Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Using the fabrial soulcasters costs stormlight. Do we know how much they can soulcast with one of them? Does the soulcaster only get the stormlight that the 3 main gems it holds gives? Or can you fuel a soulcasting fabrial with other gems? Basically is a broke joke with a soulcaster and no extra spheres able to soulcast the same volume as someone with a soulcaster who has access to a wealth of infused spheres? If you can use other spheres to soulcast with the soulcaster then does that make single essence soulcasters the lesser of the possibilities? Or does the advantage of a soulcaster with 3 of the same gems come from being able to soulcast 3x as much per highstorm? Which is more valuable a soulcaster with more of one gem or 3 seperate gems? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantus he/him Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Because the whole basis of the sphere-Gem economy is based on their usefulness to active Soulcasting, I believe it can be stored in external gems and siphoned into the soulcaster actively, assuming that nation knows the tricks (tuning forks etc). But without that it would mean those big chasmfield emeralds would have to be cut down to bracelet sizes and continuously swapped into the Soulcaster, which limits more but may be what is happening in Alethkar most of the time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 29 minutes ago, Quantus said: Because the whole basis of the sphere-Gem economy is based on their usefulness to active Soulcasting, I believe it can be stored in external gems and siphoned into the soulcaster actively, assuming that nation knows the tricks (tuning forks etc). But without that it would mean those big chasmfield emeralds would have to be cut down to bracelet sizes and continuously swapped into the Soulcaster, which limits more but may be what is happening in Alethkar most of the time. Ah. So can you take a soulcaster base and have a boatload of gems and swap them out to use whatever essence you want? Or does each soulcaster limit you to the essence it was made for only and you are limited to using those associated gems only but can change them out for more of the same. Limiting you to the soulcaster you have but allowing wealth to determine the amount of use? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 37 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: Ah. So can you take a soulcaster base and have a boatload of gems and swap them out to use whatever essence you want? Or does each soulcaster limit you to the essence it was made for only and you are limited to using those associated gems only but can change them out for more of the same. Limiting you to the soulcaster you have but allowing wealth to determine the amount of use? Based on Oathbringer Ch 65, each Soulcaster has one-to-three attuned essences. Gems are swapped when depleted or cracked: Spoiler This entire room—this entire city, really—was an exercise in ostentation. Metal leaf coated domes, the rickshaws, even large portions of the walls of this room. The Azish owned only a few Soulcasters, and famously one could make bronze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantus he/him Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 38 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: Ah. So can you take a soulcaster base and have a boatload of gems and swap them out to use whatever essence you want? Or does each soulcaster limit you to the essence it was made for only and you are limited to using those associated gems only but can change them out for more of the same. Limiting you to the soulcaster you have but allowing wealth to determine the amount of use? When faking the "normal" function of her Soulcaster, Jasnah broke one of the three gems from over-use so that seems to be the norm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Awesome. Thanks for these. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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