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Daikatana
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posted December 06, 2002 03:10 PM
Can mat's
medallion det detect weavs that are tied of?
One of my
players and I got into an argument abut that. He thought it did but I would say it does not,
and I hoped maybe you guys could settle the
argument.
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dscrank
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posted December 06, 2002 06:11 PM
I don't
think it's really clear, either way. Whatever the GM says
goes.
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Heron_Marked_Blade Member Member
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posted December 07, 2002 09:35 AM
I don't
think it'd detect tied off weaves. In every instance of the
medallion going cold in the books, it's because someone's
channeling nearbye. Someone would have to be
in contact with the One Power for the medallion to alarm him.
From my point of view, at any
rate.
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aleshandre
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posted December 09, 2002 07:34 AM
More
specifically, the Medallion only absorbs weaves of sadair cast
at the wearer, and as it does so, grows cold. Following this
to its logical conclusion, the Medalion would only grow cold
if Mat passes through the tied off weave, if at all. It cannot
detect the weaves. Mat has learned to identify that when the
Medalion grows cold (aside from exposure to cold air), it
means that a woman is channeling at him. Just had another
thought... If Mat walks through a weave that has been tied
off, the medalion may absorb the weaves, undoing whatever the
weave had created. for example: if an AS wove a ward, and Mat
walked through it (even if it was a ward specifically against
him), the ward would be deactivated as if it had not been
woven in the first place... that is ofcourse if it can absorb
tied off weaves. I'd leave that decision up to the GM until RJ
clarifies the point. ![[Big Grin]](Wizards_Com Boards Mat's medallion_fichiers/biggrin.gif)
[ December 09, 2002, 07:39 AM: Message
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The Great Gray
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posted December 09, 2002 07:36 AM
quote:
Originally posted by aleshandre: More
specifically, the Medallion only absorbs weaves of sadair
cast at the wearer, and as it does so, grows
cold.
Or saidin.
See Gar,
Aran'.
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aleshandre
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posted December 09, 2002 07:46 AM
We don't
have a clear picture as to whether it will absorb saidin,
because Mat was "killed" by Ravin's lighning bolts. RJ hasn't
specified whether the lightning is directly a result of the
weaves, or a result of manipulating the weather, though I
would lean toward it being a direct result of the weaves,
because the lightning tends to come from a clear sky or when
there is no evidence of a storm. If this is the case, then it
has been proven that It doesn't protect him from
saidin.
-------------------- Stupidity is not a
crime, so you're free to go. Normal people frighten me.
I've never heard of freinds or relatives of serial killers
saying, "He was crazy, I knew he was going to snap sooner or
later and start killing people". They always seem to say, "He
was such a nice normal young man", etc. Atleast with
crazy people, you know to watch your back! My web page, new
& improved: http://geocities.com/aleshandre@sbcglobal.net/
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Lord Schpungus
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posted December 09, 2002 08:18 AM
If you read
the WOT FAQ (www.linuxmafia.com/jordan) it cites nook
evidence that it blocks both saidin and saidar, as well as a
quote from RJ from a book signing on the subject. Long story
short, it blocks both.
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aleshandre
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posted December 09, 2002 08:29 AM
Thank you
for the clarification. ![[Big Grin]](Wizards_Com Boards Mat's medallion_fichiers/biggrin.gif)
-------------------- Stupidity is not a
crime, so you're free to go. Normal people frighten me.
I've never heard of freinds or relatives of serial killers
saying, "He was crazy, I knew he was going to snap sooner or
later and start killing people". They always seem to say, "He
was such a nice normal young man", etc. Atleast with
crazy people, you know to watch your back! My web page, new
& improved: http://geocities.com/aleshandre@sbcglobal.net/
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Heron_Marked_Blade Member Member
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posted December 09, 2002 09:17 AM
You can
find discussion of a related topic at Questions About
Gholams.
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Dwayne Trawick
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posted December 18, 2002 06:58 PM
I would say
no, not because of the question of its powers, but in how it
works. If a weave is already tied off, its subject has already
been determined and must not be Mat. The medallion only works
to block weaves CAST DIRECTLY ON MAT so if its tied off, it
wasn't casted AT Mat, an therefore won't be blocked. I'm
not entirely sure how this goes in the rules, but that's how
it is in the book.
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finnmckool
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posted December 18, 2002 07:17 PM
yeah I
wouldn't let him do it either. It would only alert him to
weaves he walked through. Mat's medallion doesn't detect
weaves. Only weaves that hit him.
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dscrank
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posted December 18, 2002 08:20 PM
That's not
quite true. It grows cold whenever someone channels nearby
(see the fight with the gholam, or rather, just before). I
think that's covered in the
rulebook.
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