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    Pattern. He was already developing some personality in Oathbringer, but it wasn't until RoW that I realized he was an interesting character beyond just giving Shallan magic powers. I love his sense of humor so much. And I have to give a shoutout to my now favorite character, Navani; I didn't like her much when she was first introduced, since I really wasn't a fan of her attempts to force a romantic subplot on Dalinar. Until RoW everything we knew about her was just seen in relation to Dalinar (which is a personal pet peeve for poorly written love interests), but as soon as you took him out of the picture she was a fascinating, awesome character who I really related to. I'm so glad Sanderson decided to flesh her out.
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    From a WoB: I suspect that there is a parallel between the imprisonment of BaM and the Shaod as a whole. The Seon/deadeye connection has already been pointed out - I think it has to do with a broken Connection. In addition, it's hinted at in the books that the madness of the Heralds is not simply due to the extended torture. I think the imprisonment of BaM damaged the Connection that kept the Heralds alive, and that this led to their madness. How exactly BaM was able to manipulate this Connection, though, I'm not sure.
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    What does the in universe WoR say, again?
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    That's true, I hadn't thought about it before, but what happens to the Stormfather if Dalinar loses the contest? I had assumed that the bond would just end, like when a Radiant dies, but what if it's seen as breaking his oaths and that's how the Stormfather becomes a deadeyes? I'm not sure about the rest of this theory, but that's a frightening possibility.
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    ^ From the official description. I think the Truthwatchers we've seen so far fit this description the most; after all, the ones who have already made it Urithiru and joined the fight are likely to be on the more adventurous side of the order. I'm hoping that as Urithiru becomes more of a hub for scholars, under Navani's reign, we'll see more Truthwatchers. Of course, the corrupted Truthwatchers also complicate things - I suspect that we won't get real answers about this order until the back 5.
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    Shallan has secretly been a Sleepless this entire time, and has just repressed that fact. This explains her fascination with worldhopping (since she actually originated off-world), her fascination with changing the way she looks, her love of natural science and studying cremlings, and her mother's extreme reaction when she learned the truth. Her soulcasting block is part of her repression of the truth, since the mutability of matter is a bit too close to how she used to change her form. Testament was willing to bond her because she wasn't actually a child - she's hundreds of years old, and has simply forgotten.
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    Maybe referring to the Weeping?
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    I do love all the themes of recovering from mental illness in the books, so I'm sure there are elements of that - however, from a mechanics standpoint, I believe more is required. After all, not all deadeyes are sent to places like Lasting Integrity; we saw deadeyes being looked after by old friends, for example. Testament was being watched over by that inkspren when she was found, after all, and I'm sure that in 2,000 years at least someone tried talking to a deadeye (akin to the way someone might talk to a gravestone, if nothing else). Personally, I'd guess that the recovery process requires something similar to a Nahel Bond, a way to replace the spren's broken Connection. (Elantris spoilers)
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    You can also get a good amount of overview information that's been compiled on the Coppermind, which often helps me when I've forgotten specific details about things. Those articles will generally be citing the books themselves or WoBs. Of course, they also contain spoilers, so if that's something you're avoiding you should be careful.
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    I've been here for two years and I still don't know who people are
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    Just send the plot hook to the ranch. Lots of fantasy books start with the protagonist's family farm being burned down to spur them into adventure, right?
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    You can never lose too many times
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    How dare you. I'm quoting you so that you come back to this post. @mathiau join our suffering
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    Oooh, what an awesome observation! We know from the Kabsul scene in WoR that there are connections between the shapes presents on Roshar and cymatics. I think it's quite plausible that Brandon deliberately styled his logos in such a way!
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    Total Party Kill.
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    Yeah, this was 5th. 1st level is rarely fun. It's good if you want to introduce new players to the game or if you want to say that you ran a character from 1 to 20, but not much else. I never do a one shot at level 1.
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    Acacia shrugged. "I honestly have no idea. I'm pretty new here myself. Some kind of weird magic thing, maybe? There's a lot of it in this place."
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    Aln sighed, looking down at Byron. I don't think we can snap him out of this, Pel. Instead, she pulled out a bit of paper and scribbled a quick note explaining his condition and recommending the cautious use of A-chromium. She placed this conspicuously on the bedside table, unsigned, and hurried off toward the Cognitive Ward. @Voidus
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    Yeah, sure! I admit I don't know what GURPS is, but if you've got a cool story I'm down to hear it. Here's a story just from today: My little brothers wanted to get into D&D, so I agreed to run a dungeon for them. (They're 12 and 8). I had to throw it together pretty quickly, but I was actually proud of the way it turned out, and was excited to play. Well, I had them each make 5th level characters, and we ended up with a cleric and a paladin. So far, so good. They had some bad luck at the beginning, failing some checks and landing in a pit trap, but they got out and kept going. The first fight was against 4 Animated Armor. They're each CR 1, so I thought it would be interesting but not challenging enough to pose a serious threat. Boy was I wrong. The armor rolled well and scored a bunch of hits, and the cleric was quickly low health. And then it came out that he hadn't prepared any healing spells. Then the paladin went down. Then the cleric, instead of running over and using spare the dying, kept trying to attack. And died. I think we all learned something from this. TL;DR: I TPKed my little brothers in their first fight.
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    "Bored, you say? I knew the feeling once. But we Smedrys make our own fun!" She said this last sentence dramatically, as if delivering a speech, then leaned in. "As for the healing supplies, that depends; what sort of healing do you require?"
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    Acacia strolled into the tavern. She was bored. Work had been slow lately, strangely so. Most of her colleagues were still on leave for the festival week, and there had been no communication from the Scholar's Guild in days. Usually that Guild woman stopped by every day to pick up the latest reports (Acacia enjoyed finding new ways to misfile her paperwork each time). Probably she and that fellow with the jewelry had just gotten distracted with some new research project; the pair of them could be practically oblivious to the passage of time when they got into something. Acacia tripped over a barstool and staggered, off-balance, a hand flailing through the air. Somehow her elbow found a bowl of peanuts and sent it clattering onto the floor, the nuts rolling haphazardly in every direction. Acacia regained her balance and chased after the bowl as it came to a stop beneath Vis's seat. She grabbed it, stepping on Vis's foot in the process, and collapsed triumphantly into the adjacent chair. Turning, she smiled brightly at the other patron. "What brings you to such a seedy establishment on such a lovely morning?" @Tani
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