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  1. NameIess
    Moni glanced up at the window, then continued filling out the form. I know algebra, a little geometry, trig, and some calculus.
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    He has the skills, but fighting someone in full regenerating shardplate with a shapeshifting blade that cuts through anything (disregarding other powers) head on is pretty stupid when all you can do is teleport. You move around them, disorient them, make them constantly watch for you out of the corner of their eye, until finally you wear them down enough to kill them. His powerset is perfect for "pursuing" people, and that's where his skills lie. Not in fighting on a battlefield, but in hunting his prey, constantly harrying them, until he eventually wears them down or finds them in a moment of weakness. The wording implies one more fused, not multiple. She was almost immediately beaten by the first fused she fought, and only survived because she took him by surprise with her powers. Sure, she would have been more effective using her powers to their fullest, but why didn't she? Because they would have swarmed her immediately. Additionally, she had access to tons of stormlight, without worry of using it all up or needing to save some for later. Seriously, Dalinar as a source of infinite stormlight cannot be overrated. Jasnah didn't need to worry about her plate breaking, because it would simply repair itself. Ancient radiants? How many battles do you have to fight in between storms? Run out of stormlight? Too bad. The fused didn't run out of voidlight. Now you have to fight them with only the heralds as surgebinders. And plate probably takes a huge amount of stormlight to repair. After the disaster at the Tower in tWoK, over 1,000 soldiers in Dalinar's army gave their spheres to repair Dalinar's armor, and it was still missing pieces. Now, radiant plate is obviously more efficient, and quicker, but I'm guessing that repairing it takes a massive amount of stormlight.
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    I mean, Jasnah in plate got beaten pretty easily by a fused. She only won because she took him by surprise with her powers. Lezian could probably outlast most radiants in plate, slowly wearing them down. Even if he couldn't win in single combat, him and a group of soldiers could do it. He could get the radiant on the ground, then the ordinary soldiers come in with hammers to break the plate, and he takes the kill. Add to this he's almost impossible to actually kill, (unless you convince him that retreating will destroy his legacy) and his teleporting ability lets him potentially ambush a radiant at almost any time. So the radiant would have to be constantly alert. Lopen with shardplate might manage to survive a couple encounters with the pursuer, but how long would it take before he gets ambushed without enough stormlight? How long would he last on the battlefield with Lezian constantly ambushing him, zipping in from behind at just the wrong moments?
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    Hey Frustration. I think one of your questions for Brandon has technically been answered. Windrunners should be able to make homing arrows without a bondsmith's help. When Kaladin killed the pursuer for the second time, he used a reverse lashing to pull on the pursuer's head, then walked away, leaving the lashing on the ground. So you don't need constant contact in order to maintain a reverse lashing, at least not if you're skilled enough.

    1. Frustration

      Frustration

      Thanks Nameless though I feel I wasn't clear, I ment homing arrows like, "Could a Windrunner, with or without Bondsmith help lash something at someone so that it will endlessly follow them."

      Reverse lashings, while close, require you to touch them at at least some point, I'm trying to find a way to target a person without touching them.

    2. NameIess

      NameIess

      You don't have to touch someone to target them with a reverse lashing. You just think about what you want the thing you're lashing to pull on, and therefore be pulled on by. Invest enough stormlight in an arrow, and viola! you have an arrow that pulls towards whatever you wanted it to. Give it a half lashing upwards, and now it's anti-gravity too.

      I get what you're saying though. being able to lash yourself normally towards a moving object would be useful.

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    TLT has a very confusing history. There's sometimes plot, mostimes just randomness. Nameless gave me most of his history knowledge, but he doesn't know everything that happened here. I have some scattered memories of random plot mostly. I remember something about a duel between an epic and a shard that resulted in Calamity doing something evil, I remember the candy wars, some stuff about someone named Sophie, (I think that was her name. And someone called Withy?), and of course the Ghanderflaffle massacre.
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    Kaladin is the most skilled radiant in modern day, and probably a contender for most skilled ever. Saying the pursuer losing to him makes him a weak fighter is like saying miscellaneous cosmere. Kaladin fought two shardbearers at once with only minimal stormlight and a shardplate helmet. Kaladin beat the assassin in white, who had years of training with all ten surges, only a few months after even discovering his powers. He killed a shardbearer in single combat with only small amounts of stormlight and zero experience in fighting them. I said it earlier, and I will say it again. Any other radiant besides Dalinar, Szeth, or Jasnah, would have been hard-pressed to survive their first encounter with Lezian. Of those, only Dalinar and Szeth could actually beat him in combat. Dalinar with his bondsmith powers, Szeth with Nightblood. Teft? dead. Lopen? dead. Lift? she might run away for a while, but in the end? dead. Shallan? dead. Name one radiant besides Dalinar, Kaladin, and Szeth who could beat him in combat. Jasnah lost to a run-of-the-mill regrowth fused, and was forced to take him by surprise with her powers. you think she could kill the Pursuer? He'd teleport away before she could ever soulcast him into flame or anything of the sort. Her only option would be to flee to the cognitive realm. Shallan? He can disrupt her illusions by flying through them.
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    The question isn't whether the Stormfather would hold him to it, it's whether Dalinar would hold himself to it.
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    tWoK Prime spoilers: Additionally, killing Gavilar would break Dalinar's oath to yield to Gavilar, which could have an effect on his bond with the Stormfather.
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    Moni considered for a moment before writing down her answer. I would go somewhere that has less narrators. tst might be nice. It's generally more peaceful there.
  10. NameIess
    The part where I didn't have to be around narrators.
  11. NameIess
    Moni sighed for a third time, then wrote: That time when a consultant convinced me to walk into a mysterious castle and forced me to fill out a bunch of forms that contained information about my character, for reasons unknown.
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    Moni glanced up at the consultant. "You I don't have a backstory. How am I supposed to answer this? I have very few memories that aren't awful."
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    Moni stared confusedly at the answers on the form. When had she written those? She erased them and started over. Favorite Food: Chili Least Favorite Food: Pepperoni pizza Interests: Music, food, fencing, Ghanderflaffle history Hobbies: Cooking, playing the guitar, blacksmithing Least Enjoyable task: Dealing with narrators
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    Moni quickly scribbled down her answers: Employer: Nameless Number of employees working at your location: 2-3 Industry currently employed in: Avatar Job you would like to have if you could: Chef
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    Well, actually you were right that Jasnah didn't have a functioning soulcaster, but everyone thought she did.
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    Moni sighed again and filled out the sheet, then handed it to the consultant. Full name: Moniker S. Lazarus Birthdate: Jan. 6 2022/Jan. 6 2000 Yearly Income: $0 and conditional immortality Current Marital Status: Unmarried Race/Ethnicity: Undecided
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    Moni sat, wondering why she had ever thought coming here was a good idea.
  18. NameIess
    Moni sighed, walking into the room.
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    Moni wondered if she could make a break for it. Maybe the stairs only looked like they closed. Illusions where a thing, right?
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    Moni started rethinking her life decisions.
  21. NameIess
    Was bored.
  22. NameIess
    "Uh, consultant person? Are those stairs supposed to do that?"
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    But she had a working soulcaster. Shallan only swapped it after Jasnah killed the men.
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    Moni glanced around apprehensively.
  25. NameIess
    That's because the investiture source comes from stormlight. To be honest we don't know a lot about the effects of aluminum on the cognitive and spiritual realms.
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