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I think I use this action far too little, so I would love to have some creative input <3

I am asking about the talents like invoking the radiant sword or the talent for the radiant armor. They have the ideals as prerequisites, but nowhere on the book says that the talents are free so I understand it as that talent takes the talent from the level-up, but that doesn't make much sense. Are they free and you just have to swear the ideal or do they take the talent from level up?

Could I dip a single talent level into Envoy Faithful as any other path to obtain the Customary Garb talent?

Does the book tell us the exact timing of the weeping? All of my players are relying heavily on Breathe and Regenerate, so want to cut them off as early as possible. But I don’t want to do it early if the campaign actually spells it out.

Some of my players have now gained access to soulcasting and wish to sell soulcasted materials such as rare metals, foodstuffs, etc. however I have no idea how to properly price this or manage this scenario. Advice would be appreciated (Spoiler tag for the mentioning of soulcasting I suppose)

Hi everyone, first things first, English is not my first language, so please excuse all the mistakes and inconsistencies in this post.

We are trying to build a Windrunner, a young lighteye brightlady who discovered her will to defend and protect others, who attracted a Radiant Spren.

Starting path Scholar, for background reasons, with mind and Body.

The character is based on Speed and we want her to use a rapier as weapon (right now she have a Sidesword).

Can you help us build a character who works in a "fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee" way?

The direction we were looking at is:

Erudition 1

Mind and Body 1

First Ideal 2

Vigilant Stance 3

Second ideal 4

Flying Ace 5

Flamestance 6

Binding Strike 6

??? 7

Don't know if it is a viable build and if it could work efficiently...

Feel free to suggest every equipment, skill and talent from level 4 as you see fit!

Thank you in advance for your answers!

Hi All,

I'm currently running a game on Roshar and am using this as an opportunity to implement one of my favorite fan theories. The theory has been around before and I'm sure it's one that a lot of people have heard, but I'm "canonizing" the Shin Wars Shard collection theory. Essentially, that the Shin Wars were a cover for the Shin to collect as many shards as possible to prepare for their future plans.

I'm currently working to try and find similar fan theories or Headcanons that I might like to incorporate but I'm having a lot of trouble filtering for what I want. The vast majority of fan theories are about characters and magic systems rather than "history". So I turn to you. Do you have or have you seen any interesting theories regarding alternative fictional history for Roshar?

On a related note, we have over four thousand years of history during the Era of Solitude and I have yet to see a solid timeline of all the little scraps we get throughout the series of different historical events. If any of you lucky folks have succeeded where I failed, I would appreciate it if you could share it with me.

It's been awhile. This one took me considerably longer than I anticipated, but I've finally finished my guide to playing a Singer in the Stormlight setting.

In the video I go over:

• What you need to know when building your first singer character
• Everything you need to know about forms of power
• Notes on the essential lore for the Singers, and where to get more details
• Tips for players and game masters roleplaying as Singers
• and finally, a full walkthrough of a level 1 - 8 singer agent build.

Let me know what you think!

You're telling me I can fly 40 ft., hit a guy, hit him again, and then use division on him?!?

Granted, it's at the cost of 2 focus and 3 investiture, but what a way to open combat!

In my campaign my character was just given a rank of general and put in charge of about 50 soldiers. What exactly do I do with that though... like its nice and all but my gm said they dont really follow me around or anything

I'm currently playing through the Stonewalkers campaign, which might then segue into a higher level custom campaign afterwards, but that isn't yet guaranteed. I keep pouring over the various talents, and wishing I could mix and match them more, but at low level the progression is very slow, and once I become radiant (which will be pretty soon given my progression toward the first ideal) I expect all my talents will be going into the talents tied to my path, and I won't have many to spare to continue progressing my Strategist.

I love all the talents available in this game, but I feel a bit starved for obtaining them. Does anyone have some homebrew rules they developed for talent progression, especially any that help balance progressing as a Radiant alongside progressing in a heroic path?

Hi everyone!

So I recently just swore the first ideal in my group’s campaign (working on Stonewalkers right now so please limit spoilers to the first like 15 pages of chapter 1 lol) as an elsecaller. I proceeded to use both transportation and transformation to try and startle the NPC we were talking to and it was pretty fun for our group.

I was just curious after having seen a post about skybreakers, but what are some cool things your group has done (or you personally) as an Elsecaller? Whether in combat or out of combat? I’ve been trying to think of some fun things to do, so I thought I’d ask here! We’re only level 2, so we’ve got a ways to go, but figured it’d be fun to see what others have thought of.

Only one of us has become a Radiant so far, and the rest of us mostly just have our basic attack skills. Are we doing something wrong?

We just feel really weak right now. The fights have been somewhat manageable, but combat still feels pretty limited. Compared to D&D or Pathfinder, by level 5 you usually have a lot more options for dealing damage or making interesting choices in combat. Right now, most of us only have basic attacks or utility reactions/abilities that help a little but do not feel very impactful.

Maybe I’m just more combat-focused and expecting the kind of options I’m used to from other systems, but at the moment combat feels pretty boring. Are we missing something, or is this just how the system is designed to feel at this stage?

Next Friday, I’m planning to run a one-shot involving my players defending a city from a Thunderclast and Fused. My general idea is they’ll be tasked with defending an Oathgate from a Thunderclast sent to destroy it while fending off Fused and Parshendi defending the creature. I’m looking for advice on how some of you more experienced DM’s would run this in the Cosmere RPG system.

Parameters: I’ll have five or six players, and about half of them have Cosmere knowledge. All have TTRPG experience and I’ve run a DnD 5e one-shot for all but one of them. I’ve run Bridge Nine a couple times in the past for different groups. I’d like this session to last 2-3 hours.

Ideas so Far: They’ll start at the city wall, watching the approaching army, waiting for reinforcements to arrive via the Oathgate. They’ll see the Thunderclast rise and punch a hole through the wall, heading for the Oathgate. My players will be tasked with stopping it before it reaches there. Along the way, they’ll have to deal with Parshendi Soldiers, Heavenly Ones and Magnified Ones, and different scenarios of saving civilians or commanding defenses to get their Stormlight recharged. The Thunderclast won’t attack them until they reach the Oathgate, which will be the Zelda-esque “final boss room.”

My Questions: Has anyone run anything like this before? What level would you recommend for the players? How can I make this a fun experience for my players? Is there anything I’m overlooking? How can I ensure the players don’t kill the Thunderclast too early while also not making it feel like they aren’t doing nothing to it?

I plan to write this all in a Word doc and share it later on. I would appreciate any advice anyone could give! 🙂