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Retribution: "Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act" - seems pretty spot on to me when mixing honor and hatred. My initial guess was it could have been something like "Revenge" (maliciously keeping an oath), so Retribution wasn't far off. I think if Retribution were to combine with Valor, we'd see something like Justice or Restitution.

For what we have, it's good. But we don't have everything - just two Radiant orders (Windrunner and Lightweaver), and most character trees are only 2/3 paths complete. So it's cool, but advancement leaves a bit to be desired.

Brandon's hinted at Arcanum Unbounded 2 happening at some point, so I'm wondering what everyone would want to see in a second volume. I think it's a given that we'll see at least: Mistborn Secret History 2 Storydeck 1 (All Hail King Lopen) Storydeck 2 (Jasnah in Shadesmar) Some sort of short story from the Cosmere RPG (similar to the 11th Metal/Allomancer Jak stories from the Crafty Games books) And I wouldn't be surprised if they included Dawnshard just to compile it. I'm also hoping we get something about the Humans on Ashyn meeting Odium for the first time, a story from the perspective of a shard we haven't seen, and the Rock Novella, Horneater. Thoughts?

I have a local group that I've been taking through the beta and home-brew materials, and there's a point where one of the Alethi captains is taken over by the Thrill, and one of my players managed to shoot an arrow through his greave to pin his hand to the wall, and our decidedly non-combantant scholar (in the middle of combat) decided she wanted to try to talk him down from his Thrill high (a la Dalinar in Oathbringer), and when I had her roll + raise the stakes, she rolled a Nat 20 with a nat 6 opportunity on the plot die.So the Alethi captain ended up joining their party as an NPC.

Hey folks, I've not been able to find any WoBs on this subject, so I'm wondering if any of you know or have an idea here. At the start of the chapter, it says Kaladin is in a place where the wind hates him, and when he meets up with Wit, Wit suggests it’s another planet. On what planet and in which realm is Kaladin in during this chapter? I've seen some Reddit posts that suggest it's the Cognitive realm of Braize, but it doesn't seem to be how we've seen Shadesmar described anywhere else. Question 2: Mistborn Spoilers

Me at 1:30pm on Koloss Head Munching Day:

Ooh, that's a tough one. I do love some Rosharan stormlight, but the Twinborn magic system of Era 2 is so much fun, so probably twin born Allomancy and Feruchemy. I'm a Willshaper per the Knights Radiant quiz, so I do have a bias towards lightspren, but also I've always thought Cultivationspren were super cool in design. I'm a Wayne fan through and through. Give me Bendalloy and Gold any day. Or steel and gold, because steelpushing would be so much fun, but I'd be terrified I'd break all the bones in my body if I tried to fly. It's SO much fun. I'm a long time Fantasy Flight Star Wars GM, so the plot die is very reminiscent of their system. I love that the Cosmere system focuses on narrative first, and really allows for non-combatant players to have time to shine. 1. Steelpush/Coinshot for sure. 2. Willshaper! (though Edgedancer was a close second) 3. See above, but it's very much like if DnD and FFG Star Wars had a baby, and I think it really captures the strengths of each system, while ignoring some of the weaknesses. DnD errs on becoming to combat heavy if you're not careful, and Star Wars' narrative system can be kind of intimidating for people who have difficulty thinking more improvisationally and want to know if their dice rolls did the thing or not. So the Cosmere RPG keeps the "yes you did or no you didn't" aspect, but allows for much more fluidity in storytelling with the Plot die. Wayne and Adolin are my top two. Always. As for my Breath, I'm trying to build up to skip capacity, so I'll have to politely decline

Hi everyone! I attended Dragonsteel Nexus 2024 (and Worldhopper Ball) where I was introduced to the 17th Shard, so I decided to make an account here to get more involved in the community! I read my first Brandon Sanderson book, Steelheart, right around the time it first released, but didn't actually take the dive into the Cosmere until mid-2023, and since then, I've read everything, including Wind and Truth. I'm also an active member of the Colorado Springs Coppermind Book Club (where I'm based out of), and have been beta testing the Cosmere RPG as a GM. Super excited to be a part of the community!