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Topic: weave sight
and ANgrel and magic items? please help |
masterkorgin
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posted September 20, 2002 10:17 AM
Hello
all,
I'm GM'ing WOT and the players are constantly
trying to weavesight or sense residue on male angreal(they are
male channelers) to assertain how to learn weave. I argued
that you can't sense residue on something that old and you
can't use weavesight because the one power used to MAKE it
therefore the weave is locked inside and there is nothing to
see. My question is..Am I right? please help as this is
becoming an epidemic!
Best reguards,
Korgin.
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Wowbangers the
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posted September 20, 2002 10:34 AM
Actualy,
angreal don't store the actual weaves, or 'lock them inside'
for that matter, they just give you extra umph when weaving
one (a weave that is). So no, you can't make a weavesight
check on it to learn weaves.
-------------------- I
have gone out to look for myself. If I should happen to return
before I get back, please tell myself to wait.
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Xythlord
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posted September 20, 2002 10:38 AM
First off
you are absolutely right in your decisions. First off Sense
residue would be absolutely worthless....There is no weave to
sense as the casting of it was far from where it is now and
furthermore it clearly states that "You cannot use
weavesight on weaves released more than one month
ago."
As for the Weavesight skill the very begining
states "Use this skill to identify weaves as they are cast
or that are held or tied off."
Now many would argue
that the formulua for the weave is locked inside the item.
Question do you use the optional rules by drothgary for Latent
Maker? If you do then set a really high DC for a knowledge:
Arcana check and don't tell them they have to have that
skill.......and thats only if they have the Latent Maker feat.
If you do not use those rules, then just explain that
like most of the sister in Salidar when Elayne tries to teach
ter'angrealmaking. They do not have the necessary
talents to make One Power items and thats
that.
-------------------- Only two things are
infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure
about the former. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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LuciusT
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posted September 20, 2002 11:29 AM
As a
counterpoint, if you have a ter'angreal that produces a weave,
than they should be able to see the flows it produces and
potenially duplicate them. However, since most if not all
ter'angreal were made during the Age of Legends. Thus they
were most likely made by men and women working together. Thus
the weaves they produce use both halfs of the Source. Since
your players can only see half the weave, they can't duplicate
it. If they try... well... Bang!
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Xythlord
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posted September 20, 2002 11:44 AM
Or the
ter'angrealjust produces the effect, not the weave.
Either way I don't think that players should be able to learn
a weave from watching a ter'angrealdo it. Remember that
the Black sisters in Tanchico used the Balefire Rod, but could
not cast that themselves.
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two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and
I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein (1879 -
1955)
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masterkorgin
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posted September 20, 2002 11:49 AM
Wow! Thanks
for the response. I appreciate it. It will help me greatly
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