1) The weave of Air that removes the a'dam: As we saw in tGS, this is an apparently simple weave that takes the damane out of action. The moment they are uncollared, they stop doing everything and just stand around. A shielded AS, on the other hand, isn't going to stop trying to break her shield.
When Adelorna sees Egwene unclasp a damane's collar, she says the weave moves with "dexterous speed". Egwene then shows Adelorna the weave, but warns her that is generally much easier to just kill the damane.
I think it looks so simple to us because it was Egwene doing it. Her strength is obviously far above the average Aes Sedai's, and her dexterity has been shown to be downright phenomenal. Other Aes Sedai might be able to do it if they sneak up on a damane, but in a firefight, trying to free the damane will just get the Aes Sedai killed.
However, that doesn't really put them at a disadvantage, since the other options are shielding or killing, and those aren't terribly hard for linked circles. And I guess if they manage to shield the damane, and kill any soldiers with them, then they can take the time to undo the collars, though that will mean they're burdened with a lot of prisoners who will be catatonic at best, and fighting them hysterically at worst.
"And it breaks my heart to look around, and see the unimpressed; who can't believe the emperor is dressed"~Fastball
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The White Tower has all the tools to defeat the Senahcan...
03/08/2010 10:32:03 PM
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03/08/2010 10:53:38 PM
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Why not take an oath...
04/08/2010 12:09:46 AM
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or just adapt the one power as a weapon oath to include a sister's freedom as well as her life
*NM*
04/08/2010 01:45:43 AM
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Perhaps they would die?
04/08/2010 09:10:42 AM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
05/08/2010 08:33:18 AM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
05/08/2010 01:15:47 PM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
05/08/2010 04:33:25 PM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
06/08/2010 12:02:16 AM
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they can't
04/08/2010 12:54:46 AM
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Re: they can't
04/08/2010 02:27:45 AM
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Re: they can't
04/08/2010 07:09:45 AM
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Re: they can't
04/08/2010 02:44:10 PM
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read the oaths again
04/08/2010 08:15:24 PM
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I don't think #1 is as simple as you say.
04/08/2010 02:22:25 AM
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For the most part, they can only defend themselves...
04/08/2010 10:59:23 AM
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05/08/2010 01:17:44 AM
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I think the BT would wipe the floor with the damane on their home turf
05/08/2010 08:19:38 PM
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Re: I think the BT would wipe the floor with the damane on their home turf
05/08/2010 11:57:43 PM
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Whoa whoa whoa!
06/08/2010 03:07:34 AM
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I actually think the opposite: the damane would wipe the floor with the BT
13/08/2010 11:27:21 PM
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My thoughts on the damane...
05/08/2010 04:11:35 AM
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How exactly would Egwene learn where the Damane are kept?
05/08/2010 07:57:55 PM
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Interrogate the Damane.
05/08/2010 10:32:17 PM
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