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shadow-dancer
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posted September 11, 2002 08:55 AM      Profile for shadow-dancer      Edit/Delete Post
I know that a channeler can sense another channeler, and can sense their strength by a weavesight roll. Does it also take a weavesight roll to be able to sense the ability to channel in another or is it just an innate ability? Also can a channeler only sense the ability in someone who actually channels? By this I mean would the initiate in my party be able to sense that the sul'dam they will meet tonight is a potential channeler as well as the fact that her damane can channel?

Thanks in advance - its been a long day hope I make sense!

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Xythlord
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posted September 11, 2002 09:47 AM      Profile for Xythlord   Email Xythlord    Edit/Delete Post
The following are a mixture of house rules that I have devloped and material from the PotD.

In general, women displayed the ability to channel, or to learn, at a far younger age then their male counterparts. For a women, this ability appeared at any age from puberty, or approximately twelve or thirteen, to twenty-one. A female channeler can feel the inborn ability to channel and relative strength of another woman who could channel within five or ten feet. To find those who could not yet channel, but who had the ability to learn, it was necessary to establish a resonance. The female Aes Sedai drew lightly on the One Power to channel a small weave (level 0), it is then up to the candidate to feel for the Power. If she has any ability to learn, she would feel the resonance of the Aes Sedai’s flow, at that point the tester was also able to feel the candidate and immediately know her potential.

A man usually does not manifest trainability until at least the age of sixteen, but he retained the potential to show the inborn ability to channel until his mid to late twenties. In both cases, the ability to learn –as opposed to the inborn spark – would lie dormant until whatever age. A man who had the ability to learn gave off a resonance whenever saidin was channeled within close proximity. This resonance could be felt only by another man, and only while he was embracing the Power himself. The candidate himself usually also felt nothing. The tester usually channels a small flame (level 0) while waiting to feel the resulting resonance. If he felt the “echo”, he knew the other man had the spark. This usually takes about ten to fifteen minutes, if the candidate is focused on the flame, or up to thirty if not. There is no way to tell how much potential ability an individual has. Only through training and experience could a mans strengths and abilities be known, often leaping up suddenly until he reached his limits.

Measuring the One Power
DC Task
15 Identify the ability to channel
20 Determine the general degree of talent
25 Determine the precise degree of talent

As a full round action, a channeler may make a Weavesight check to assess the degree of channeling talent in another. Although this ability works with female channelers at all times, male channelers may only detect how strong the character is when he has seized saidin. This degree of talent is measured as the sum of the subject’s Intelligence bonus, Wisdom bonus, Charisma bonus, and levels in channeling class.

A check result of 15 or more tells the viewer whether the subject has one or more levels of initiate or wilder. It does not reveal how many levels the subject has or of what class.

A check result of 20 or more gives one of three results: the subject is significantly less powerful than the viewer; the subject is significantly more powerful than the viewer or about the same as the viewer. Compare the degree of talent, 4 or more less causes the subject to feel “weaker”, within 3 either way feels “about equal” and 4 or more greater is “stronger”. The viewer does not learn the exact total.

A check result of 25 or more tells the viewer precisely how much stronger their total degree of talent is in relation to the viewer. It does not relate the totals in attribute scores nor the subjects channeling class level.

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