Koloss17

Alright folks! I have taken up an undertaking. I'm making a full Magic set (around 250 cards) based solely on Mistborn: The Final Empire. I have been going at this for a few weeks now, and have made enough progress and am dedicated enough to post. Thus far, I have close to 100 card ideas, and am shifting things into playtest mode. I don't want to make an idea for a full set and then realize there's a major design flaw, so I'm sticking to a bit over a third of the planned cards, playtesting a bit with those, and then carrying on. I don't have a lot of cards that are presentable just yet, but I do have the base 9 Allomancers in playtest-ready forms. Here's what I got so far! Lurcher/Coinshot Tineye/Pewterarm Rioter/Soother Smoker/Seeker And Augur I will soon be showing archetypes, but for now, feel free to stay updated and suggest here! https://www.mtgnexus.com/customcards/3905-mistborn-the-fin/ Additionally, feel free to make card or set suggestions on this post! let me know what you think!

Honestly, this is how I would ideally want copper compounding to work. It’s just so much more fun that way! Your theory also has quite a lot of merit, and I definitely agree with your points.

That’s a very good point! I would suspect they would be a form of cultivation’s godmetal, or at the very least, ebbing life light. Nice catch!

It’s been a while, with a few incomplete poems, but a proper short story has arisen. It’s a different interpretation of the story of Pygmalion, with him wielding the man-shaping clay that Prometheus used to make humanity. without further ado, here’s Misshapen Clay!

Ohhhhh that might make sense! I like that theory!

Ya’know, generally I’m not wild about thread necromancy, but this has just spiced things up quiiite a bit. Thanks for the addition! Hmmmmmmmmm…what does this mean? I mean, yellow is Odium’s color, and red is the color of corruption of investiture. So in RoW, I assumed Kal was giving into Odium, corrupting the bit of honor he had. But would that mean he was properly channeling Odium all the way back in TWOK?

Man, this makes me want to get more stories on Lumar. I know it’s unlikely, but learning about whatever Xisis is studying would be soooo cool.

You know, I’d love to know if I’ve been calling reverse-compounding the wrong thing this whole time. I was honestly under the impression that it was the breaking of end-neutrality of feruchemy, but honestly I could be totally wrong.

Perses needed no other invitation. Grabbing hold of a vase, which in retrospect was probably quite valuable, he drained. Perses assumed it was colorful, as vases generally were. Guessing at the command that Cobalt used, Perses launched a similar cloth. It hit a nearby creature, wrapping in a much less efficient coil. The creature would be able to get out of that one quite easily, but it could at least be delayed. flaring “bronze”, among his other senses, Perses worked on dodging the creature’s advances. Bullets likely did nothing to them, which is unfortunate, but at the very least, he can avoid being hit. making his way over to Cobalt, Perses shouted to him; “how do we stop these things? Can the be killed?” Everything can be killed, it just depended on how easy it was to do, and if Cobalt knew how. Keeping careful track of the other guests, who were hopefully heading this way, he followed.

Yeah that’s the big question. I don’t even know if we have confirmation that primer cubes CAN use feruchemy. Given that it’s implementing a god metal that encompasses the entirety of the magic system of Scadrial, I feel like it should, but I don’t really know.

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Of course! The two, I feel, are almost mutually exclusive from each other. It works fantastically as a stand-alone, and I had a blast listening to it. I’d recommend giving it a listen, even if you haven’t read and/or don’t plan on reading Dark One before Brandon Sanderson makes the novelization.

Spoilers for Dark One: Forgotten ahead! If you have not listened to Brandon Sanderson’s latest audiobook collab with Dan Wells, I highly recommend you listen to it. It’s a great 6 hour journey that I’m sure you’ll love. with that out of the way, let’s begin. So Dark One: Forgotten takes place a bit before the original, with a story exploring Malmahan’s misdeeds. Additionally, it gives context to the brief mention of a podcast being used as evidence for Malhaman’s murders. However, this doesn’t seem to be the same murder case. In Forgotten, there are 42 strictly LA-based murders done by Malmahan, with Malmahan himself saying that there were many, many more. In the comic, however, there are 15 strictly New York-based murders, with Malmahan claiming that he committed 13 additional murders. To go further, Forgotten is set in 2022, whereas Dark One seems to be set in 2020. Given that Forgotten is meant to act as a prequel, that doesn’t add up. So either Forgotten is non-canon, which seems unlikely, it is an intentional discontinuity in-world, which I also doubt, or Dark One’s canon will be rewritten with the writing of the Dark One novel. Personally I’m betting on the last one, but I have know confirmation. Has Brandon Sanderson said anything about this?

Honestly, I really liked it! It hit a really nice niche for me as a Doctor Who fan, with the horror being exploring a terrifying hypothetical (in this case the question of “what if everyone forgot you existed?”). It was a wonderful ride, and I felt that it was an excellent addition to the Dark One series. Honestly, I feel like it could stand alone, unconnected from Dark One. Personally, I enjoyed the short length of the story, compared to other audiobooks Brandon Sanderson has done in the past. I felt it could convey a thrilling story in a pleasantly short amount of time, and there wasn’t a single part that I felt I wanted to go faster. The voice acting was fantastic, and I loved the unorthodox approach to storytelling that is criminally underutilized. That said, there’s quite a bit that I feel goes against what is said in the original Dark One, and I’m not sure if that is a rewriting of the canon or if it is an intentional in-world choice. Overall, I really liked it and am excited to see Sanderson and Wells collabs in the future!

A new entry has arisen! here’s On Two Feet.

That is an interesting thought! One key thing to consider, however, is that there is a price to be paid for the bond. What price would that be? Now here’s a thought, which is actually quite similar to yours. What if the vessel-shard bond is a spiritual bond? It is a contract, much like that of nahel bonds, yet it runs much deeper. It exacts the price of limiting actions of the bearer and eventually effecting their spiritual identity to be that of their own. It seems to be a fairly decent candidate.

Perses, head down, opened his senses once more. To his horror, the house creatures were right there. Perses froze, anticipating their next move. They approached, from all sides. From them, one emerged. It’s body morphing, it’s heartbeat changing. As it morphed, it’s heartbeat ended up beating to the same rhythm as Malsam’s. Was it copying her? He silently cursed, as he wished, not for the first time, that he could actually see what was going on. He cursed again as Malsam opened her mouth to speak. "I mean you no harm, Watcher. Not so long as you mean me none. What is the reason you are here?" From what Perses had felt during his probing, they were not negotiators. Perses didn’t dare speak further, but he did pay close attention as the creatures in the shadows advanced, approaching behind the others. As Perses opened his mouth to warn them, Willow bolted, Vivi in toe. Ruin. Perses flared his senses. Bronzesense, lifesense, hearing, touch. He was using unsustainable amounts of each, and because of his in depth probing earlier, they might not last. Luckily, fights often ended quick. Making his peace with Death, and praying to both Harmony and the Survivor, Perses raised his gun towards the Malsam copy and fired, right at the center of the creature.

So are we considering general fortune a shard has? Because I feel that can lead to quite the edge in any sort of large scale attack. Odium, for example, while powerful, is not particularly adept at thinking ahead (well, pre-TOdium I suppose). Cultivation, Endowment, and maybe Autonomy, on the other hand, are quite high on fortune, and are up to their metaphorical knees in schemes.

Hmmmm. Maybe. But it is worth noting that luhel bond seems to be more exchange-oriented. You have to give up something to get it. For a Nahel bond, it seems both parties benefit without all that much effort. Spren get intelligence in the physical, radiant gets powers. I would say an example of a Luhel bond that we have seen would definitely be Nighblood. Where midnight spores eat your water, Nughblood eats your investiture/soul.

Honestly I would be so bummed if Brandon introduced this super cool world, and then kind of did nothing with it. There’s so much potential here, and I want to see all the possibilities! I certainly think Tress’ story is over, but I just want another story set here, perhaps even just a slightly lower stakes one.

I’d honestly go with some creative miming, or perhaps morse. Are you looking for other potential options?

I worry that it might be extremely powerful, with near immortality, extreme probing skills, shape shifting of a sort, and sleeplessness. How have those strengths been balanced in the past?