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F-Zinc would mean that we would create an AI in a matter of months. That AI would either lead us to a total dystopia or utopia. Oh? am I being too literal? My bad....

I think that's exactly what would happen. Seeing as TLR aged up pretty fast after Vin ripped his metalminds out. If you compounded atium like that you'd totally transform into a baby and age back really fast Honestly, I'm sad Atium isn't around anymore. I want to witness this happen in a book.

I've always thought a Warbreaker prequel game where you play as Vasher with Nightblood would be a cool action RPG in a style similar to Witcher 3. Stormlight as an RTS is such a good idea! That is brilliance on a whole new level!! You need to pitch this to Brandon as soon as possible. You might end up with a key role in the development process

Caleb is one I’m my favorites from campaign 2 as well!! Liam is incredible! It truly is! It may take awhile but at least you’ve got plenty of content to keep you busy!! I recommend starting with campaign 2 episode 1 they started streaming their first campaign in the middle so it’s a weird starting point and the recording starts off really rough. Campaign 1 is excellent but it’s something better to watch after you familiarize yourself with them as a group!

thanks! I wonder how surges relate to the metallic arts, if at all. If so then maybe ferochemical speed plays into it somehow but that’s the only other thing I can think of... besides Selish teleportation and perhaps Soul/Cognitive transport upon death.

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Lol. I’m starting to think it’s too late for that I still think this argument lends itself to transportation in terms of its use by surgebinders... because it’s relevant concerning the possibility of having differences between the orders who can use it. Are Jasnah, Oathgates and perpendicularities our only solid examples of the use of transportation as a surge?

Who on the Shard watches Critical Role? The famous Dungeons and Dragons Twitch stream/podcast? I'd love to hear from you, your theories, your favorite characters, and more! Let's Talk Critrole! As a rule of thumb, let's leave spoilers for recent episodes to a minimum.

Okay, Okay. I see your point. I don't see much of a problem with everything he does being credited to her meddling though. She is a shard who can see the future afterall.

I'm in here a bit late but I wanted to say you've got something really great here and I look forward to seeing more!! As was stated above, the POV changes are a lot to take in, consider reworking the scene to fit into one, maybe two character's perspectives. And only switch perspectives once. I could see this scene taking place from Aevan's perspective all the way up to the point that Jerrin wakes up to the smell of smoke. Aevan is a very interesting character!! Jerrin and Meria's dynamic in the beginning is great. I'd love to see where this story goes.

Well I've only got like 4,500 words this month. Will one of you punch me? Thanks in advance.

I'm not so sure the effects of her touch don't play into other things as well. I see what you're saying though. It's a complete cycle. But since she's succeeded do you think she will just leave him alone? I get the vibe that Cultivation is going to want something out of him now that she's put him in position to fight Odium effectively. Yes. probably. maybe... But Dalinar was able to do it specifically because he got his memories back and was able to take the Thrill in and not succumb to it. That only happened because of the effects of her touch.

Much appreciated. Thanks to both of you!!

A couple things to consider: (That basically only Brandon can answer) How do bullets effect Shardplate? Would a Shardblade kill a lifeless the same way it kills a human? If so, can an awakener use a breath to bring it back after if there was no internal damage?

I agree, I don't think "Primary surge" is actually a real thing. Some individuals may have an affinity for one or the other but I don't think it's order specific. I think that the way surges interact with eachother will cause variation. Not limiting one's abilities with a singular surge, but instead providing the surgebinder with methods of using both surges to create various effects that another order would be incapable of. (See: Shallan's "Physical Illusions" in the battle of Theylen Field, Dalinar's ability to fix broken objects, etc.) That being said, it leads me to believe that "Elsecallers" have a more Cognitive Realm focus to their transportation surge, due to their affinity with the cognitive realm in the Transformation Surge, while (if our 3-realm theory here is correct) Willshapers might have an easier time with teleportation due to the cohesion surge supporting a 3-realm shift rather than a 2-realm one, because, well... that's just cohesive. That's not to say Elsecallers will be incapable of instant teleportation if it is possible. Just that Willshapers might have an easier time wrapping 3 realms around their surge than an Elsecaller might. as a side note: Elsecaller would make plenty of sense as a name granted to people who are often traveling/bringing people to a strange realm full of orb-oceans and giant spren as well, so I'm not sure their name changes anything either way.

You're probably right, but I think if this Primary/Secondary thing is true then surges must operate differently for different orders in some capacity. We already know this is true for Bondsmiths as the stormfather outright clarifies it with Dalinar multiple times. I don't think Bondsmiths are a special case. I think it has something to do with the interactions between surges.

Hey, Welcome to the Shard!! I even feel the pain of not knowing many Sanderson fans and I live in NYC where you'd expect to find Cosmere nerds like myself You've come to the right place to find people though! Enjoy it here!!

The Big question is, what time period are we talking? Are we just taking the society as we've seen them in published works? If that's the case then I would say Sel has this fight in the bag. Aons can do so many incredible things because they are essentially using investiture in its least restricted form. I think Scadrial has them at a close second. Nalthis and Roshar are far behind unless Roshar gets both Radients AND Voidbringers, in which case Roshar might have a shot against Scadrial but I still think Sel would have them beat. Now... If we are talking say... Post-Stormlight as a time period for this event, I'm inclined to believe that Scadrial would have much higher level tech than anyone, atleast much better than Roshar and Nalthis. It's hard to tell what Sel would even look like at that point because it's almost 5000 years after the events of Elantris. So I think Scadrial would win hands down in that setting.

Are there any WoB's or book mentions of the possibility of a person forming Nahel Bonds with multiple spren? Could Someone be a Windrunner/Lightweaver or something else? (forgetting the ultimately contradictory implications of that oaths-wise) On this topic, is it possible for someone like Renarin to be a squire to Kaladin, even though he has his own separate Nahel Bond?

Welcome @asmodeus!! (I love the name by the way. Are you a Dungeons and Dragons player?) Please link that here once you post it! I would very much like to give that a read!!

Hello @Dulator and welcome!! The bigger picture, eh? I like it too. Brandon is a clever guy and I love how tied together and deep the Cosmere is!! I have a feeling you're gunna like it here!!

Welcome to the Shard!! I'm new as well and I'm loving every second of it!!

Really? I'd be surprised if that's the case. Well.. to clarify, I'd be surprised if what she's already done to Dalinar did not come into play heavily throughout the rest of the series. I think her touch on him has more to it than just what we saw in Oathbringer and I have a feeling that it's about more than just being able to capture that Unmade.

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