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    Meanwhile, a mysterious figure had kidnapped all of Thaidakar’s heirs in an attempt to obtain the Narrator’s power.
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    “Nameless? I thought he was too smart to try. Well, I suppose not everyone can be as smart as they should be.
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    Cynical nodded approvingly. “Good. So you’re one of the good ones then.”
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    “To do what, exactly? Make the worlds a better place?”
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    Cynical wasn't sure if Thaidakar had understood what he meant by 'those Narrators'. He'd meant the annoying flighty ones that tried to make everything all sunshine and rainbows.
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    For the worse, of course. Cynical just couldn't catch a break.
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    One day, Cynical wondered if Dashoni existed in other universes. He was sure she did, since all his alternate selves weren't cynical like him, but he'd never seen her. He decided not to look.
  8. NameIess
    This caused Cynical to become even more cynical.0
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    Showing alternate versions of himself the truth of the world became somewhat of a hobby to him.
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    It was very painful for Cynical to see the happy, loving person that he was in other dimensions.
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    Fortunately for them, Cynical didn't believe in interdimensional travel.
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    Man, I can't believe anyone would do something like that. It's totally cheating. Something that I, an expert player with every achievement, would never do.
  13. NameIess
    Because of this plot against him, as he saw it, Cynical began plotting to murder Philosophers.
  14. NameIess
    This only further proved Cynical's point
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    Cynical raised an eyebrow. "You see? The universe agrees with me."
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    Cynical gave Thaidakar a measuring look. "Are you one of those Narrators?"
  17. NameIess
    "Because unlike religion, where godlike beings fool humans into worshipping them, philosophy is made up of humans fooling each other into worshipping themselves. Total claptrap."
  18. NameIess
    Sure. When Dalinar first opened the perpendicularity, this was the Stormfather's reaction:
  19. NameIess
    Actually, Bondsmiths before Dalinar couldn't make perpendicularities at all. Edit- to be more accurate, Bondsmiths before Honor's death could not summon his perpendicularity.
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    Yes, it is always there, ready to be summoned. The exact quote from RoW is: In other words, the Plate spren are always prepared to be summoned, but are invisible and unsummoned most of the time, just like a Radiant spren normally is. I don't see anything that implies Plate is constantly solid, and I see plenty (Lirin hugging Kaladin without noticing that his chest has somehow expanded to at least double its normal size) that implies it isn't. Well, that works until you bring in aluminum weapons. And besides that, the Mistborn only needs like 20 minutes of Atium to win, not infinite. I don't see that as 'cheating'. I didn't say that any Mistborn could kill a fourth ideal Radiant in a battle, I gave the conditions I believed they could win under. Those conditions are unrealistic? Why does that matter? I gave the conditions I thought a Mistborn would need to win. 15 minutes of Atium at minimum, preferably 20 minutes or more, on a battlefield with plenty of metal to throw into the Radiant's Plate. Fair. However, you don't actually need a Shardhammer in order to break Plate. Just a big enough weapon moving at a fast enough speed, which you can get pretty easily by throwing armored soldiers into the Radiant with A-steel and iron. Radiants don't generally carry weapons besides their Shardblade, at least not as far as I'm aware. So if the Radiant hasn't summoned their Blade, it's a fight between an armed, pewter-enhanced assassin and an unarmed, probably a little confused, soldier. Not exactly one you'd expect the average man to win. Yes, Atium would be good enough. The only time we've seen someone's atium overcome it was against Vin, the most skilled Mistborn of all time, and she did it by reacting to him, not by giving him a no-win situation. Given aluminum daggers, a Mistborn can block and dodge, plus they have Pewter while the Radiant has no Stormligh. A Mistborn with a minute or two of Atium would shred a third-ideal Radiant quite easily. My point was that a Mistborn would have a decent chance without Atium. Get in close, leech a Radiant, get them to drop their Blade, and they've basically won. If the Radiant in question is not a Skybreaker or Windrunner, a Mistborn could win by just flying around them and using coins. Given that we've seen Larkins and Larkin-like creatures used against both Radiants and Fused in the books, I think it's safe to say that's just due to the historical info being lost.
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    Plate is not summoned most of the time. Just because it take the form of Plate most of the time does not mean it is summoned. Your point? My statement remains valid.
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    Which is why I said with enough Atium a Mistborn would win. And you’re forgetting iron and steel. A Mistborn could use nearby heavy metal objects to crack plate, or use pewter to wield a Shardhammer or similarly massive weapon capable of doing damage to Plate. Vin and Elend regularly used Koloss swords in battle. after thinking about it, I’d actually give a Mistborn pretty good odds in a fight against a 3rd ideal radiant, especially if they’re in a favorable environment like a city at night. All they have to do is get in close, then leech the Radiant, which works pretty quickly for what we’ve seen. Bonus points if you get the Radiant to dismiss their Blade, as they won’t be able to summon it again: Now, the Mistborn’s lack of healing is an issue, but they do at least have a viable win con against a third ideal radiant in a straight-up fight, even without Atium. Fourth ideal, not so much. Assassination, on the other hand, they would be very good at. Walk up to an unsuspecting Radiant while they’re off duty, grab their hand, leech them, then ram an aluminum dagger through their face. They can’t summon Blade or Plate, don’t have Stormlight, and can’t heal while the aluminum’s stuck in them even if they did. Add in soothing to keep them from being suspicious, and copper to keep any investiture detection from working, and you’ve got a very good shot at getting rid of even a Fifth ideal Radiant, assuming they don’t get any powers that counter this.
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    They would penetrate Shardplate by dodging repeatedly until the Radiant ran out of Stormlight, then slowly cracking it.(assuming live Plate works without Stormlight) Atium mistings did not die while burning Atium, they died when they ran out of Atium, after fighting for several hours.
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    Enough Atium and the Mistborn would win a straight-up fight against any order of Radiant, at any ideal. Otherwise they likely lose in a straight-up fight. A feruchemist could win with enough store of F-gold or F-steel, F-pewter.
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    1 to 17? Grapes. where is your favorite place to eat?
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