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5 minutes ago, Ethan_Sedai said:
Ok.
I guess I should have explained why. Basically, the blade doesn't cut physically on the first swipe (at something organic). It cuts the *spirit*. To do that, the spirit of the blade or spren is cutting the spirit of the target. Because a split shardblade would be one item with one spren, it would only cut once, even if it was split. I could maybe see it working if it was a double ended sword (think Darth Maul's lightsaber), but that would still be two separate cuts, not one.
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3 minutes ago, Ethan_Sedai said:
That’s what I meant when I created this thread: would it work?
Fair enough. In that case, I don't think it would
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8 minutes ago, Ethan_Sedai said:
I mean, if the Shardblade has the normal cutting edge that hits the thunderclast, and then another cutting edge just behind it, allowing it to cut twice. The split allows it to do that, and so you only need to cut once, instead of twice.
Would that count as a second cut, though? Seems like because its the same total blade, it would not be two separate attacks. Spiritual mumbo jumbo and all that
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On 8/6/2019 at 0:27 PM, Ethan_Sedai said:
The main advantage I saw in it is that slicing a Thunderclast would only take one swing, instead of two.
The split blade or the double edge? Because I don't see how either would lower the necessary number of hit.
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56 minutes ago, TheFoxQR said:
You say this, but then Stoneward surges essentially mean they have an at-will stoneshape, except it works on everything.
Elsecallers can make matter out of thin air, and just convert people into... not people. Jasnah literally just goes around calling #realityhax wherever she goes. Oh you think there's a supporting beam here? Nope, its now empty air. Oh I want to get up there? "Let there be Stairs!", and air became a stair. Oh you think you had a living breathing body? Nope it's just fire now. Lol no, I'm not saying you'll burn, I'm saying your body will literally transmute itself into fire and just puff out. Bubbye! Not to mention they can star-trek beam themselves from one place to another.
Lightweavers should, in theory, be able to make lasers that burn holes into things. Potentially plasma too, since they do have Transformation.
Skybreakers should be able to split the air as they fly to create thunderous sonic booms. And you know, they can divide other things too.
I shudder to think what Releasers will bring to the table, with Abrasion and Division.
That's why I find it so hard to have a real answer. There is a lot each order can bring to a fight, so its hard to really come up with a reason one beats the other.
But I like Windrunners so I'll find reasons to make them win. Like how I think agility is very important in a fight, so they have that
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On 5/22/2014 at 6:30 PM, AerionBFII said:
I always thought they would be pretty even, it would depend more on the person and who's bond is stronger...
This is definitely the answer I go with. It's like when people say what martial art is the best. It all depends on the practitioner.
But If I had to choose, I'd say Windrunners, based on flexibility, mobility, and general (shown) martial prowess. I think the ability to send someone flying off or sticking to a wall with a touch is a pretty awesome ability, and the "danger-sense" from adhesion that was previously mentioned would be tremendously useful in a fight
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I had posted something related to this last week. You may find it useful.
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For a flame-looking one, Nightfire or Baringer Shemesh (very rough Hebrew for Sun Bringer)
For a more traditional spike/sword, Hopebinder
Cultivationy one, Tsuyoi Ha (Japanese for "Strong Leaf")
Windrunner-like one: Unsu (the name of one of my favorite kata that translates to "cloud hands")
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The spren would have to be captured first. Its the "splitting" of the spren that cases the conjoined fabrials to move together, at least in my mind.
You move one pen, and the spren in the pen moves with it, so the other "half" of the spren would similarly move with the other reed.
Now, I have no idea why reversers would work they way they do, but I'm sticking with this theory.
I hope this all makes sense, I'm *suuuuupppeeeerrrr* tired right now and my brain is at like 15% capacity, firing on one cylinder.
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On 7/26/2019 at 7:01 PM, RShara said:
It seems like the gem functions a little bit in the place of the Nahel bond, fascillitating enough of a connection between the person and the spren to get the spren to "live" a little when summoned. That would fit with why Radiants hear the spren screaming when they touch a summoned dead Shardblade.
It seems to me like the fake Nahel bond is kind of a mock fabrial, if that makes sense. It's an artificial connection rather than an organic one.
On 7/26/2019 at 8:37 PM, Q10fanatic said:If a radiant touched a dead blade that didn't have a gem, would they hear it scream? I guess we'll have to wait until Brandon reveals one of the missing caches.
I would guess probably, because the spren is still dead
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Just now, Karger said:
Not trying to be snarky trying to prove your theory. If we can't come up with a reasonable alternative then it indicates that you are correct. As such it seems like a good idea try and think of alternatives especially because your theory makes so much sense.
My bad, that's fair. I honestly never thought of alternatives, or even about this in general, it just popped in my head. I may start scouring the Arcanum and the forums to see if anyone else has another idea to see what others think
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1 minute ago, Karger said:
What else could be happening?
Idunno, man, it was just something I thought of and wanted to share.
No offense, but what's with all the snark? I'm just sharing my ideas.
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What if the reason that dead Shardblades could only be dismissed after having a gemstone attached is that the process mimics capturing a spren in a gemstone, now that we know that shardblades are just spren and fabrials require a spren. Maybe somehow the gem acts like a tether to the person bonded with it, and it is in a way holding the spren within.
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2 minutes ago, TheFoxQR said:
This is interesting. In a discussion with @Scion of the Mists in another post, they quoted the Stormfather implying that the Fused gained access to Surges at some point after their original creation. So maybe the Fused have nine orders and only one Surge each because that's more natural to Braize?
Or it could have something to do with singers being partially in the cognitive realm, and the Fused are cognitive shadows and not spren?
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3 hours ago, ScavellTane said:
It could be that spren only started granting Surges after the introduction of the Honorblades. As far as we know back then, a spren grants distinct forms to the Singers but not access to the Surges. When Syl say that the spren copied the Honorblade, there are three distinct components that I could see. The bond, the Surges and the Physical Manifestation (Bladeform). It could be that when an Honorblade is dismissed, it bears some similarity to a spren in the CR or at least the spren could perceive the similarities to copy it.
That may be possible, but I do want to point out a WoB that says that the surges granted by spren were not modeled after the Heralds, but are natural pairings. So I think the form of being blades/weapons is modeled after the Honorblades, but not the bonding itself.
QuoteKhyrindor (paraphrased)
Do the Honorblades reflect the natural pairing of Surges, or did Honor decide which Surge pair to put in each Blade?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
The pairs are natural to Roshar in the same way as the metals on Scadrial.
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1 minute ago, Karger said:
On this thread. Most of what I was saying were direct quotes from The Way of Kings by Nohodon.
Oh, I know that. That's why I quoted Doc Brown instead
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1 minute ago, Karger said:
And you will check the coppermind page for Way of Kings in world and search the things said in previous posts.
Which thing? The shard influence thing from my unity post? Or something else?
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2 minutes ago, Karger said:
You will love. You will hurt. You will dream. And you will die. And you will reread Oathbringer.
Already on my third, goncho. Or fourth, I don't remember. The first two were almost back to back. Right at the end now, actually. So that's my present.
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2 minutes ago, Karger said:
And as each man has lived so must you
"...your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one."
-Doc Brown
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1 minute ago, Karger said:
The past is the future...
Oy, you had to go spiritual, didn't you?
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I don't hate this idea, because Brandon seems to always throw little cameos in like that, but at the same time, I want Kaladin to be able to move forward with his life instead of always heading backwards and living in the past
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Just now, Karger said:
Overlord Jebus
So the Shard of Preservation embodies all preservation in the cosmere?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes but he just can't do that, right? Like, he's not infinite. The Vessels are not, even if their minds are enormously expanded by holding a Shard, they are not infinite. The Connection is all there in the Spiritual Realm
I stand corrected then, thank you
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Just now, Karger said:
You can't nullify a shard's power and influence. That would be like destroying gravity.
Do we actually know that? Again, this is all hypothetical at this point.
I guess I'm just trying to say that I think that that emotions exist outside the Shards, unless there is a WoB or proof otherwise.
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6 minutes ago, Karger said:
Odium is omnipresent. How exactly do you mean separate from him?
I just meant hypothetically. I was using him as an example. Assume you can take a Shard and completely nullify their power and influence. I think people would *still* feel emotion even without the Shard around.
Until we learn more about what Adonalsium was, we can't know how much or little he directly impacted people.
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Szeth's Spren
in Stormlight Archive
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I think this is highly likely. Why else would he assume the voidbrigners would return? I do think its possible that he did not realize he was bonding a spren and did not understand where the knowledge was coming from.
But would this be his current highspren? Or a different one?