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Does Taln have his Honorblade back and if so when did he get it back and do we know anything about its journey specifically? Kind of getting into the Stone Shamans and a new curiosity has been piqued. Thanks a ton my 17thshard homies!

How physical do you think a peakspren is in the physical realm? Are they limited by walking or can they enter any rock and appear out of any other rock? At 3rd ideal a radiant can summon a blade from anywhere and the spren transports instantly... can a peakspren be moved via thought sooner than that? A slinger... with a peakspren. Could they use the spren as a projectile?

I know there are instances of radiants throwing their shards. Im trying to think of the best options on a ranged sort of shard weapon. I think throwing knives, javelin, axes etc. would work just fine but as an avid archer I am curious about an arrow shape. How does the javelin throwing of shards work cutting the soul? How would an arrow work? Does it have to hit the spine or does it just destroy any organ it hits? While not severing the spine, nearly any torso hit would likely pass through at least one vital organ. But how fast will that kill an enemy? A gut shot could take a long long time to kill. I say arrow because I assume it cant be made into a functioning bow. And even if it could its the arrow that cuts not the bow itself right? Wouldnt this offer so much more range and projectile speed compared to the others. I dont imagine mass matters so much when you sever all living souls and non living with ease. How well would it work for the spren to form and reform over and over again in the ideal arrow shape? Also... do shards all weigh less out of choice or is it the fact of the metal they are formed from regardless? I ask because it wouldnt ve the arrow you have to worry about breaking or retrieving in this case but your bow needs to be sturdy enough to launch it. Perhaps this would allow you to shoot a laughably low poundage option and get all the same effectiveness as far as penetration goes?

Could it seperate Harmonium into Lerasium and Atium.

I appreciate how you break down awakening. I guess in my mind I have oversimplified it so much that it isnt fair to the Nalthian version of the types of biochromatic entities. I know that nothing on Roshar is making awakened objects where these things that were dead or inanimate are now acting on their own due to some form of endowed power. We know true awakened objects even have the capacity to see and sense the world around them. Im certainly not suggesting that Vivenna's cloak is achievable by anything Roshar. I am finding plausible ways to create, through surges, scenes that I envisioned would only be possible through awakening and I guess that is why I so often use the term awakening or pseudo awakening for. For example... Im now introducing my kid to all of the marvel movies, and while this is likely a lame example I am a total nerd and this imagery is stuck! The Doc Ock or iron Spider arms. For a long time I thought 20,000+ breaths was the only way it would ever happen through cosmere magic. To have extra long arms pop up around the user and carry them around as well as shield or attack enemies would be epic. But the 9th heightening to awaken metal is unachievable I dont even feel good about assigning it to a character in my own mind. So awakening from that sense... having 4 extra limbs made of metal or rope that are capable of being controlled and moved around. Ironically I think, in this sense, the evil Doc Ock where the arms take over is far more of a risk with traditional awakening because if you awaken metal it becomes alive and sentient and has its own ideas and will... the only thing that stops Nightblood from destroying half of the population over night is that he has to be held to do so. How would you control truely awakened Doc Ock arms? But if Tension is able to cause a steel rod or cables to undulate and be controllable by the users mind that achieves the same goal. If lightweaving a disguise around myself that looks like arms and suddenly that lightweaving carries mass then I can use those arms in the same way, again maintaining control. So yeah. It probably isnt fair to classify this as awakening. Nothing is being awakened and given life. But the manipulation and control you have over it has me very excited. It still makes me feel icky that they are surges. Roshar gets all of the good stuff. I can make a doc ock inspired character that wont lose control of its arms, doesnt cost 20,000 lifetimes worth of resources, and can heal instantly from getting their throat slit or having their tongue cut out. As much as awakening is still likely my favorite system, this just outshines it and bonding a spren is far more likely than getting a medium cities worth of people to hand over their life force.

I appreciate the concern. I have been on the forums for a few years and have voiced my opinions and dislike of the SA for all narrative reasons. The only investment I have in the franchise is the magic. So when spoiler season is gone I feel quite free to ask for spoilers in the general cosmere discussion. You dont have to worry about protecting me from myself. If I ask for spoilers its because I really dont care what happens narritively. I just come for the magic system. @Treamayne Thanks for the snip. I imagine I will eventually get to listening to it in its entirety. For now its one scene at a time. I really really enjoyed the Vasher Vs Kal scene in RoW. One day folks... one day I may sit through the books in their entirety.

I am curious if the soulcasters ability to soulcast is storable for a nicrosil metalmind.

Nope. But If you wouldnt mind giving me a chapter I will check out the scene. Probably wont read it. Just want the magical highlights.

It seems like Shallans illusions may have been able to physically clash with individuals. Is she soulcasting mass into the illusions some how? Can she create an illusionary floating weapon and have it fight and physically cut like a normal sword? Wouldnt that be the ultimate Roshar awakening?

So I am looking for ways to get multiple surges that are not connected. To be specific, tension and soulcasting. I saw Moon Knight and love the way his wraps and costume appear around him. I assume soulcasting is the best way to achieve that as you could simply soulcast the fabric literally from thin air. Then tension... because if you have a bunch of wraps and fabric why not control it like a total boss with my personal favorite surge. So please. Help me brainstorm the ways to get those 2 surges specifically. Please avoid the obvious of bonding multiple spren.

The reason I say pseudo is because I dont believe a rope manipulated with tension is going to be in the same class of invested object as something that is awakened with breaths. The awakened rope with breaths moves based on the command and will continue to do so long after the awakener walks away. You could awaken a rope to run a motor for your generator for a long long time. But with tension, I dont know that that rope will do what you want it to do after you leave. Maybe it will? If that is the case then this is even more epic imo.

And tension is usable on non living things! This is the steel cable doc ock arm dream that can be realized without needing to have 9th heightening. Perhaps controlling multiple arms at once would be difficult and require some skill? But still closer than awakening and more in the users control than hoping the command works right. Plus it does invest the item too so would that make them resistant to shards as well? I would think so given that focused ones flesh becomes shardproof while under tension.

This sounds like a better version of Awakening with the limitation of range and touch while using it. (No awakening clothes and walking away while they wrestle your opponent). Thanks for these. I think the RPG is pretty close to canon. I know its not entirely but I feel like a big selling point was that Brandon was working closely with that team no?

I appreciate the concern. I am not invested in the story at all for SA. Its just not my jam and I dont have 120 spare hours to catch up. I just like the magic usage and would skip all of the story gladly to see how the system is shaping up.

Having not read the book yet I have to ask. Did Kalak only do that at close range while touching Szeth? Any idea what chapter this happened in so I can skip ahead and spoil it for myself?

Lore point and due to my lack of understanding about rysium daggers. Do they not cut the soul? Did they fail this matchup because they wouldnt make it through the carapace? Is carapace considered living or invested after it is grown?

I am not sure what purpose the equipment served in this scenario at all. Is equipment a baseline portion of the matchups even if it isnt applicable to any sort of outcome or narrative scene?

I think a stoneward could certainly manipulate movement and even turn a rope into something that wraps up and then hardens around people in a similar fashion to an awakened rope... But how much fine control do you think they have on the objects of their tension and cohesion manipulation? Can either of these be used at range or is it only by touch? I assume a barefoot stoneward could turn the ground they stand on into quicksand outward in a direction... or even select the portion of the ground near them that they want to turn fluid before it swallows up an enemy and they turn it back to rock. As cool as making the floor a cooler trap than lava is... if they couse use it at a range and cohesion an enemies shirt enough to constrict their respiratory muscles from working properly that would be insane too.

How much control does progression have over the shape any plants may take if they use progression on seeds. Could they take seeds for trees and vines and warp them to grow an encapsulating armor or weapons like King Groot or is that more verdant aethers thing?

Good WoB. So no to shardblade. More of an honorblade thing. Although what is living? What is not? Is nightblood living in a similar way to honorblades? Didn't they sort of teach him or something? (Spoilers welcome as far as im concerned but I didnt read the last 2 stormlight).

I dont know what duralumin would do for a shardblade cut because we dont know what that metal would do... Definately if anyone wanted to be a shardblade killing machine I think an aluminum Gnat takes the cake.

Wouldnt a cut through lumbar be like any other shard vs spine injury and result in burnt out eyes and death? What counts as spine in the case of instant death via shard cut?

Given Szeth's ending in WoR it appears that regrowth can heal a shardblade through the spine, but can passive stormlight from a radiant heal a shardblade through the spine? I feel like I have seen that some of the windrunners may have died in this way but I need someone to spoil it for me truly. We have seen that a gold ferring can heal a shardblade wound. I know stormlight healing is OP but I feel like someone with Miles compounding who could be tapping from multiple goldminds at once all located at different spots could probably pull it off.

Between Shadowcat and other heroes or shots of people like the kid from Race to Witch Mountain. Phasing or passing through solid objects is an epic power. I feel like surges are close on this one. However they are used in a slightly different way. The Deepest ones already can walk through rocks and stuff. We see peak spren walking through stone as well. I cant wait till a book devoted to all the fun things a stoneward can do. This power set fascinates me. I think it can do so much more than just turning cloth into weapons and stoneshaping. The fused counterparts to each surge are totally epic but I think they just found the point blank most combat capable use and are glossing over other potential uses.

Simple question, though I may regret asking it, can Tension and Cohesion be used together to turn a persons body into a rubbery consistency? Or is this more an old magic type of thing?