AbsentKeeper

Back from the dead, just for this.

1 hour ago, SLNC said:

Then why are you desperately trying to shut down discussion about a certain topic? 

That, by the way, also counts for others here in this thread.

They are just part of the Assuredness Movement.

9 hours ago, .50 Caliber Gentleman said:

I think it's also in Arcanum, though perhaps the one in Arcanum is different/shortened. Is the prose version the one that covers the most material?

The part that is in Arcanum Unbounded is the first fifth or so of the prose version of the story.

Edit: I realized I was being generous with my guess

2 hours ago, Kaleid said:

Wow must've skipped over that the first time. Thanks buddy!

Haha I did too until someone pointed it out to me.

22 minutes ago, Kaleid said:

I am signed up. What now?

When you get the newsletter, the download link is included.

On 1/5/2018 at 0:37 PM, Herald Of Justice said:

@The Night Watcher

Granted, you no longer have the ability to sleep. However you still get tired.

I wish that all of shallan’s (and veil, and radiant) POV chapters become Szeth’s POV chapters.

Granted, but all of Szeth's previous PoV chapters become Moash's PoV.

I ask the Nightwatcher to help me convince more of my friends to read Cosmere books.

1 hour ago, Jace21 said:

Probably Szeth, even without NB. Division and unlimited Stormlight seems OP.

If we change the Avegers line up to include Vision or the Scarlet Witch things may be different.

I agree with both parts of this.

Scarlet Witch or Vision with the Soul Gem could attack Szeth's coginitive aspect directly, and I don't think he'd be able to hold up since we know he's already 'imperfectly attached' to his body. Mental/spiritual attacks are definitely the way to go.

I don't think anyone in the Marvel Universe could stand up to a physical fight with Szeth and Nightblood though, except maybe one one of the Abstracts.

Edit: Or, you know, Scarlet Witch could literally just drop him in a black hole or change reality so he doesn't exist... I forgot how OP she was for a minute.

Welcome to the Shard, I think youll like the other Mistborn era 2 books more, they're more like the rest of the cosmere than the first one, since it was originally supposed to be a stand alone. Arcanum Unbound also has some really good stuff. 

What is your favorite Sanderson book you've read so far?

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Stormwarden said:

Leverage, Psych, Stranger things etc. There is plenty to watch that doesn't include harry potter, star wars or anime. Also, I almost never have any time to watch TV anyway so...

Ahh yep, I forget about crime shows and Scifi that doesn't draw from Harry Potter or Star Wars, since so many do nowadays 

I understand about not having the time, I'm so glad I finally finished my degree, I had no time at all there for a while.

24 minutes ago, Ookla the Stormwarden said:

I have never seen star wars and probably never will

Harry potter is WAY overrated 

Anime isn't very good

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but what do you watch? You've just eliminated wizards, space opera, and anime, and I don't think I'd have anything left.

5 hours ago, The Invested Beard said:

My only problem with the way it was set up in Battlefront 2 is that it's basically gambling without being called that and you're letting underage kids do it. Other than that, meh.

Underage kids shouldn't have access to credit cards. At least not without some questions from mom or dad first 

4 minutes ago, Benjamin_Stormblessed said:

Also, one little personal desire, I need 20 sided dice to be involved. For some reason I just have a fascination with D20's lol.

Ahh that's the one downside of Fate, no d20s, its all six sided die.  You could always do luck rolls with a d20 though.

1 hour ago, Benjamin_Stormblessed said:

A game for the entire Cosmere would be amazing. especially if you were on a certain planet (selected at the beginning, and maybe different each time) which limited you to characters from that planet, or certain worldhoppers.

I don't think I could do it either @Ookla the Cow, but it would be really cool if we could get several people, at least, together to work on it. 

That's exactly what im talking about and it's what the Fate core system is good at, as well as making really interesting original characters. Go check out some videos on the system if you've never used it.

I don't even think it would be hard to adapt it, Fate already has pretty good rules for how different types of magic affect rolls and it handles 'heroic combat' (such as a Shardblade fight where a single hit is death) very well with the stress system. There are so many different possible traits and abilities in the cosmere that I say leave them vague and let the GM and players decide what rolls they apply to narratively. Ex: you play a Kandra, so you have the aspect 'Fluid Physiology' which the GM has agreed during Character creation gives you +2 to physical defense rolls. Narratively, you could also use this aspect to give you the same bonus to investigation in the right situations, such as for picking locks like Melaan, or it could be used against you when the GM has an enemy recognize what you are during the fight and attempt to use acid.

I'd love to do all this, I just don't know anyone to test it with. 

Well they do Sanderson Elimination here on the site, and someone was working on custom MTG cards, I can't find the thread now though so it might not have gone anywhere.

As far as a Tabletop RPG goes, I think the Fate system would be an excellent fit, especially if you wanted to go for the whole Cosmere and not just Roshar as a setting. I would play it for sure, I don't think I have the chops to design it though.

Edit: Oh and theres also the 'Cards Against the Cosmere' games every now and then, they're always hilarious.

Edit again: After looking around a bit, it seems there are also several homebrew rule systems for various cosmere worlds to be found based on the Mistborn Adventure game. Personally, I still think that Fate would do a better job both because of the character creation, and because of how well it handles a variety of epic magical powers.

Recently this has become one of my biggest pet peeves: people who won't stop complaining about microtransactions in video games.

I understand why people dont like it, but it is not 'ruining gaming' or any other such chull dung. I have never played a game where the microtransactions were actually important to the gameplay in any meaningful way. 

If I hear one more person say Battlefront is 'pay to win' I might just flip out on them. Getting cards early does not make someone better at the game (since its a game mostly about skill and reflexes, not stats) and it certainly doesn't mean you can't get all the same stuff by playing offline for a few hours if you really hate being disadvantaged that much.

I just really don't get why this is so much more frustrating to people than subscription fees for mmos, premium statuses for free to play games, and ridiculous dlc prices, and all of those are much more impactful to the games content.

It's gotten to the point where I honestly think that most people complaining about loot boxes and other microtransactions are either just bad at video games and they don't realize they are, or they've just hopped on the bandwagon without actually playing the games.

Edit: Rant over, I needed to put that somewhere.

Oathbringer Spoilers:

21 hours ago, Ookla the maladroit said:

I don’t quite understand. Is there a book about a situation in which this book was written, or did a kid in a literature class actually write this book?

From what I can tell, it actually seems to be written by someone failing a literature class.

You can find the first chapter here and, while I admit I chuckled once or twice, it is pretty storming bad.

https://forum.wuxiaworld.com/discussion/7779/the-annoyomancer-a-parody-of-brandon-sandersons-mistborn-series-preface-about-me

Edit: And that's from someone who thoroughly enjoys parodies.

21 hours ago, StormingTexan said:

Edit: So I’m glad you opened your letter because I didn’t want to break the awesome wax seal on mine so I tried reading it while it was still closed. Much easier reading yours lol

Break the seal? You would never have gotten away with reading a nobleman's mail that way! 

Edit: I just noticed that the symbol on the seal is the same size as the one on the boxing. Bad move Canton, now anyone with a file and a boxing can take the edges off and have their own ministry seal 

Edit again: This picture is the ash blackened clip after running through my tumbler for about 20 minutes. I really like how it came out, I wish my camera didn't suck so bad though.

My final grades came in, I am now officially a college graduate.

Just means I have more time to be on the Shard. 

Nope, no on screen apperences yet.

I suggest going to the Arcanum, searching 'Silverlight', and reading all those WoB's if you want to know more. There isn't much yet though.

1 minute ago, JonnyGungHo said:

Life before Death...

THESE WORDS ARE ACCEPTED.

 Welcome to the Shard, what's your favorite cosmere book?

1 hour ago, bdoble97 said:

That's great I didn't know what that was at first. The person I know that has one eye that's blue and brown the left sides blue the right sides Brown and it's a jagged line down the center of their eye that separates the two colors. 

This is kind of how my eyes are, though mine is more like a rust stain than a jagged line.

Both colors in mine are light enough to be considered Lighteyed by the Rosharans. I do wonder what they'd think though, especially if it was even more pronounced.

They might think I'm spiritually tainted or something 

4 minutes ago, Stilgar12 said:

What about all the different Ooklas? Is that another joke or reference I am not getting?

It's a holiday season here on the Shard!

19 minutes ago, avus said:

I'm not sure how to do it.

 

Click edit at the bottom of your post, and then use the button that looks like an eye at the top of the editor to create a spoiler box.

11 minutes ago, Stilgar12 said:

All this talk of cookies has both befuddled me and made me hungry... Thank you?

It's just people abusing a bad inside joke 

Welcome to the Shard, our ways are mysterious, but you will learn them with patience.