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Apologies for being unclear. I meant it the same way @Duxredux explained it, i.e. Plate magnifies input, but top-power of Plate is limited and is not additive with native strength of the user. My post was merely to reply to alder24 as to why Dalinar is tired despite using Plate. No worries. I think it was the "in any way" phrasology that got me (it seemes to imply both the low and high end of the enhancement curve, not just top-end).

Concur. Just like the "shardblades are light" myth that was Jossed in WoR where Zahel had to clarify (paraphrased) "light in respect to somebody who knows how much a broadsword should weigh and expects something much heavier based on size." Novice fighters will think (often subconciously based on film media) "oh, this metal thing means I can hit anything as hard as I want with no bad effects" and subsequently break their carpus/metacarpus/phalanxes. But then there are also many other factors involved like the mechanics of actually punching correctly (much less punching with Knuckles correctly). All weapons (including Plate) are tools, and need training to be used properly (or risk the consequences of using them improperly).

I think we are on the same page. The post to which I was responding seemed to imply any amount of force results in maximum output (e.g. a "swat" like you would a shoo a fly hits just as hard as a full damage-intended slap), and that was what I was trying to point out as not likely to be correct. If I understand your sentence correctly, that's a myth. Brass knuckles do not "let you punch harder" - they simply do more damage to the opponent (or thing) with less damage to you for the same amount of applied force (note, less damage =/= no damage, training injuries with brass knuckles from improper use are not uncommon). Yes, I have hit a force meters (like StrikeMeter) with and without brass knuckles. Yes, downward strikes can benefit (slightly) from the added weight, just as straight or upward strikes are inhibited by the weight (slightly slower strikes, can be mitigated by practice and training). Now, I apologize if by "harder" you only meant more damage, not more applied force.

That's probably a question for @The Bald Brandon: I've read the original trilogy but none of the "added" material (books 4+). I loved Red Rising (the book), but was less enthused by book two and had to force myself to finish book three. But I admit that it's very much a YMMV series; some of the characters just really bothered me, and that made it hard for me to continue.

Of course it is affected by his strength, or we could not possibly have scenes like Renarin learning to eat in Plate (little strength, fine motor skills). A small action with little muscular strength does not engage the full strength of the Plate - the enhancement is proportional to the effort involved in the action (and likely influenced by Intent as well - at least subconsciously). Also, reinforced by this scene in WoK (Ch 69): So a gentle touch is still enhanced, but far less so. A powerful swing of the hammer is enhanced to the full strength of the plate. Thinking about it, if the enhancement were not proportional to the effort expended, then Shardbearers would be unable to walk; since every step would propel them in a run at the Plate's full strength. . .

This, at least, was mentioned in HoA. Ch 33: If TenSoon did not store the wolfhound, and the dog bones were stored with hair and nails - then in the implication is that when a body is abandoned and stored, it is habit retain all the "accessories" that go with the bones unless there is a reason to discard them (such as fire damage to the hair). This, too, is implied by Annotations and WoB: Although I think it's more likely that they are not "memorizing" each hair - so much as "human body hair follows <patterns>" and recognizing "this body follows this pattern with <exceptions>. So, if the details for a given set of bones are stored in a specific "lobe" then you don;t need to actively remember that so much as access that lobe when you need to recall that information.

Actually, it was OreSeur that consumed Kell's corpse, not TenSoon. TenSoon just made it up by generalities and remembering the one time he had seen Kelsier while spying for Venture (HoA Ch 52): But your point still stands, a fresh enough body should have fingerprints copied (just as blood type is copied).

Welcome to the Shard. Here are some tips and tricks you may not yet know (as each forum is slightly different): Well, we know that as-of WoK Szeth has been absent from his homeland for seven years (WoK I-4): What we do not know is when Nale recovered his Honorblade, but this exchange with Kal and how Szeth responded to finding out that Ishar has also recovered his blade makes it seem as if he was not aware that any of the Honorblades had been recovered (until Nale tells him at the end of WoR-Ch 88). As @alder24 points out, the scene in OB implies that the Skybreaker Blade disappeared long ago, but we don't know if he knew Nale was the one to recover it before Nale told him. He may have believed it stolen ("disappeared") and therefore "at-large" such that somebody other than a Herald might be using it. But, yes, he is delusional.

Based on this bit from WoK Ch 69, and other clues sprinkled throughout, I think it may be possible - but likely only with Intent, not as a "default yes." So, if even dead plate can transfer things like some senses (but implied to block others - if the Helm does block battlefield smells) then it should be possible for Connection to the Plate with proper Intent to allow some (most|all?) MoIs to work from/inside/through Plate.

Not definitively. Many believe it to be U-Tol, mostly because of the presence of Sho Del and because it was introduced in another secret project. However, since we do not know how many worlds the Sho Del inhabit, we cannot definitively narrow it down yet.

Right, that's the in-world explanation. But for that to be the legend, there must be truth upon which it is based, and the Words of Founding Epigraphs make a point of repeatedly hammering home: Mists are Preservation Beads are Preservation Elend became Mistborn because he ingested the power of Preservation TLR created the first Mistborn (himself) with the power TLR offered the powers of Mistborn to rulers that bent the knee to him So, yes, there is nothing that "says" Mistborn is a double meaning obfuscating the beads - but the implication drips from most of the epigraphs and annotations all through Hero of Ages. Afterall, how could TLR have offered to make somebody "Mistborn" with a bead if he had not already coined the term? Alendi did not know he was an Allomancer (or a Seeker) and they did not have the lexicon to even name those things at the point he travelled to Terris.

Yes, more specifically from the policy: Here are some tools with which you may not yet be aware: Ideally, you would start a new topic and either paste a quote from the old topic to which you are replying (quoted sections include a link to the original post - see above, the small right-arrow-swoosh on the right side of each quote header) - or - Just mention the original thread and add the link (for those that want to go back and read the old topic). In some instances, like this Moash example, you can even add a list of old thread references to help add context. Hope that helps

Don't forget that Tin/Pewter are internal metals, and Zinc/Brass are external metals. So, it is likely that the first pair increase/diminish <something> coming from the spren in the gemstone (heat from the Flamespren in a heating fabrial), while the latter incerase/diminish <something> external to the spren in the gemstone (implied by the term "manifest" in the epigraph).

Right, but in the ontext of the question, I stand by my thoughts that you quoted. TLR had "help" from the Well. Inquisitors had help from TLR, The Set had help from Shardic insight (Autonomy-as-Trell), Kelsier had help from being a Sliver. Even Paal likely had Trellish help to make the Chimrae with Trellium Spikes. So, from the standpoint of an unknown "discovering" Hemalurgy through accidental insights and scientific method without outside assistance. . . very low for a single event to happen and work - near 0% to atually "solve" a majority of bindpoints, metals and how they work and interact. This seems far too much like reation to be somethign Ruin would have pursued while trying to destroy Scadrial. He had all the tools he needed. More than, since there were tools he didn't really use much (Kandra).

This (WoA Ch 54): Those are the only relevant uses of "protect" around the Siege of Luthadel

I think you have that backward. If Moash at any time begins to genuinely feel the remorse that Old Dalinar felt over his actions, he may become worthy of earning a Redemption arc the way that Dalinar did.

The thing is, WoK might have the highest "reread bonus" in the Cosmere - there are just so many small details, chekhov's guns, etc. that I defineitely found some new detail or connection I had previously missed on each reread (current SA counts): That said, another thing I like to do on some re-reads (recently did on my last Mitborn Era 1 reread) if I like to go to the TV Tropes Pages and read the Awesome, Tearjerker, Nightmare Fuel, etc. pages to recap big moments, then find that passage in the text and re-read that. Mistborn Example (spoilers):

Without repeating some great songs mentioned above. . . additions: "Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin (1974) | Ugly Kid Joe (1993) See Below "Last Kiss" J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (1964) "The Sacred Bird" - Miss Saigon "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" Barenaked Ladies (2000) - especially the ambiguous ending (see below)

Please see any of these threads where the topic is discussed ad nauseum. Moash (full spoilers) Am I the only one who doesn't hate Moash? Moash Redemption Arc?????? Moash and Vyre (RoW spoiler) Szeth & Moash: They're More Similar Than You Think [Discuss] I hate Moash [Support] Moash and Kaladin [RoW] Moash and Renarin Does anyone still want a Moash redemption arc? Moash should take up Odium... and that should be a good thing Moash, and the fans who hate him (Part 1) and (Part 2)

Did yo umean this section (WoA Ch 52): The closest we get to an official answer is this WoB: So, I would say that M:TFE Ch 1-4 Vin would probably not have become a Windrunner (if anything, Edgedancer maybe - remembering the fogotten), while I agree that WoA and HoA Vin would likely be a good Windrunner Candidate. Also, my take:

The pressure for AonDor was because the Dor has been stuffed into the Cognitive Realm - not a factor for Hemalurgy: However, this concept was atually a plot point to White Sand (ch 5) Spoilers: So, based on how mind-numbingly complex Hemalurgy is (PM for examples) to master, and how difficult it is to get viable hemalurgic constructs (see below) the chances of having a single hemalurgic "event" accidentally may not be too small; but the chances of being able to truly develop an understanding of the complete system based on accidental starts and experiments likely approaches 0%. HoA Ch 44 Epigraph:

Just to be fair, Mistborn was TLR's term because he knew the truth:

Gold compounder heals faster (or, at least faster than a Second Oath Radiant) - both heal fully, similar mechanic. Really, no matter how efficient your Stormlight consumption and use, the fact that a Double Gold can Compress Feruchemical traits means they can heal faster if they want to and have enough health to compress.

Glad you enjoyed the story. Here are WoBs on why Aztlanian has taken so long: Hope that helps.

Note, it's actually only used by two people - the use in Tress and YatNP are both Hoid telling the story and using his own lexicon to do so (as he "translates" it). I agree there is probably something there to be found. It is likely cypher based rather than anagram based. More when I have the time. . .