when sul'dam tried to make AS damane channel weapon they simply could not do it, even forcing them there was no instances of them dying
But while Jordan never says it right out, channeling is as addictive as any drug. More so; heroin may be addictive, but it's not a truism that quitting heroin causes everyone to give up all hope and die. The collared Aes Sedai had the ability not to channel a weapon; I'm not sure any channeler has the ability to NEVER channel if they can touch the Source. Maybe the Morgases of the world who only dabbled once or twice, but not the habitual users. Certainly the men who went to the Steddings during the Breaking didn't think so, and one by one each of them ultimately left so they could channel again, even knowing the cost. That's even more chilling when you consider the fact they could have just pulled a Lews Therin (on the other hand, perhaps many of them did, though enough of them didn't that it spawned a theory Steddings extended the Breaking. ) It's really kind of surprising, all things considered, that the Ogier didn't do something "hasty" to arriving male channelers, and no one else went to the Steddings to do it for them.
What it boils down to is that the desire to end torture is not a force equal to the Three Oaths, but I believe the urge to channel is, at least for anyone who's done it long.
In the steddings they coukd not even feel the True Source. An oath against touching the Source would be preferable. Also, the part about comprehension, many male Aes Sedai were not instantly insane & an Oath like this or similar would have prevented them from ever going insane.
But I don't think the Oath would've stopped them from trying to channel, just from actually doing so. While the insatiable desire to do so forced them to keep trying. The best thing I think you can say about that is it'll be over quickly.
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LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Could the Oath Rod have been used on tainted men in the AoL?
01/10/2010 07:32:02 AM
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the oath rod requires comprehension to make it work
01/10/2010 08:18:58 AM
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Remind me some time to show you how to post something so long no one will read it.
01/10/2010 09:46:46 AM
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They could just be forced to take an oath to never touch the OP again.
03/10/2010 01:23:27 AM
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Re: They could just be forced to take an oath to never touch the OP again.
03/10/2010 02:12:43 AM
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Re: They could just be forced to take an oath to never touch the OP again.
05/10/2010 04:53:46 AM
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My bet is it would just kill them quicker.
01/10/2010 09:49:25 AM
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that was two oaths in contradiction though, i think that's different
01/10/2010 10:06:08 AM
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Right, because they had the physical capacity to resist channeling, at least for a while.
01/10/2010 10:42:00 AM
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At least they can feel the True Source
01/10/2010 03:08:03 PM
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All true.
01/10/2010 03:53:55 PM
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Did ANY of you recall that IT DOES NOT WORK ON MEN?
01/10/2010 11:43:34 AM
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just cause Sammael said that, doesn't make it true *NM*
02/10/2010 09:44:17 PM
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Do you REALLY think that with all the Tower's experiments on linking, they never tried it on men?
02/10/2010 10:11:11 PM
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yes
04/10/2010 02:16:52 AM
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Re: yes
04/10/2010 05:06:34 AM
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there are several ter'angreal that work for both men and women
05/10/2010 04:28:01 AM
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Re: there are several ter'angreal that work for both men and women
05/10/2010 04:36:04 PM
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Surely there must have been male oath rods *NM*
03/10/2010 10:37:57 AM
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Doubtful
07/10/2010 12:40:52 AM
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No. Balthamel was threatened with binding in the AoL. There was a binder of some kind *NM*
07/10/2010 01:35:23 AM
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