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shadow-dancer
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posted September 07, 2002 01:09 PM      Profile for shadow-dancer      Edit/Delete Post
Okay, these may well be dumb questions, but I can't find the answers in the source book so here goes.....

What is weave resistance? I see that all weaves either have yes/no, but I cannot find anywhere that says what it is.

Also, seems to me to be totally overpowered to just learn a spell through one weavesight roll but as far as I can see, you roll the dice, and if you make the difficulty you learn the spell. Seems too easy to me, especially when I currently have 2 initiates and someone soon multiclassing into wilder all with different spells. I was thinking of making it that my players would have to take a week, or 2 weeks less their wisdom to figure the spell properly.

Any thoughts anyone...or am I just being dumb???

thanks [Smile]

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Arr MiHardies
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posted September 07, 2002 01:14 PM      Profile for Arr MiHardies   Email Arr MiHardies    Edit/Delete Post
First off they can only learn it if it is a 0 or 1st level spell or is in one of their talents. and remember, just becaue they learn it, doesnt mean they can cast it yet. also.. note that females can not see the male half and vice-versa, so males and females can not learn off each other. The characters in the book learn weaves like this all the time. people have been saying for a long time channelers are a bit overpowered, but that is how they are in the books too.

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posted September 07, 2002 01:21 PM      Profile for drothgery      Edit/Delete Post
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Originally posted by shadow-dancer:
Okay, these may well be dumb questions, but I can't find the answers in the source book so here goes.....

What is weave resistance? I see that all weaves either have yes/no, but I cannot find anywhere that says what it is.

It doesn't matter. Nothing has weave resistance.

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posted September 07, 2002 01:30 PM      Profile for drothgery      Edit/Delete Post
There are several factos which make learning weaves much more difficult than it would seem by looking at the rules alone.

A major one is that outside of Tar Valon, openly using the One Power can draw unwanted attention very quickly.

Children of the Light (and those sympathetic to them), followers of the Prophet, and Seanchan are hostile to all channelers. Aes Sedai are often hostile to non-Aes Sedai (though younger female wilders will probably be encouraged to go to Tar Valon). Windfinders will go to great lengths to keep others from learning that they can channel, and it's not common knowledge that Wise Ones can channel.

Another biggie is that senior members of traditions (full Aes Sedai, Wise Ones, Windfinders, and Asha'man) will try to protect their charges, and won't teach them things that they don't think they're ready for. No Aes Sedai will show an Accepted how to bond a Warder, because the girl might do it, and that would just get her in trouble (and annoy the man, who probably wouldn't like spending the rest of his life bonded to someone else).

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Wowbangers the Infinitely Prolonged
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posted September 07, 2002 02:34 PM      Profile for Wowbangers the Infinitely Prolonged   Email Wowbangers the Infinitely Prolonged    Edit/Delete Post
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It doesn't matter. Nothing has weave resistance.

If it did though, what would it do?

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Melriken
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posted September 07, 2002 02:58 PM      Profile for Melriken   Email Melriken    Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Originally posted by Wowbangers the Infinitely Prolonged:
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It doesn't matter. Nothing has weave resistance.

If it did though, what would it do?

weave resistance was an ability that they were thinking of using for some monsters and other effects (golum's one power immunity, the fox head medalian, ect)

however late in the process they desided to drop it, but then thought about it and desided to leave the weave resistance line in the books incase they added the ability later.

it is ONLY there for forward combatability and has NO game effect.

now what it is, some creatures can have the ability weave resistance, it works like this:
monster has 'weave resistance: 15'
you are a chanaler and are trying to cast a weave on that monster, the weave is 'weave resistance: yes' so you roll a d20, add your chanaler level, if that is 15 or greater then you effect the monster, if not then your weave has no effect.

for more information look up spell resistance in DnD

[ September 07, 2002, 02:58 PM: Message edited by: Melriken ]

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