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They've confirmed that each setting book will get a magic system that works best for that setting, and that they've already sketched something out for multiple settings to help ensure everything can work in their unique ruleset. Off the top of my head, Surgebinding from Stormlight Archives will...

Stormlight Archives, the first era, completes this year—in about two months, I think. Sanderson has been extremely open about his work progress, and it's just about a polished final draft. (I don't remember the exact stage it's in based on his self-reporting on his YouTube channel, but that's...

I have found myself extremely invested in many Sanderson stories, and many Sanderson characters. I don't entirely agree with this statement, although I do completely agree that setting and magic systems are a core part of the Sanderson appeal, and thus very important to the majority of the audience.

From my reading of the rules, fairly baked in... But that only matters so far as you care about flavor or light homebrew. Most of the basic heroic paths appear to be general enough that you could put them on any world without tweaking. Surgebinding is pretty specific to Roshar, which doesn't...

Most of the background story happens in Mistborn and Stormlight Archives—and we've been promised that the Elantris sequels will do this as well. Those are the core series for the "Background Thanos MCU–type story" going on. That said, as an avid Sanderson reader, I don't notice most of the...

And that is an extremely fair criticism. I don't even try to deny it. I know there are BookTubers. and BookTokkers who make videos on entry points and reading orders, but that doesn't appeal to everyone. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Here's my pitch. If you want something that kinda feels...

Really? I didn't hear that bit. I heard that he describes it as an underdog sports story, except, of course, the "underdog sports team" is a group of slaves forced into death marches. And that's not even considering all the other stuff going on with the other characters.

For people who love variety, it's a feast. For people with more specific interests, you may want to do some research before settling down with any one book. Sanderson once wrote a traditional "farm boy becomes a hero" story and found it boring. He tends to shy away from more traditional...

Yes. OK, in more seriousness, I'd be hard-pressed to say he's got one thing. You like heists? You like orphans getting adopted by criminal gangs and going on heists? Read Mistborn Era 1. You like magic cowboys? Read Era 2. You like power fantasy anime? Read Stormlight Archives. You like...

Warbreaker is my favorite of all of his stuff, hands-down, and I've read everything. It's also my understanding that I am in the minority on that one. Not that people don't like Warbreaker, but I think most people don't put it as their favorite.

Sanderson has been building up a hell of a fanbase for over a decade. Arguably he got a big boost when he finished Wheel of Time, but I imagine he would have ended up more-or-less where he is right now without it. There's a lot people like about Sanderson, and a lot that people (I think...

Agreed. BUT I wish there was an option to just buy the game books at a lower price, rather than having to go all-in for the highest price. Kind of like how you can buy the art/encyclopedia books on their own cheaper. But I'm also planning on going all-in, so it doesn't actually affect me at all.

I don’t remember if I played Pathfinder 1e or Star Wars 3.5e first (after DnD 3.5)… but since those are nearly identical to 3.5, I think a much better experience for branching out was Call of Cthulhu. Don’t remember which edition… 6e? We played it pulp-style, with a little more focus on combat...

Thank you! Hopefully it shakes things up a bit :)

Have read, can confirm: certified fresh.

I, for one, welcome our pumpkin overlords. Memes aside, October is looking to be a delight!

In answer to your question, you CAN submit to GPG and potentially get your stuff published. They announce a pitch call in this forum every few months. Strictly speaking, you don’t actually need to have anything written to pitch to them, just ideas. I like your idea! Probably would steal it for...

Original author here. First off, thanks for your interest! I had a lot of fun with this one. (Fun fact: original name was "Bear Brother," a nod to a certain cartoon.) Xiphumor's response is basically the way to interpret this. In the interest of word count, providing a lot of "This rule is an...