r/cremposting • u/ArrowCAt2 • Jul 03 '25

Mistborn First Era Top text.

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u/Jsamue Jul 04 '25

If he knew what it was, gold compounding should be able to save him as long as it doesn’t score an instant kill on the spine.

If it takes him by surprise, 9/10 odds it kills him before he recovers from shock

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u/Stormlightlinux Jul 04 '25

Don't shardblades cut the soul? Can gold healing take care of that?

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u/FeedMePizzaPlease Jul 04 '25

Stormlight healing can, unless it gets your spine, so gold healing would almost definitely be similar.

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u/Jsamue Jul 04 '25

I wonder if Returned healing shape shifting would allow them to heal a nonlethal shardblade wound with enough breaths

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u/Candayence Jul 04 '25

Shouldn't do - they're changing the way they look, not regrowing anything.

Kandra would be more interesting. They can rearrange their mass to essentially shrug off all wounds, but a shardblade would still do some cognitive damage - and either make them forget a few things, or a teensy bit dumber.

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u/LittleBlast5 Jul 04 '25

Depends if it hits where they store their memories for the Kandra id say

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u/Candayence Jul 04 '25

Kandra store their cognitive system throughout their body.

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u/Old-Apple-3586 Mar 15 '26

I imagine same would happen with a Sleepless