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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic System compare/contrast
« on: August 02, 2009, 02:50:57 AM »
Right, yeah, so I'd say lifeless win that in terms of cost effectiveness.
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I thought Koloss had five spikes, which would require six people (5 killed for the spikes, 1 to put the spikes in). My memory on where this was mentioned is vague enough that I don't want to look it up, though.
I remember two spikes.
You may be thinking of Kandra, their "blessings" are two spikes each.
Indestructible walls, whether they're visible or not qualify as impenetrable force fields, right? Citation: the city of Elantris before the earthquake.
Vin's so paranoid that she wouldn't touch a sword because it was just sitting there acting suspicious. Right. Since none of the worlds we have visited so far have any concept of cursed items (including people in Warbreaker, seeing as how only a few people know about Nightblood), nobody would have any reason to be suspicious of a sword. As for Raoden and Sazed, they are scholars. They study things, which often involves touching said things.
Should it be a gladiator-style fight, and the contestants enter the arena at the same time, Vasher merely has to use any means to make his opponent touch the sword for a split second. He would probably be able to talk most of them into it. Especially since he can appear however he wants.
I thought Koloss had five spikes, which would require six people (5 killed for the spikes, 1 to put the spikes in). My memory on where this was mentioned is vague enough that I don't want to look it up, though.
An Elantrian (Elantrisian?) can take a beating before dying, and they could draw Vin into the bottom of the ocean or out into space in less than a minute.
Vasher wins as long as he has Nightblood though. Vasher sits in a corner hiding as a Grey, his opponent touches Nightblood (sheathless) and dies. The end.
You would have to Hemalurgically endow the subject with Scadrial codes
I might just take you up on your offer shadow, but later, when I don't have schoolwork to do.
Also, to respond to your "Go take a look at Warbreaker...". Only a series would have a problem of repeating previous plot points. This is why I made no complaints of such in Mistborn.
You can't. In order to use Hemalurgy, you need to have the right spiritual and genetic codes. People on the Warbreaker don't have those same codes as the ones on Scadrial.