and needed healing, and finally Kintas found the opportunity to relax. He didn't let go of all the Stormlight he held within, though, still breathing in a little bit at a time, holding onto the strength of will it granted him. Without that, he feared he would lose his mind. Supposedly Returned couldn't go crazy, but he was willing to bet this Alethi nutjob could prove all the Nalthian scholars and priests wrong. As some of the other Initiates began harassing Arionium and goading him into what Kintas could only assume was an adrenaline-laced fury, he winced to hear the accusations they flung about. He knew it was possible that Arionium had been the one who murdered Lomot, but this wasn't the way to figure that out. When Arionium screamed out his pained confession of the murder of his brother's lover, Kintas's heart fell. Yes, the man had killed before, but he sounded like a man broken by that pain, and Kintas wasn't sure Arionium would have had it in him to kill again. The bit with the sword was odd, but Kintas had seen the soulstone being rolled around in the man's hands and knew what that meant, so it didn't concern him the same way as the others. As the initiate was dragged away kicking and screaming, arms stuck together behind his back and his jaws eventually clamped together against his will as well, Kintas pushed the matter aside for now, knowing the Blackthorn would get to the bottom of the matter. Voidbringers? It wasn't real. It couldn't be. Kintas knew the Voidbringers were back, of course, and were very real, but for them to find the exhausted group, some still trying to recover from the wounds they'd incurred, as they tried to rest before heading back, was simply not fair. When were the worlds ever fair, though? As red lightning began to fall around them, Kintas grabbed several of the Initiates who had been non-combatants and pushed them ahead of himself, yelling at them to run for the Spire, per Kaladin's orders. The man was insane, but Kintas wasn't going to argue if he wanted to charge the Voidbringers and buy the rest of them some time. Most of the lightning shifted and was aimed towards the crazy Radiant, bouncing off his glowing shield (where did that come from?), but many of the Parshendi above continued to target the relatively unprotected Initiates as they fled or fell into battle stances. Kintas scooped up an abandoned bag of spheres from the group, not bothering to check if they were infused, but hoping he'd have enough for himself and anyone who was struck on the way. He didn't know how much damage those bolts of lightning could do to someone with Stormlight in their veins, but he didn't want to find out, either. He did anyways. A bolt struck him in the leg as he ran, sending him sprawling and rolling in a tumble as his leg spasmed and burned. A quick inhalation of Stormlight pushed the pain away and began healing the wound, but somehow it seemed to heal slower than the other wounds had, as if whatever was causing it was somehow fighting the Stormlight inside him. It took a moment before he could rise and begin to flee again, and as he did, another bolt struck just above his head, sending a small flurry of rocks crashing down over him. They weren't nearly enough to pin him, but he staggered out from under them into pure chaos. A Voidbringer lept down from the top of the chasm and landed with a thud in front of him, staggering slightly but amazingly on it's feet and ready to fight. Kintas might not have been a fighter, but his survival instincts were still very strong, and before he knew it, he had his sword out and buried to the hilt in the creature's gut. Shocked red eyes stared back at him, and then Kintas noticed the hand that had grabbed the blade and tried to divert it was beginning to crackle with red lightning. Diving away, he just barely avoided being electrocuted once again, and when the shock cleared, he turned back to see the Voidbringer's corpse had been completely charred. Kintas thought briefly about recovering his sword, but the metal was glowing red-hot and he didn't feel like waiting. No one else was close enough to the blast to have been harmed, so Kintas sprinted away towards the group of fleeing Initiates, knowing he could only hope to survive, not fight away this danger. Aman, you're both genius and terrifying. I didn't quite expect Voidbringers this early, especially not in such a strategically dangerous position (above us, firing down into the chasm like shooting fish in a barrel). Good thing that lightning of theirs isn't particularly accurate. As for the arrest yesterday, it felt just like a giant bandwagon to me, and with poor reasoning from those that did provide it. Granted, I don't necessarily think Arinian is clear, but the reasons given for accusing him didn't hold a lot of weight to me. I am a little surprised that Sheep was killed by the Unjust, but as others have said, it was probably a good value for them: one Unjust could execute him, while others investigated people or perhaps used a spren ability if they were one of those who bonded a spren. Of course, only two people had bonded a spren at that time, and I didn't see anything that indicated any abilities were used unless there was a vote manip that I haven't confirmed yet (I haven't gone back through the list yet). Also, since I said I was keeping track, many of us have earned 6 Honor so far, which is awesome, but there are a few with less. Only three people have none, now, but there are a couple with only 1, and several with only 4, which is probably the minimum to bond a spren, and most of those with 4 didn't get there this last cycle, so if they were going to bond a spren they would have already (unless they just didn't allocate it). That means our five bonds are probably among those with 6 Honor, possibly some of those with 5. Still a decent list, but if I assume that only those with 6 Honor earned have managed to bond a spren, then actually over half of them will have one now, since there are 9 people with 6 Honor, and 5 bonds. Even if some bonds went to people with 5 Honor, that's only 14 people total (with 5-6 Honor), out of which 5 are bonded, so still should be possible to guess or determine who has some of those. I'm hoping most of them are Honorable, but statistically, there's a fair chance at least 1 of those spren is bonded to an Unjust. I'm almost certain that several of the more active players are likely Unjust, since it would put them at a disadvantage to lurk and not gain Honor, and since it's relatively easy to earn (as long as you make 2-3 posts at least, and a lot of players have been doing far more than that).

I can cut down a tree just by looking at it. It's true! I saw it with my own eyes.

Sorry, Kintas was too preoccupied with those he could find, and didn't spot Shinon.

Same. Kintas may lose his caution and jump in if you like, but I won't be trying to write any more RP myself. In fact, I hope you're set up perfectly for a fantastic death scene, Aman, and just on time.

Captain Hammer

Aww, I was hoping Sareth would be irritated by the water on his face.

I was thinking that the power they roll is basically what they get a vial of. That means they get a vial of pewter: it can save their life that round. I could be wrong, but the way it's been worded implied to me that the one-time save thing was for Thugs specifically, not Mistborn.

He said before that he rolls again if he rolls a power they had before, but whatever comes up the second time he sticks with. So if they can roll Pewter twice (which that would confirm they can), then I expect they would be protected each time they roll it. It's just less likely than the metals they haven't used yet.

As Uther breathed easier beside him, recovering, Kintas searched the chasm around him with his eyes, looking for other opportunities to help. The beast itself was down, pinned and while not helpless, less of an immediate threat than it had been, and there was rubble strewn about from its struggles. Peeking out from around the edge of one particularly jagged boulder, Kintas spotted part of a cloak and then an arm laying on the ground, hopefully still attached to someone behind it. Sprinting out again, he quickly made his way to the tangle of rocks and vines that lay over Sareth, the Shin man who had blinded the chasmfiend, at least partially. Kintas had seen that he was still atop the beast when the outcropping fell onto it, but hadn't been able to work out until now where he'd ended up. Sareth was unconscious, but Kintas was quickly able to ascertain that he was still breathing, and while he had some unhealed wounds, indicating he had run out of Stormlight, nothing looked too serious. Before Kintas could grab a pouch of his own spheres, he spotted a bag of them on Sareth's belt, still infused and glowing. He held those up closer to the man's face and hoped he could Breath in the Stormlight unconsciously, but nothing happened at first. Taking his waterskin from his side, Kintas splashed some on the man's bald head and face, shocking him back into semi-consciousness. "Take to wake up, Sareth. You've done your part, let's clear the way for others to finish the beast off." @Hemalurgic_Headshot, hope that's satisfactory!

Hah, very true. I could even be killed in LG30, though the longer cycles mean I don't know if that would happen in time.

Aaaand, now I'm growing suspicious of you. Nothing strong, not voting for you this time, but still, surviving seems fishy enough to make me wonder.

Yeah, I just haven't yet done that. If you want me to play this game I guess you could get me killed in one of the other games. Please don't really do that.

I'll take a link to the spec doc, I guess.

Thanks, Joe. I really can't refute that exactly, except there haven't been any actions that could conclusively be pinned on me for other cycles either, that I know of. We don't know who made all the Coinshot strikes, for instance, but I think most if not all of the vote manips were claimed already. If someone attacks me or I'm lynched, you'll know for sure, but I'd rather not have to die to prove my innocence.

Kintas will come save you! It'll just take me a couple hours probably to be ready to sit down and write the RP for that. And yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what people will do with the spren bonds, though I'm worried the Elims will get the dangerous ones. Hopefully we have those locked by villagers soon, though we've got a ton of players with the same amount of Honor, so there might not be much we can do for now.