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Local Authors => Brandon Sanderson => Topic started by: Miyabi on December 19, 2009, 08:04:20 AM
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I'm going to be at the signing in Idaho Falls tomorrow. I can't stay for after due to the fact that I have to work, but I can try and squeeze in a few questions.
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First, tell him I say thanks for posting Defending Elysium, and second, ask him if he has plans of doing anything else with it. It was BRILLIANT and has such an open ending...
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Sure, totally will. Hey can you email me those images? >>'
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Yeah, they should be there within about five minutes or so.
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You guys can continue to put questions up here until 1 PM Mountain Time, I will check it just before I get there.
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"Does anyone have questions for Brandon".What a silly question ;) They'll be RAFO'd, but that's okay!
1. You (Brandon) said there were four Shards we have seen on the worlds which are not Ruin and Preservation. Two, you said, we had directly interacted with. The other two were less specific. My question, does Hoid count for one of these four Shards?
2. In a recent Mistborn 3 annotation you said that lerasium's Mistborn-granting power was a side effect, then you said it, if a Mistborn burned it, the metal would have a different effect. My theory is that, as atium has a mental and temporal component, that lerasium has a physical and enhancement elements which could essentialy offset atium's abilities. What is lerasium's Allomantic power?
3. Does atium have a similar side effect as lerasium?
4. What is the name of the Shard related to the pool in Elantris? (You did, after all, tell us that the Voice was named Endowment)
5. Are there such things as Feruchemical savants?
6. This is more of a, um, petition. In the days prior to Hero of Ages, we theorizers spent a lot of time wondering about Hemalurgy. Well, I came up with the term that a metal is Hemalurgically "imbued" with power. I would like to request that "imbue" become a more official term, as it distinguishes a Hemalurgic metal from a Feruchemically "charged" metal.
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It's now one, so miyabi may have left, but I'm planning on going over a little later. You guys can continue to post questions until about three, if you are so inclined, and I'll ask them.
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The answers to these questions that I was able to get while running through line (I couldn't stay for the QnA for work. Darn it, I would have liked to have met you Andrew. Maybe next time.)
1. Hoid is not a Shar. . . BUT . . . . wait for another topic I'll post in a few minutes. ;]
2. If a Mistbron burned Lerasium, their power would become doubled.
Andrew if you're still here, make sure to ask him what a Lerasium/Atium alloy would do.
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2. If a Mistborn burned Lerasium, their power would become doubled.
:o Holy cow! Oh, for the duration of the burn, or permanently? When I first read it, I thought permanently, but now I think just for the burn duration is probably accurate. Hmm...Lerasium Duralumin Steel Jumping would be insane!
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Miyabi explained it to me that the doubling due to lerasium is permanent.
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:o ... ;D Must find much Lerasium.
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Miyabi explained it to me that the doubling due to lerasium is permanent.
At least that's the way EUOL made it sound.
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Miyabi explained it to me that the doubling due to lerasium is permanent.
At least that's the way EUOL made it sound.
That's the way that would make the most sense, in my opinion. Lerasium is permanent in the first dose, so why wouldn't the boost in the second be permanent? If not, you just got duralumin version 2.
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Then how is it a side effect? I was expecting something WAY different like a specific ability....
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Then how is it a side effect? I was expecting something WAY different like a specific ability....
I agree. I'm actually kinda disappointed.
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I thought you might be. I did email him asking if he was sure about the wording of that annotation before I put it up.
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Is this doubled doubled, or two-Mistborn power? Like if I burn Lerasium twice, will I have four times or just three times the power?
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Well, this begs the question. Is all the Lerasium in the world contained in bite-sized nuggets? How much of the stuff does it take to double my power? If I consumed three (or thirteen) vials worth, would it instantly burn up, and grant me the same power as one nugget, or would my power begin to increase exponentially? Suppose I ingested half a nugget. What would that do?