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Paradoxspren, they only appear when they don't.

He said in the QandA that he scrapped it I think.

I would say that he probably did know of the other metals, we might even have WoB on that, but I can't quite recall. The problem is that firstly I'm not sure they would have had the technology to make Nicrosil during the Final Empire, otherwise I suspect that Mistborn would have discovered it (Same reason Almunium wasn't discovered by most) They might be able to procure a small amount but TLR would need quite large reserves to compound it for a thousand years. And we should have seen his Nicrosilminds, I suspect that Sazed should have gone over all his metalminds to see what they were and would have realised that one was a new type of metal. I do think that this is definitely a possibility for his abilities but we do need to explain a few things.

Keep in mind that a time-bubble doesn't work on a moving object anyway, since it stays stationary relative to the planet.

The only problem here is where did he get the Nicrosil needed to compound investiture?

Fabrials might not have enough investiture to block Lashings, but yeah I do think that other magic is pretty much the only way to go for a sure fire defeat. On 'pain arrows' They still need to actually hit Szeth so they're not really any more useful since he can just dodge them all, and they might not even work on Szeth because he's invested too.

Keep in mind that he could expend Ruins power to fuel regular Allomancy as well. But yes this does seem like one of the most likely options.

Works for me.

Precognition is usually related to the pure essence of a Shard as far as we've seen, but you don't have to be a sliver. Look at atium. Brandon also said that he doesn't really tell the future, just that he might be needed at a certain place and time.

A few more. This one is quite interesting. Also interesting. Apparently burning Duralumin does expend the Duralumin as well as other metals. Hemalurgy can give allomantic powers to a kandra. The process to do so is not known to anyone but Harmony.

I wonder if half-shards are invested enough to interfere with Lashings. Or if they can block Szeth from absorbing their stormlight.

Yeah, there are still the three main trilogies AoL was a side-project.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Colour actually, that definitely seems like more of a power source than the Breaths do, perhaps Breaths are more analogous to spren, which unlock the ability.

Of course they can always just basic lash themselves out of the cloud. I increasingly think that Windrunners are all but invincible. Combine this with Shardplate and I can't even think how you could possibly defeat that. Do we have confirmation that Reverse lashings don't affect stationary objects? I know they don't affect things on the ground but I wasn't aware of other restrictions.

Rayse is mentioned in the letter.

Well a reverse lashing has a stronger gravitational pull than the earth does so it should reduce the size of the cloud and Kaladins uber-pull in the fight for the tower would definitely condense it enough to see I think. I think that the best tactics to use against Windrunners pretty much all involve magic of their own, either Shardbearers (In the open instead of indoors they may be more effective) other windrunners obviously or Soulcasters (Obscure their view with smoke, insta-kill them with a transformation or trap them in a soulcasted cage.) barring that pretty much any solution is going to be defeatable, some of them would work sometimes, but mostly you need to surprise them.

When Dalinar gives his to Sadeas. I gotta go with Soulcasting for the best, it's just so versatile.

For: Both seem to be more like power sources in their own right as they can power numerous abilities. Both do not need to be 'used' to grant physical effects. Against: Stormlight runs out, Breaths do not. The glow from stormlight, is the actual stormlight leaving your body, not a physical effect producing an aura. I would say that they are related but still different in a number of aspects. Like two metals in the same quadrant would be the best analogy I could give.

Not vague, just being clever he's turned questions around before. The problem is that Atium itself isn't able to be burned by all allomancers, you're either a Seer or a Mistborn if you can burn it.

Not when you can fly No one who's aware of his abilities would believe they could kill him in melee, regardless even if Szeth doesn't kill you you're still going to be shot by your own troops, bad deal. Slings would lessen the damage to Szeth as well and he has the benefit of being able to heal with stormlight. He needs to be holding them for about 2 seconds while people are shooting him, then he drops them and gets two more for the next wave. You also wouldn't be putting a Shardbearer in the middle of this, wasting ordinary soldiers is one thing but no Sharbearer is going to accept suicide for a little extra cash. On top of all this anyone close enough to stab him is going to be close enough to also get pincusioned by the arrows unless they are very close to him (You'd literally have to be nose to nose) The shield was hit by thousands of arrows, not 20-odd and a person is thicker than a shield anyway. Lash himself upwards like he usually does to avoid blows then watch the archers slaughter one of their most valuable allies, lash downwards, summon shardblade and decimate the rest of the archers. Or lash one of his current shields multiple times in the direction of the Shardbearer turning him into a projectile. Being caught how exactly? If they try to catch him then his cover is blown so he wont hold back, he'd just kill everyone in the vicinity then proceed anyway. He doesn't need to, unless he's been specifically ordered to kill them he doesn't like murdering innocents even if he knows he could.

If scouts spot him he isn't exactly sneaking Dying in battle is not the same as virtual suicide for use as decoys. This is even worse than Bridgemen so I don't think many will volunteer. Theres no real reason he couldn't do two at once, or he could just hold two people on either side and reverse lash something in the middle of both of the. As for dealing with melee combat, he's already shown his ability to take on Shardbearers without using his Blade, I doubt that some ordinary soldiers are going to cope with it any better. Hiring 60 men is difficult to keep quiet, as is keeping them a secret once you've hired them, 60 men take a lot of looking after and the more you try to hide them the less quickly they can actually respond to the threat.

His masters can't make him take suicidal action, they can order him into danger but unless they specifically asked him to kill all the troops too, I would say he'd just sneak in. Good luck finding people to volunteer for that job detail One on each side would work, or as I mentioned using the ground,a shield, a small rock he finds on the ground... He didn't know about them when he planned his attack and he was already committed.

I love it! Only thing is, do bees exist on Roshar? A beehive doesn't seem likely to survive highstorms, maybe in Shinovar I guess.

I doubt that they'd put that in the RPG if it had no basis, the only problem being that this is only really useful if you're a full feruchemist, otherwise you could only tap other peoples identity (Which would be weird) although it could possibly be used for compounding other metals if you're a twinborn.

If the anchor you are using is the earth you still have quite a bit of mobility, or use a portable anchor, a rock, a shield, whatever's handy. You wouldn't be in a melee if you're reverse lashing, you're being attacked at range, shooting your own troops is not going to help you defeat a Windrunner Kaladin. It must increase your reflexes, even if it's just subtly. I was more referring to Szeths natural abilities though. Considering how many massacres he's survived against superior forces, he must have excellent battle-awareness. I doubt he'd just forget about your crossbowman while he fights the melee combatants, he'd likely try to take them out first but failing that be aware of when they are aiming at him and about to fire. They're already taken care of, he wouldn't bother killing them until after he dealt with the ranged troops, but he'd likely take out the ranged first anyway. If he's being shot at then I doubt anyone else is going to be in melee range, but if they are he'd probably just use the reverse lashing on them to pincushion them with their own bolts. But he can't be deliberately suicidal, if he sees a way to kill his target in a manner less likely to result in his death he'll go for it. If he has a choice he always tries to kill as few people as possible, yet another reason that he'd wait til the king is alone then ninja in and assassinate him instead of having to kill dozens of soldiers.