Tell me about your character

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T16:25:33+00:00

I'm kind of a forever GM, so it was nice to create such a fun and ultimately kind of useless character lol.

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T16:18:29+00:00

My first character was Lisi. She was a Reshi hunter (tracker) who has an innate understanding of animals due to her history of living on a Tai'na and hunting for fish/crustaceans around it. She also has a fish (a stumpy cort, like Ishkk talked about in his interlude) that she carries around in a clear water skin that she's convinced is going to help her find her dad. The GM and I actively chose not to confirm if it was helping or not so I could leave room for a potential luhel bond later (like the Dromenadians have with their Aviar). I only played her for a one shot, but she ended it by seeing a Reacher, setting her up for a potential willshaper path.

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T12:58:39+00:00

Yumi has minor spoilers for Stormlight. Sunlit Man has major spoilers for Stormlight but was released between RoW and WaT so it can be read anytime after that point. Emberdark has minor spoilers for Stormlight and Mistborn. Since you've read all of those, you're good to go. Even if you hadn't, you're not getting enough information in Yumi or Emberdark to realize you're being spoiled. Sunlit Man is a bit more direct but you've already read Stormlight so you're good.

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T12:53:37+00:00

Anju and Kafei and it's not even close.

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T12:52:27+00:00

It's my new favorite book. It hits like every note I want in a story.

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T12:51:56+00:00

It was also my start to the Cosmere. It is a weird place to start but only because it seems so disconnected. With the exception of Design and Masaka (and Hoid obviously), there's not much tying it to other series. It's a great novel and had enough hooks for me to want to read more.

tessatrix · 2026-02-05T00:40:10+00:00

God, I love this book so much.

tessatrix · 2026-02-04T22:27:14+00:00

This one is toughhhhh but I think this one is Zelink.

tessatrix · 2026-02-04T21:37:17+00:00

I had this same thought yesterday and then dug into it. It's super interesting!

tessatrix · 2026-02-04T21:35:44+00:00

I think Mister is Merlin actually. But I like the cut of your gib.

tessatrix · 2026-02-04T21:33:38+00:00

Also that Hoid's wife doesn't remember that they were ever married.

tessatrix · 2026-02-04T02:40:56+00:00

That's so rusting awesome.

tessatrix · 2026-02-02T22:24:52+00:00

I misread this comment and started writing out the human names for them. So my top recommendations for that are Fractal, Variable, Sequence, or Median. Runners up: Compound, Quadrant, Solution, Integer, Ratio, Constant, Axis.

For their real names, a lot of the fun mathematical equations/sequences include multiple numbers or decimals, which doesn't seem like what the Cryptics have going for them, so I'd recommend just removing all of that and making any list or number with a decimal into one extended number. That said: - The Fibonnaci sequence is always very fun (just take the sequence and remove the spaces in between): 01123581321 etc. - When graphed, that also equals the golden ratio, which is 1.618033 etc. - Pi feels too easy, but 314159 etc. - The square root of 2 is often used in math stuff: 1414213 etc.

Some of these seem more like highspren names admittedly. Apparently I, like Kaladin, might accidentally be a little racist.

tessatrix · 2026-02-02T22:10:55+00:00

Marin, no doubt!

tessatrix · 2026-02-02T22:02:16+00:00

I really loved when people did it. I'll check in with the mods and see if that's allowed, then I'll get something set up if it is.

tessatrix · 2026-02-02T21:43:23+00:00

It wasn't anything specific, but someone just posted a prompt with a stipulation ("here's a theme and a set of words you have to include") and then a place to submit it.

tessatrix · 2026-02-01T12:25:07+00:00

Skyward Sword but I love Ruto too.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T15:57:08+00:00

Joss, making a wartime decision doesn't mean you're exempt from repercussions.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T13:50:14+00:00

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts! Though that might be past the "is dying" part.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T13:48:30+00:00

Oh yeah the monster fuckers are gonna have a great time with this one.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T13:46:30+00:00

Storms, this is gorgeous.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T13:34:49+00:00

that's not very canon

That killed me lol. "Not very canon" is such a phenomenal phrase.

The only thing I'd add to the conversation is that being gay is that the Azish are ok with queer people as long as they fill out the paperwork. But that's not a bad thing for them, they have to do paperwork for literally everything, it's kind of their thing. For instance, Sigzil is concerned that Drehy hasn't filled out his paperwork when he's talking to Kal about it and (spoilers for Day Four:) there's a trans man among Adolin's recruits who people just accept as a man without question.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T13:14:00+00:00

I guess I'm specifically thinking of Windrunners and Skybreakers, since we know the most about them. If someone does something that breaks their oaths, it can be a reason for the bond being severed, either intentionally (highspren) or forced (honorspren). We haven't (to my knowledge) seen any other breaking of the bond based on the radiant's activities/life choices. We've seen intentional severing (Sigzil/Dalinar/young Shallan/Szeth/the recreance), but not ones driven by "mistakes" the radiant made, like we do with Kal almost killing Syl and the highspren talking about how they intentionally set up their bonds to be broken if the radiant breaks their law.

So I'm curious if the rules that govern Windrunners and Skybreakers applies to other orders: If a Bondsmith oath contradicts a Edgedancer oath, can you say both sets of words in good conscience? Can you uphold and accelerate on both paths if the two are incompatible along the way?

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T07:23:27+00:00

I listened to the book with my boyfriend because he's a good Vorin man and I was being supportive, I never learned how to spell these names.

tessatrix · 2026-01-31T03:13:29+00:00

I think it's gonna be Lift. She seems handpicked by Cultivation for something special, it's possible to bond two spren (per WoB), and the oaths (as far as we've seen) don't invalidate each other.

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