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The Great Gray
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posted May 31, 2003 10:22 AM
All men who
can channel.
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Fisher-King
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posted June 01, 2003 12:01 AM
I think
Rand had to learn how... he didn't start out his channeling
career able to.
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The Great Gray
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posted June 01, 2003 06:20 AM
Um...no.
Rand got goosebumps from the very beginning whenever Moiraine
channeled. Check it...
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Zelyoni
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posted June 08, 2003 12:38 PM
It's an
inate ability granted to any male Channeler. The question of
whether he knows what the goosbumps mean or not is another
question. I reckon it depends on whether the male channeler
has been trained or if he is a wilder.
If he is a
wilder, I would think he would not know what the goosebumps
mean and he would have to roleplay it out, learning by
experience.
If he was trained (Black tower), he
probably knows what it means.
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Fisher-King
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posted June 08, 2003 11:08 PM
In the
game, I'd make it (as in, knowing what it means and thus
attributing significance to it) a
feat.
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The Great Gray
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posted June 09, 2003 07:21 AM
You'd make figuring something out a
feat?
That's way over the top. I'd give the PC an
intelligence check after repeat exposures to females
channelling at close
range...
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LuciusT
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posted June 09, 2003 07:38 AM
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gray
Skwid: You'd make figuring something out a
feat?
They made Power Heightened Senses a feat and it's an
innate ability you don't even need to figure out.
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MT
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posted June 09, 2003 10:42 AM
quote:
Originally posted by LuciusT: They made Power
Heightened Senses a feat and it's an innate ability you
don't even need to figure out.[/QB]
I wondered why they did that and there are two reasons
I can think of.
1. They did it as a game balancing
issue. Channelers already have a lot of power and they felt
giving them more "free" skill bonuses would be too much. Plus
it absorbs some of those Channeling Feats.
2. Maybe not
all channelers are so enhanced by embracing the source. We
know all channelers feel better and more alive when embracing,
but the main characters can hold a lot of the OP, Rand more
than anyone, and you may have to be able hold that much in
order to get the benefits.
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PredaTor
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posted June 09, 2003 11:20 AM
All men who
can channel can sense when a woman embraces saidar. Rand's
Asha'man seemed to know when the Aes Sedai they were holding
captive were embracing saidar.
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TheFlatline
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posted June 09, 2003 11:52 AM
Well, think
of the heightened senses this way... A high spot skill doesn't
mean you have better vision. It means that you are more adept
at realising the significance of what you see. Therefore,
while embracing the power, yes, you can actually see better,
but unless you know what to look for, you won't notice that
you see it. The feat lets you realise what you're picking up.
Plus, I'd say it's a balancing issue
too.
Anyway, making the realisation that the goosebumps
are women embracing the source is rather harsh. If I was going
to make it something you had to buy, I'd just requrie you
spend 2 skill points to make the connection.
Feats are
rare after all (1 ever three levels, or the bonus channeling
feats). A wielder of the one power is going to be busy
unlocking talents and affinities with those feats as is.
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