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Of course they would be used against invasion, this is the point od your Oryginal Post, right? And Invasion would end quickly under bombs, no matter how skilled generals and troops are. And Small infiltration team... Yeah, but Small team Cannot disrupt whole planet. Rosharans need to send mainly lightwaevers or Shin. And is also language problem - and this dont exist for Scadrians.

Its not WoB, it is Way of Kings.

Gemstones are (like Aluminum) magicly inert. At least partialy. This is one from few reasons they are so valuable - you cannot soulcast them.

Yeah, but those were long raids deep into enemy teritory. In our scenario, Scadrians are defenders, so trips would be shorter and could be combined with other assult for distraction, what isnt possible during long raids.

Idk... 3-4 positions should cover whole ship, like is with IIWW Bombers. I think Vivenas sword cost less. Nightblood was prototype.

Lasting Integrity is their CAPITAL. And still have just maybe 200 spren. "Multiple cities" is just few small towns. I need to remaind you that from Recreance passed just a few generations of Spren and Honorspren started from 10. With multiple machinegun turrets and coinshot escort? Dont think so. Mean, in long fight sure, they loose, but goal is to stop Windrunners and Skybreakers just long enough to allow airships drop the bombs. And Coinshots + machineguns are enough for this. Nalthis can masproduce Artificial Shardweapons.

Not really. Yugoslavia was artificial creation, composed from various nations, each with own history and many conflicts between them through centuries. It wasnt possible to maintain this for long.

But Roshar ist only place with Transformation Powers. Elantrians also have it. Is possible we will see magic economic race in addition to arms race. Not exactly the same, because you still need additional men to assemble this. But yes, this is very, very strong.

Dalinar also cruched gemstone in hands when he unbonds Oathbringer.

Not sure about soulcasting whole guns, they have too many moving parts with too many different properties. Much likely Soulcaster wuold make parts of gun and someone else would put it together. The same case with ammo.

But still have limited range. This is simply speculation, we cannot know this for now.And guns requires training and ammo. You cannot simply soulcast multicomponent ammunition.

Shoting birds was possible in 17th century Im not sure they are faster. One Lashing is 6,86 m/s2 of acceleration. They are also much biger. Yeah, this is probably it - Windrunner need to reach 3th Oath to get Squires. We also have only few examples of Sothern Scadrial Technology, and it has massive potential. Also, both sides have ways to cancel other side powers - but without Investiture Scadrial is on much better position than Roshar.

First, not all Bridge 4 was Kals Squires. Just few of them. Second, Bridge 17 isnt Teft squires, has own Radiants. Teft doesnt have Squires anymore. As well as Kal. Third, Hard numbers again. They have 200 Windrunners, 50 Knights and 150 Squires. And are not able to have more. This is fact. Not assumption. Come on, we have in our world shooters able to take down inch targets, or targets from more than mile afar, we are able to shot birds... All of this without magic or even advanced optics. Not that much longer. 1sec, or 2 maybe. But weve seen towns in Shadesmar. They dont have many spren.

But they dont. Hard numbers, bro, we know them from books. Heck, this is whole plotline in Rythm of War. 1 Knight, 3 squires. No more. Kaladin IS anomaly. Have visions in the Storm. Can comand Windspren much more than normal Windrunner. Even Stormfather calls him differently. Again, hard numbers. Even befor Recreance, numbers of Radiant spren are described as "Hundreds" not more. And still has more reason to be suspicious than Skybreakers with Kandra. Foreign magic with unknown properties isnt just wierd, is highly suspicous. Now they dont. Aluminum has field effect. 50 BMG is able to pierce throu inch of hardened steel. Give me sling or hammer strong enough to damage this. But sling or hammer is enough to damage Shardplate. Reach conclusion yourself. And now i need to send you to "Bands of Mourning", train fight and what happened to Wax. Leecher cube simply burns out his reserves. It will make the same with Stormlight. And now Im going to do very evil thing. @BenduLuke This thread is for you.

ANY sort of soulcasting is both sides. Soulcast into, soulcast from. Its possible to steal hemalurgicly power earlier given by hemalurgy (mean if someone is spiked you can spike him again with other spike and steal this power, leaving corpse with spike. So many spikes...). So you dont need gold twinborn, you need Gold Misting and Gold Ferring, and they are farly common. Lightweaver detected and compromised. Mission accomplished. Elendel has milions of population, and has Misting or Ferring basicly in every corner. They have literaly normal job Mistings like Coinshot Couriers (mentioned as common thing) or Soothers being therapists. Plus other cities on the North, even in Roughs Metalborn are not uncommon. It was 50 Windruuners with Spren, 200 in total. So one knight, 3 Squires. Kaladin is anomaly. And only Stonewards and Skybreakers have enouugh Squires. Softnes doesnt matter with enough barrelspeed. We have examples of AT-Rifle with plain lead anti-tank 7,92 mm caliber ammo and was able to punch throu 33mm (above Inch) of hardened steel. And Shardplate isnt strong as this. And they dont need plain Aluminum, bullets coated with it should be enough. Also, Scadrians have stronger Aluminum alloys with stil ant-Investiture properties. Miles has whole aluminum gun, and gun need to be strong enough to sustain pressure during shot, if is not its simply dangerous to use. Aluminum in a wound stops magical healing and wound causes Stormlight to leak. If Radiant has Aluminum bullet in brain, is dead. If he has it in spine, is dead. Eeee.... Those leeching cubes simply make powers disapear. Weve seen this in action. It is Scadrian equivalent of supressor fabrials. I dont know why they "would do nothing" to Windrunners or any other order - if Radiant steps (flies, whatever) in reach, loses powers.

Probably it replces some of the energy of whatever bond happened to be. For diamond it is covalent bond, neutral.

Probably not, but this is simply speculation. Only ionic bond has charge.

We dont know. About destrying Shardblade we get RAFO: But we know Leecher can prevent someone fro summoning the blade:

Or maybe energy of atomic bonds is replaced partialy by Investiture, so bonds are weaken than normal.

This is hundreds if not thousands years in the future from what we have now. And we dont know There are Bondsmiths there. You can Gold compounder is able to heal himself from wound caused by spike, he just need have enough health stored, because he can restore his Allomantic Powers by Feruchemical, and Vice Versa (can burn his metalminds with stored health, and heal himself even if is no longer Feruchemist). So from Gold Compounder we can get practicly as many A-Gold and F-Gold spikes as we want, with this we can get any other spike (When we give both gold powers to any other misting). And there are also Medalions. You now simply rejected WoB I gave you. With this duscusion is meaningless. And Hopeless. They knew Aluminum is usefull against Fused powers. Why Jasnah didnt make it? Aluminum arrows against stormform and all not-armored fused would be very usefull. If it is simple like you told us, why not make it allready? Why Dalinar dont have aluminum sword or armor? They know Fused have shardblades and Dalinar is prime target. Right. And is possible to beat Koloss. I think they are comparable with overall usefullness, but in terms of raw strengh Koloss outclass practicly anything non-magical enhanced (mean, they are magical in origin, but their strengh and stamina are simply physical). Do you remember how big Koloss sword was? And now imagine Koloss with gun. Hard to imagine? Check Ogryn from WH 40K. It will be like this. This is exactly it. Seeker would know about all 16 Allomantic Powers, and probably 16 Feruchemical aswell, so when he would detect something new, he would be sure it is foreign magic, and bye-bye disguise. How do you know Skybreakers are Lie Detectors? It is some WoB? I didnt know that. Besides, its possible to steal Nahel Bond with Hemalurgy, and maintain it. Oaths arent about loyality to some conflicts side (except maybe Skybreakers). Besides (again) there are plenty people who will not be Radiants. Kandra can inpose someone so good so cannot be recognised by own family, so why Skybreaker would even need to check this one? All Scadrial need is bunch of large Ettmetal Leeching cubes and all Rosharan advantages disapears. And Scadrial have much more advanced mechanical technology, so can work (and fight) without Invested Arts. Roshar (at this moment) cant. Their greatest strengh is also their greatest weakness. Perpendicularity is limited in range, and canot be maintain forever. Everywhere above that range Rosharans would die. Also, not many Radiants reach 4th Ideal, and Spren arent numerous. It is like maybe few hundreds Honorspren in total, and they are one of more numerous Spren. And anything what is needet to kill 3th Oath and below Radiant is good rifle and aluminum bullet in the head (design to stay in wound). And tin-metalborn should make preaty good snipers for me. To kill Full Shardbearer, you need just machinegun, even without Aluminum. To kill 4th Oath Radiant and above you need heavy machinegun with aluminum ammo. This is that simple.

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Yeah, but we know Scadrian gems will have the same properties of holding Stormlight, so they have the same structure. Maybe this is Stormlight effect. Gems are under constant innate pressure caused by Stormlight.

Metalborn are Connected to Preservation by genetics. Why Hoid wasnt using just Stormlight to fuel his Allomancy, but ingested metal instead? Hoid has the largest knowledge about Investiture in Cosmere, and is Lerasium Mistborn (and also Feruchemist). Why he caries metal with him on Roshar, if all he need is Stormlight? Answer is - he dont know how to do this. It isnt simple. This works for Feruchemy. For Allomancy they draw Preservations Investiture throu the metal. It is precisly stated in Hero of Ages, in Wobs, everywhere. Stormlight is Honors Investiture. Literaly Honor essence. To get access to Shard Power you need Connection to this shard. You have Connection to Preservation by being Scadrian. You have Connection to Honor by having Spren. This isnt interchangable (yet).

But this is also Connection to the planet Problem. Every spren can exist only on Roshar (for now) and this is where Radiant Powers work. Syl states clearly this. @Valigus 1. Scadrial has literaly whole race born to war. Koloss. We dont know power level, but I think they are similar to Warform Singers. 2. Everything Scadrians need to detect Lightweaver Spy is Seeker. But Rosharans have nothing to detect Kandra. 3. With Southern Scadrial Medalions and hemalurgic spikes Scadrians have potential to have whole armies with powers. Powers witch can work anywhere, unlike Radiants - they need transport Stormlight, or take Bondsmith, both tasks dificoult. And I think if Invasion rely on one person, is very bad planed. 4. Aluminum: According to this, Aluminum is not just impossible to soulcast into something, but also very hard to get by soulcasting 5. You underestimate potential of Feruchemy (like many here). F-Bronze, F-Bendaloy, F-Cadmium allow to fight whole days, F-Zinc will allow to be tactical genius with lightning speed calculations, F-Chromium can basicly give Futursight, F-Electrum can literaly turn anyone in maniacal state, F-Gold is obviuos, F-Duralumin can do the same what Bondsmith can do, And F-Nicrosil can give ALL those skills to anyone.