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* Regeneration - Hoid is able to regenerate body parts and even heal his soul if it is severed.{{qa ref|1071|2|If Hoid got beheaded, would his body grow a new head?|date=Mar 4th, 2014}} He is unafraid of Jasnah's Shardblade saying, "I'd be surprised if that little knife of yours poses me any real threat ...." Sanderson has also said that Hoid would do well in a fight between all his protagonists because he is "really, really, really hard to kill."{{qa ref|1044|9}}
* Inability to hurt others - Hoid cannot easily kill people "because of certain things in his past."{{qa ref|1044|9}} Rock says he cannot hurt man because it is forbidden by other gods.{{book ref|sa2|46}} He also tells a young Shallan, "You needn't fear me. I'm terribly ineffective at hurting people. I blame my upbringing."{{book ref|sa2|45}}
==Storytelling Method==
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Hoid tells stories with smoke{cite} and sand{cite}, literally.
===Sand===
In [[Warbreaker]], [[Lightsong]] calls Hoid to tell the story of [[Hallandren]] history to him and [[Siri]]. As he did told the story, he dropped sands, dusts, and small objects.
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As he told the story he began by trailing sand out of his hand, than he added a powdery black sand, when both trails mixed it became a white sand. He began to scatter fern leaves and then threw the handful up with blue and deep red dust making it seem like a minor explosion. He sprinkled silver glitter in front of him, then trailed powdery brown dirt. Black dust, and than [[Tears of Edgli|flower petals]]. He than sent out a spray of half a dozen colors from both hands. Then bright yellow dust from one hand and black from the other. Torn written on paper, followed by metal bits, black charcoal dust from both hands, he crumbled clay, sprinkled golden dust around, bits of grass and earth, a white powder and than a spray of water that turned into mist.
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===Smoke===
While telling stories with smoke he uses a flute, blowing the smoke, it may be [[Lightweaving]] that causes patterns and images to appear in smoke, it may Lightweaving.
In [[The Way of Kings]] the chasms echoed the music allowing him to speak and play without the music ever seaming to stop. It is unclear how the flute could be used without chasms or canyons. <!-- maybe he lightweaves sound, or the sound of the wind? -->
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== Known Pseudonyms ==
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