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If any of your shadows were outside the bubble, you would have more time, but the inside ones should still be moving at the same speed relative to you, I think. I had also considered that atium might work, because you could theoretically see the bullets shadow leaving the bubble, and you could just adjust your aim until it went the right way, but I'm not entirely sure if that would work, because atiumshadows don't take into account what the person atium might do. For example, if your a mistborn burning atium, and there's a coin on the ground, you could Push on it in many different directions or at different times, which leads to a lot of possible futures for the coin, but its shadow doesn't actually split. Sorry, I don't quite understand the question. Could you rephrase that? My understanding of electrum is that the shadows split no matter what. Atium doesn't split because you see what someone else is going to do, and they are going to do that no matter what, unless they can see the future. The way I think of it is you have an arrow going from the atium user to every other object around them, because they can see the future of those objects, but none of those objects can see their own future. Add another atium burner and it creates arrows both ways between atium burners. As soon as you have an arrow going both ways, it creates a feedback loop that causes a bunch of shadows. For electrum, the arrow is automatically in a loop, because it goes from you to yourself. This WOB isn't explicit about there being multiple shadows, but it seems to imply it: So, looking at this, there might not automatically be a lot of shadows. It seems like maybe looking at the shadow causes it to split, because now that you see this future, you no longer have to follow it, so it creates other options. One way I think of it is that there's your base shadow, which shows what you would do if you weren't burning electrum. Because you see that, you can choose to change it, so that creates more shadows, showing options that you could do instead. You could call them second generation shadows. These shadows show things you might do if you were able to see the first shadow. In continues on like that, where each set of shadows takes into account the fact that you can see the ones before it. It probably stops once there are too many shadows for you to consider all of them. And, yes, this is my own theory. I haven't seen anyone discuss electrum/atium in bubbles, except for that one WOB you brought up. It's really all theoretical, especially since we haven't see electrum used other than as a counter to atium. I do think it might be possible, if very difficult. Ooh, I didn't think about using zinc before! I would imagine that you would need a lot of zinc, and you would also need to already understand how time bubble refraction works. But yeah, that could totally be a better way of doing it.

@Koloss17 Okay, sounds good! I do have some experience RPing, including with multiple characters, but admittedly not for anything this organized. As far as time and commitment go, I think I will be okay. 3rd person limited is my norm. I was just planning on separating POVs with a new heading. Will that work? I also wouldn’t necessarily keep the two of them together all the time, so hopefully that will help. I can also deliberately split them up more often if it makes things run smoother. I did think of electrum savanthood, but I have no idea what that would do. Admittedly, with the amount he’s burning, he should be at the very least heading in that direction. For simplicity’s sake, I decided not to do that, but I would certainly be willing to hear your ideas and consider it. As far as concern 1 goes, I’m willing to take on that challenge. We can do a practice scene, and that should probably give me a better feel of whether it will work. Concern 2 is a fair point as well. I do tend to be very careful about godmodding when I’ve RPed in the past. Physical speed and mental speed are also supposed to be hard to store, so they will have to worry about running out, which should help a bit. And like I said, they won’t always be together. Good feedback on the backstory as well. I will be thinking about that. I should have time for a practice scene, so, yeah, we can do that. Thanks for your help!

Hello, everybody! I would like to jump in on this. I have a pair of characters with their sheets here. There are some backstory details that I have not 100% flushed out yet, because I want to make sure that they tie in well with the existing plot that's going on here. Here is my first character: And here is the second: So, here's what my idea was for these guys' backstory that I wanted to make sure worked with what is already happening around here. I'll put it in a box so it doesn't take up too much space.

Nice to meet you. No, I have not read any non-Cosmere. Actually, scratch that, I technically have read some of the short stories, like I Hate Dragons and Defending Elysium. I mean, teleportation is pretty nice. I'll go with that.

What would I call the person who used it? So, like a Twinborn with Surgebinding instead of Feruchemy? Let's see... I really like the idea of A-iron mixed with the surge of Abrasion. Imagine Pulling yourself around, completely frictionless. That would be pretty cool. I'd call it a... Dragger, maybe? A-steel/A-iron with Adhesion would also be cool. You could stick down pieces of metal so they wouldn't move when you Pushed/Pulled on them. Don't know what I'd call that one.

If you had a route specifically designed for this, it might work well. For example, just a long rail in the air. That way nothing new is entering the bubble, so there shouldn't be much interference. You could also add duralumin to the mix, which should compress time even more, so you go even faster.

So, what would happen if you burned electrum in a time bubble? It seems that one benefit would be, it would help you predict the deflection of incoming projectiles. Theoretically, the bubble should be full of electrumshadows, because they split to show all the possible things you could do. This means that you can see the path of a bullet based on which shadows get hit, even if the bullets are aluminum. This would be especially helpful in a cadmium bubble, where you are vulnerable to people outside. It probably wouldn't help if you have a bunch of people shooting at you at once, since electrum doesn't enhance the mind like atium does, but if you just have a few enemies to worry about, it would probably keep you safe. Here's where it gets crazy. What if you could use electrum to predict the trajectory of your own shots? Say you're standing in a bendalloy bubble. You aim at someone outside, and then burn electrum. The resulting electrumshadows should show you all the possible angles you could shoot at. Theoretically, at least one angle should result in the bullet bouncing just right to hit what you were aiming for. If you train yourself to give a signal after a successful hit, then your shadows will do that if they get a hit. You then aim the same way as the shadow, and if you fire at the right moment, you should hit. This might be very difficult, but I think that it is probably at least possible to do. Thoughts?

@Ookla That’s pretty hard. Hmmm… let’s see. I might get along fine with Elend. It’s also hard to go wrong with Adolin. @Through The Living Glass Does Urithiru count? Otherwise I’m not sure. I’m not super well versed in Rosharan cultures.

Like, the ethics of it? Considering that it permanently damages the victim’s soul, I would say making spikes is never okay, but there’s nothing necessarily wrong with simply using spikes.

Well, that's fairly alarming.

Thank you! Hmm... I'm gluten free. But then again, do digital cookies have gluten?

Hi, I am new here! I got into Sanderson last summer, and I've read almost all the Cosmere. I have only not read The Lost Metal, Tress, Yumi, or Sunlit Man. Mistborn and Stormlight are my favorites series, but I can't pick between them. The Metallic Arts are my favorite magic system. I'm a Skybreaker.