Lunu’anaki

Welcome!! Warbreaker is excellent if you go into it without expectations. It's a very strange mix of Genres but it's definitely worth reading for some backstory on characters you've met in Stormlight I highly recommend the "Arcanum Unbounded" collection of Cosmere short stories as well. The Emperors Soul, Mistborn: Secret History, and Shadows of Silence in The Forests of Hell are all incredible stories. Kriss's cosmere essays between stories will provide you some really cool info on Shards and their worlds as well.

It's really hard to tell.... I doubt that the entirety of their civilization is, if anyone at this point. Why would they stick around on Roshar through desolation after desolation instead of leaving if they knew they could? It's an interesting idea. There are some WoB's out there referring to an opposition to Adolnasium (which could easily just be the 16 who killed him and took up the shards) but it's also possible that it's something... bigger. In regards to Adonalsium and humans. We currently know of 3 pre-shattering races: Humans, Dragons, and Sho-Del. The Humans on Roshar are definitely descendents of Humans created by Adonalsium. The humans on Scadrial are not, ruin and preservation modeled them after Humans from Yolen. As far as I'm aware that is the extent of our exact knowledge on human origins.

Yeah, I guess it's not 100% clear but i believe the intent of it is it's a sort of sacrifice for future gain. You're at least losing the potential to do the thing while storing. That has to add up to something. 20 hours of moving through treacle must be worth more than 1 hour of it. you know what I mean?

Oh my bad. it didn’t heal his wounds though? Right?

No. He was out of breath after giving it to Denth to surprise him so she gave him all of hers to take care of business (so he could awaken again)

I have to disagree with you on this. OB made it fairly clear that all her research about the voidbringers basically amounted to nil compared to what everyone learned while she was away. She’s going to be taking on a very different role than secret-keeper now that she’s queen I think.

He say's he'll consider it for a $150 down payment and $28/hr. ...he told me to tell you he provides a "luxury" service and you won't regret buying in today. What? No. No I won't say that!! That's not a discount! ... ahem... Sorry @Wander89. Where were we?

Hahah that would be beautiful!!

Some interesting ideas. I suppose as soon as they get their hands on Duralumin and learn how to craft the engines and medallions themselves they will be making planes, etc. I don't know if it's something we'll see before Era 3 though.

Death, in all of his cute mudkip glory picked up the invaders body with one tiny arm and used water gun.

I would love to join this guild if I can!!

The only thing I see wrong with any of this is your initial refutation of feruchemy. I believe the idea that tapping a metalmind just to be able to revert to normal in order to be end-neutral is fundamentally misconstruing the nature of the magic. There is work(in a physics sense of the word) involved with storing an attribute. Storing speed requires one to expend the energy necessary to move fast--in order to move slow. Storing mental speed requires one to expend the energy necessary to think fast, in order to think slow. etc. etc. I believe this energy expenditure accounts for the additive effect you can receive from the energy by storing it over time. However, you are right that even then, it doesn't account for the physical transformation in Feruchemy, or for that matter, a number of cosmere-wide things, and I think that this theory is one of the best I've seen in order to account for that "Spiritual Realm nonsense" Great job.

I totally did. His real life was far better than his imaginary one though.

I've been there. Public transportation sucks Glad you had that book though!!

Thanks @Rask I'll definitely be fleshing out Aaron's inner monologue vs. outer actions a lot in my first revision because its something I struggle with when I'm getting words on the page. Thank you for the commentary. It's very helpful!!

Awesome. I'm getting Magic Mad Max vibes and that just screams awesomeness to me!! Hey! We're all fans of the Cosmere here. Space Opera is always a good idea lmao

Thank you very much!! Oh my, that was a big oversite on my part in formatting this post. Yes. there are a number of major and minor consequences associated with running out. Here's the main framework I have set up for this presently: Using up Lyfe energy past the average amount a typical human would would have causes bodily functions of the user to slow and/or cease. In general this is referred to as Lyfelack. There are three stages of this illness (stage 4 would be death) Stage 1: Subject feels constant lethargy, more susceptible to illnesses, illness can last longer. Subject has a cold body temperature. Given proper food and rest a Flux user will typically recover in a matter of days, this is assuming they avoid the use of Flux for this period of time. Stage 2: Dangerously low body temperatures. Bodily functions act abnormally and are slowed (causing the subject's Lyfe regeneration to slow as well) Stage two is variable depending on how little Lyfe the subject has retained. It is defined by the point where someone's bodily functions are slowed and hindered to a degree where it causes them true harm, yet they still retain the ability to regenerate Lyfe enough to recover. Depending on severity it can take anywhere from one month to a year for an individual to recover from stage 2 lyfelack Stage 3: Referred to by Flux users as "The point of no return" The point where the effects of lyfelack are so severe that the flux user is permanently incapable of generating lyfe energy in a natural manner. This means that a user will suffer from the consequences of lyfelack permanently. People with stage 3 lyfelack are commonly refered to as "Husks" Taking in an external source of Lyfe can help abate some of the symptoms of Lyfelack, however the use of flux while not fully recovered from Lyfelack can cause the progression of the illness to get worse. A person with stage 3 lyfelack who takes in Lyfe energy from an external source regularly to avoid the consequences of the illness is refered to as a "sapper" The only recognizable difference between a Sapper and a common Flux user is that a Sapper doesn't generate Lyfe in natural ways anymore, therefore subsisting off of, and burning away their store of Lyfe over time; and needing a constant source of replenishment to keep themselves from progressing back into the severe conditions of Lyfelack. Lyfe is generally proportional to calories, so an elephant would have a larger general store of lyfe than a human... but it's slightly different. It is consumed by physical, mental, and magical means So a Gorilla for example might actually have a smaller general Lyfe store than a human, because humans, having more innate sentience and magic to them, have had their biology adapted to that use of Lyfe energy. You can't take in external sources of Lyfe unless you are capable of using Flux. And not everyone is capable of using Flux. There is no hard limit on how much Lyfe you can store... however, taking in Lyfe has some psychological effects that can be very beneficial in small amounts but... overwhelming at higher amounts. I havn't fully developed this yet but essentially the energy really want's you to use it and changes your psychology in ways that make you more likely to use it. I havn't really decided on answers to these first few yet. lol Infused objects are not locked down by who infused them though, so an infuser can absolutely defuse any infused object. no matter who made it. So it's kind of like increasing the sharpness on a photograph... someone with bad eyesight might see the object better, the object would be more apparent in darkness (not brighter, just more easily recognizable) It's very subtle, but very useful in sleight of hand. People are more likely to look at an object with increased visibility than a normal object. Like how an extremely beautiful person (or an extremely crazy person) stands out in a crowd. Most people in-world think that... but most things with crystalline structures could be used/made. Salt would work for that. Right! Fluids. it's been a minute since my last high school physics class so thank you for that. It's still a rough outline so i appreciate you catching that now before I wrote it into the novel 300 times Haha thank you!! I actually hated the name Material Flux when i made it but i just needed a stand in... over time it grew on me though. I'm glad to hear someone thinks differently than I did when I created it!!

So I've been thinking after my Magic System post that I should share a sample from my book which includes the use of that magic... If you havn't seen the magic system post this should, hopefully, still be entertaining, The post which describes my magic system can be found here. This takes place a few chapters into my book and involves my main character Aaron getting to know the man who will become his mentor. Let me know what you think

Manifestations from another realm appear around you whenever using the ability. You also manifest in their realm while doing so. You can make them as dangerous or as humerous as you like.

Doesn't Kurth just make sense for an Oathgate because of how far it is from the rest of Reshir? If they need easy access to that area and can't easily get there by any other manner.. then an oathgate becomes the most useful there. Instant teleportation to the one island that is hardest to reach.

I really enjoy the concept of priming explosives as a magic system. Is this the only magic system on your world was there something before this disaster struck? You've got some good cost in there with the potential to wither away if someone gets too trigger happy. and speaking of triggers... the way each material requires a different triggering mechanism is really interesting and I think you chose some good ones. Those will be fun for you to play around with while writing!

Beautiful. Thank you. My 2AM brain wasn't clever enough to catch on to the whole Time-is-Space thing without that push. Ahhhhh. Super off topic but I've heard that Hoid experiences large gaps in time where he "doesn't remember anything"... I wonder....

I feel like... hmmm What would happen if you opened a speed bubble inside of another speed bubble?

I'm not exactly sure I follow the Alcubierre Drive WoB either... I checked out the Wiki article of the Drive found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive But I think there is something I'm missing. How would a speed bubble warp space in the manner suggested by this drive?

I could care less what order he joins. I just want to read Wayne and his Spren's conversations.