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Shadowkiller
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posted January 22, 2003 04:33 AM      Profile for Shadowkiller      Edit/Delete Post
I was wondering if anyone ever made any accurate rulings on how far away channeling is detectable based upon level. Rand and Nynaeve were detectable all across the westlands. All the 0th level practice weaves in Cairhein were detectable at the same distance as the shield used on Rand which is why the Wise Ones didn't search the Aes Sedais place when he went missing. I've been wondering because I want to know how far away other channelers will feel the channeling. Should it also be dependant on the power of the channeler sensing it (i.e. more powerful channelers can sense a smaller amount of power being channeled due to their experience and highly tuned one power senses.). Maybe slightly dependant on weavesight. What do you guys think

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Tam al'Moff
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posted January 22, 2003 06:25 AM      Profile for Tam al'Moff   Email Tam al'Moff    Edit/Delete Post
When I ran a Rolemaster campaign using a similar feel to the WOT magic system I used a table based on level created using 10*(2^X) where X was the level of the spell
sort of like:

LvL Distance
0 10m
1 20m
2 40m
3 80m
4 160m
5 320m
6 640m

etc
13 80Km

If the weave was at the distance specified then the DC was 10 against (can't remember! SPOT?)
If for instance a channeler was 80m away from a 6th Lvl weave there would be a DC 10+(3-6) = 7 chance of detecting it.
or
640m away from a 1st Lvl weave DC 10+(6-1)= 15

I found this made the players much more suspect about using more powerful weaves when they discovered how easy it was to be detected. This helped limit what they did with the power much like the AS in the books.

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Shadowkiller
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posted January 22, 2003 02:07 PM      Profile for Shadowkiller      Edit/Delete Post
Thanx, this was exactly what I was looking for. I like those distances too.

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