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Your search for the tag 'snapping' yielded 6 results

  • 1

    Interview: Sep, 2012

    Kchan

    How does Snapping work after Sazed changed it? If you don't want to reveal it all right now, are there any hints you can give us?

    Brandon Sanderson

    He couldn't get rid of this entirely. I don't want to spoil things, but Snapping was built into Allomancy primarily because of larger-scale magical issues. This is getting deep into the issue, but it has to do with a person's spiritual makeup and a 'wounded' spirit being easier to fill with something else, kind of like a cut would let something into the bloodstream. Sazed made this threshold on Scadrial much easier to obtain.

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  • 2

    Interview: Aug 9th, 2014

    Jeremy

    We know that Mistborn needed to Snap, and Surgebinders needed have the cracks in their souls filled. But what about the people in Warbreaker or Elantris? Is cracking and snapping only required on certain worlds?

    Brandon Sanderson (Paraphrased)

    This is universal to the cosmere; however, in certain magic systems / on certain worlds, this is easier than others.

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  • 3

    Interview: Feb 17th, 2016

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    In Secret History we find out that when Kelsier had the power of Preservation, whenever he was near someone with cracks in their minds he would end up healing them up naturally, right? When he tried to--

    Brandon Sanderson

    Not heal them up but--

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    The intent was that he would Preserve them, right? So my theory is that Snapping, when they’re getting physically damaged their cracks are wider and wider and that it ends up Preservation, if they have a good Connection with Preservation or whatever randomly comes in those cracks. Am I anywhere along the right track?

    Brandon Sanderson

    This theory has merit.

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  • 4

    Interview: Feb 17th, 2016

    Question

    In the event that [...can people Snap off-Scadrial?]

    Brandon Sanderson

    Keep in mind that the Shards are mostly Spiritual [...] space and time do not matter to them. Time does, space does not.

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  • 5

    Interview: Feb 17th, 2016

    Question

    So there’s Snapping on Scadrial, where an event happens and then you can use the magic. Is there something like Snapping on Roshar, where

    Brandon Sanderson

    Yes and no. They’re working under the same sort of assumption, the spren are just looking for a specific thing that is similar to what Snapping does.

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  • 6

    Interview: Apr 23rd, 2016

    Question

    In the original Mistborn series, where Leras plans the 1/16 Snapping, was he not aware of chromium and nicrosil?

    Brandon Sanderson

    He was aware that they were not aware of it. He was using the kind of vague ability in some of the Cosmere magics to read possibilities on the future. He was also already not completely there when he was building this.

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