Scion of the Mists

That is not what the WoB says; it says that you can feed Nightblood directly if you are burning metal, not that he feeds directly on the metal. This distinction matters because (as @Weltall pointed out), in Allomancy, it’s not the metals themselves that provide the power. Burning the metals opens a gateway to Preservation’s Investiture in the Spiritual Realm, which is what is actually powers Allomancy (the Coppermind has a good description). However, once your metals run out (or you stop burning) and that gateway closes, then Nightblood would start to feed on you directly.

My headcanon is that each combination of powers gives you a separate resonance (similar to how waves work in real life), so there would be a total of 11 different resonances for 4 different powers. Brandon hasn't directly confirmed this, but some of his wording (e.g. this WoB refers to "these little quirks" plural) also leads me to believe this is the case. However, I don't think that you'd actually be able to use the resonances - 11 seems like way too many. FYI, the most recent resonance WoB we have clarifies that the resonances are still present even in Mistborn (who have 65,519 different combinations), but "they're not as pronounced" (i.e. they're attenuated to the point of uselessness).

Huh? Where does it talk about Kelsier being "too independent" for devices? The Bands of Morning are essentially one giant uber-medallion. And his whole schtick is that of crew leader - he builds up a crew of diverse people and relies on them to do their jobs. As far as original Feruchemy, we have literally no idea how that came about, or whether that's even a thing that Kelsier could re-implement.

Neither of those make her interesting. You're just implying that magic is interesting and the situation is interesting. And neither of those are that interesting to me. I'm not a die hard fanatic of the magic systems so that doesn't do anything for me. And having to keep the spren a secret felt like a way to create artificial drama at times. That's not enough to make the character interesting on it's own, and Brandon hasn't done much with it that doesn't feel like a trope. I'm starting to think Brandon never planned to develop her in SA3 -- it's just setup for SA4 for her. Or maybe it's the result of not wanting to delay the book another year (I'm assuming that Tor does not want a mid-year release, so e.g. even if Brandon needed a month or two more on it, those would still result delaying it a year). If all those things are considered interesting situations, what exactly do you consider would make a person interesting? And what is it about Eshonai herself, rather than her situation, that made her so much more interesting? Yes, of course Brandon didn't intend to develop Venli much during Oathbringer - it wasn't her book. He also didn't develop Lift, Ash, or Taln very much, precisely because their books come later. Obviously I'm not trying to argue how you feel, I'm just trying to understand how someone can possibly think that Venli/her situation isn't interesting. She was secretly scheming behind the Parshendi's backs, and unwittingly was aiding the enemy, which resulted in the deaths of almost everyone she knew. Now she's a secret agent in the midst of Odium's forces, hiding the fact that she's a Surgebinder, and will (presumably) be working against them.

He could also have used medallions instead of spikes.

While I totally agree that Eshonai is awesome, and I would have loved to see her earlier years (and am still holding out hope that we still will), I find it difficult to see how Venli isn’t considered an interesting character. She’s the first-ever Parshendi Surgebinder, who’s also a double agent right under Odium/the Fused’s noses. She was also secretly working for Odium originally, and is responsible for the current Desolation.

What makes you think that? I was under the impression that he predated the formation of he Knights Radiant, so he couldn’t have belonged to any order.

It's in the URL. For example, the newest WoB's URL is https://wob.coppermind.net/events/386-planet-comicon/#e12845. The number for citation is 12845.

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You consider the Nightwatcher "omnipresent"? Haven't we only seen here once, in the Valley. That's the whole deal with the Old Magic, right? You have to travel to the Valley to seek out the Nightwatcher. Is this the WoB you're referring to? To me, "the parallel is the various Unmade instead of a single entity" does not mean that they're the same total power level, it means that all of the Unmade are Splinters of Odium, just like the Stormfather/Nightwatcher are Splinters of Honor/Cultivation. It even explicitly says in the next bullet point that the parallel is that they're Splinters.

I always thought that the thunderclast was afraid of Renarin's Illumination powers. Glys said that Renarin can "make it go with light." (OB Ch 120)

How do we know that the Stormfather/Nightwatcher have way more Investiture than the Unmade?

Lots and lots of people:

Even after a person goes Beyond, their Spiritweb persists for "a long time." I think this is the most likely explanation for the Rosharan voices.

It's actually this WoB where Brandon explicitly says that Kaladin comes to Hearthstone, which is in Alethkar.

That's a good point: you don't actually tap the metalmind when Compounding, you burn it. And we know that you can burn reflexively while unconscious (Vin), so I see no reason why you couldn't burn the metalmind in your sleep, getting the youth boost. You may or may not be able to store the excess, but that shouldn't matter.

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/388-bonn-signing/#e12676 You left out the main character of this book: Venli.

I don't think there's a conflict. The first quote says that Hoid is likely to figure it out quickly, and the second that he hasn't figured it out currently. Also, I'm not sure who you're quoting in the first one, but the second one is a WoB directly from Brandon, so it's best to defer to those. P.s. You should indicate what book the spoiler is for when you mark them. Otherwise nobody will know whether or not it's safe for them to open it.

This is how I imagined it. They flashbacks would be from Eshonai's POV, but would be about both sisters' past. The parallels between Eshonai's rebellious past and Venli's current secret-Radiant-behind-enemy-lines stories were one of the things I was most excited about.

That's an interesting question. I don't think that Nightblood gets that dull, simply because he doesn't frequently cut things. As soon as he nicks someone, they're vaporized immediately.

It's from chapter 26 of The Way of Kings. The exact quote (in the English version) is:

I was always a fan of the Eshonai flashbacks. I thought it'd make a nice parallel journey, with Eshonai's rebellious youth with Venli's current activities. But more "cosmere mysteries" is really attractive.

The default setting for fantasy is medieval-ish era, so that's probably why people feel that way. However, wild west Mistborn is actually really awesome. Imagine what happens if you are both a Coinshot and a gunslinger. And there's metal everywhere to Push off of. Plus, Era 2 explores a number of new metals.

I think that Odium being freed would affect everyone in the Cosmere.

Certainly Dalinar as a Bondsmith has powers unique among the Radiants; however, his use of Adhesion to break up a fight between the Aladar and Sadeas troops looks identical to Kaladin/Szeth's: As far as Truthwatchers go, we've only seen Renarin use Illumination, maybe, and he's clearly a special case.