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MagusRogue
Posted: Feb 14 2004, 12:38 AM
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QUOTE (Daen Roesone @ Feb 13 2004, 01:36 PM)
QUOTE (MagusRogue @ Feb 13 2004, 09:27 AM)
I thought rand, or another male channeler, did once and it still hurt....


If I am not mistaken, unsure.gif The a'dam was thrown into the ocean. Neither Rand nor any of the others suffered any damage while touching the item by itself. cool.gif
I don't remember which book this happenned. sad.gif

I might be wrong, But I'll stick with what I've said rolleyes.gif

Seanchan recovered it before it got thrown in the ocean. They talk bout the sad bracelets in either Path of Daggers or Winter's Heart. The Crystal Throne intends on using them to dominate the Dragon and make him kneel before the Empress.


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Posted: Feb 14 2004, 03:08 AM
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Ironicaly enough I actually do have a write up of the sad bracelets. Before I post those though I want to chime in about two men touching an a'dam. IT WOULD HURT LIKE HELL! Since an a'dam is a forced link, which in the case of an a'dam is made for two women .... two male channeler being shoved into a forced link would just suck.

Bye the Bye here is the Sad Bracelets.

Sad Bracelets
Activation: Wear
Affinities: None
Size: Small
Weight: 1 lb.
Occurrence: Unique

It is unknown who created these items, but it is suspected that they were created shortly after the breaking of the world in order to attempt to control those men who were slowly going insane from the taint covering saidin. The Sad Bracelets are a pair of jointed black bracelets and a wide jointed collar made of a dull black material. In order to use this item, you must put the collar on a man who channels, and a woman wearing the bracelets can take control of his ability to channel or use the ter’angreal to inflict pain on the leashed subject. The user places the bracelets around her wrist and the collar around the neck of the channeler to be controlled. Once “leashed” in this manner, the target channeler cannot remove his collar; any attempt to do so inflicts excruciating levels of pain (1d6 points of subdual damage each round) and nausea, preventing the removal of the collar. Any other person (except another collared channeler) who knows how to operate the latch can remove the necklace.

Unlike the Seanchan a’dam the Sad Bracelets have two manacles separate from each other. This replaces the triple circle required for male channeler to link into a circle while a woman remains in control. The Sad Bracelets act as a forced link, between the wearer of the bracelets (who must be a female channeler) and the male channeler who is collared. The bracelets will not work for a male channeler, nor if a female channeler is collared. Both bracelets must be worn, but can be worn by two different women, though they both must agree to any actions taken by the other in the link (as if both were the focus of the circle). Users of the Sad Bracelets gain one-half the madness points of the subject leashed or one-quarter if worn with another woman.

The Sad Bracelets allow a woman using them to actually link with the target of the collar, although this link is in no way consensual and is more akin to taking than sharing. The practical benefit of this is that the female channeler in control gains a +1 weave slot bonus to all channeling that she performs. This bonus is not added when the bracelets are worn by two different female channelers.

The user may gains a +15 enhancement bonus to any Sense Motive checks against the target channeler due to the close tie created from the target to the user. If the user is able to channel herself, then she is able to gain strength and weave slots as her own from the collared male channeler, just as a link (in addition to the added weave slot bonus for linking). Furthermore the user may control the channeler’s actions by inflicting pain. In game terms, the user can deal 1 pt, 1d6, 2d6, or 3d6 points of subdual damage as a free action. Doing so forces the leashed channeler to make a Will save (DC of 10, 20, 25 or 30 respectively); if she fails, she can do nothing but writhe on the ground that round. The Sad Bracelets differ from an a’dam in one more significant way; the user must continue to wear the bracelets in order to prevent the collared male channeler from being able to access the One Power. Removing both bracelets nullifies the link and allows him to embrace the Source, while just wearing one bracelet removes the ability to use the male a’dam in any significant way (no link or inflicting pain). Once put in place, this ter’angreal is truly like riding the fabled tiger.

The Sad Bracelets are intended only for a female channeler (or two) to force a link with a male channeler. This ter'angreal has no effect if used by two male channelers or if a femal channeler is collared. If a non-channeler touches or wears a male a’dam, nothing happens to him, and the leashed channeler (if any) suffers no effects.
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Posted: Feb 14 2004, 09:16 AM
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don't forget the overwhelming dread/sadness/bad juju whenever any channeler (male or female) touches the sad bracelets. they're sad...

also, doesn't it take 2 women, one in each bracelet, to control the man?


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Axel
Posted: Feb 14 2004, 04:53 PM
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No, I think Mogheidan mentioned that if one woman were to wear both bracelets she could control the man herself, but the price would be that she would suffer from the taint twice as fast.


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Xythlord
Posted: Feb 14 2004, 06:14 PM
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I could be entirely wrong about this but I always assumed that the feelings that Nyneave got from the Sad Bracelets (even the name) were because Nyneave has a special kind of ability to percieve resonance when handling object associated with the One Power (see her actions when Elayne has her handle many of the objects in the wagon that came from Ebou Dari). Did anyone else get that kind of sensory impression from the Sad Bracelets besides Nyneave?

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