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I stand corrected. Though I will say that the uses in the books don't match the definition. Chas Send a noteboard - 28/12/2010 02:17:43 PM
Skimming
The ability to open a gateway to a dark dimension (not well defined or understood), move through that dimension, and open another gateway back into the real world in a different location. First mention is TFoH,Ch6. Anyone of sufficient strength and knowledge can Skim. Skimming requires detailed knowledge of the place one is Skimming to. Skimming was not even known as a lost Talent. (ACoS,Ch9)
-Encyclopaedia Wot - Talents

What Egwene had pried from Moghedien was a way to journey from a place you did not know well to one you did. Slower than Traveling, Skimming was not even one of the lost Telents...
-A Crown of Swords - Ch9, p186



There would be more in The Fires of Heaven when Asmo was explaining things to Rand.


e.g. Rand certainly didn't know the Caemlyn Palace courtyard enough to qualify as 'detailed knowledge' and Egwene couldn't have known the place outside Ebou Dar that she Skimmed Lan to (I don't believe that it was the same place as when she made the gateway to ED for Elayne and co.).
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An annoying gateway error. rAndy aL - 24/12/2010 04:52:54 AM 2121 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM 1334 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Lo'oris - 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM 1155 Views
I dissagree Ashaman Narishma - 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM 1135 Views
Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM* Lord Haart - 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM 495 Views
And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. *NM* moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM 495 Views
Read the post I responded too. I know that. Lord Haart - 26/12/2010 11:58:40 AM 1036 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem? DREWRULESWOT! - 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM 850 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM 1062 Views
What he said. No error. *NM* Chas - 24/12/2010 01:01:23 PM 461 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM 1000 Views
Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM 968 Views
They prepared a place, and it just happened to be within walking distance of the attack? rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:44:34 AM 943 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot. Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM 1023 Views
Your quote shows what happened. rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM 924 Views
Likely picked from a handful of pre-determined locations based on where and when the attack occurred darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:47:20 PM 990 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM 819 Views
Not realty. Caemlyn is huge by the standards of the time but realistically it's tiny darius_sedai - 01/01/2011 06:05:06 AM 864 Views
The sizes I proposed are not huge (well, they would be by standards in the middle ages but not now) ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 04/01/2011 06:37:50 AM 797 Views
I believe Caemlyn is less than 300k people .... That's what .05% the size of London? darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 06:02:50 PM 838 Views
You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM 466 Views
Of course not darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:30:47 PM 869 Views
That would be an error if it hadn't been Skimming (the platform and what not) they were using. Chas - 25/12/2010 02:29:39 AM 899 Views
It is an error because they opened a skimming gateway to the house (from the skimming place) rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:47:08 AM 911 Views
Gateways moratcorlm - 25/12/2010 12:20:13 PM 884 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:20:14 AM 899 Views
Re: Gateways moratcorlm - 26/12/2010 03:53:05 AM 824 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:16:48 AM 1041 Views
I'm confused now as to what you're arguing. They knew the location of the house. Chas - 26/12/2010 08:54:17 PM 883 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going rAndy aL - 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM 905 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Chas - 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM 916 Views
Re: Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Lord Haart - 27/12/2010 03:11:26 PM 832 Views
Skimming Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:24:12 PM 894 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS rAndy aL - 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM 1014 Views
I stand corrected. Though I will say that the uses in the books don't match the definition. Chas - 28/12/2010 02:17:43 PM 968 Views
Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM 949 Views
get over it Japhy - 25/12/2010 06:20:14 PM 854 Views
ok? *NM* rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:21:24 AM 515 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. aven - 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM 1050 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. battle_shaman - 24/12/2010 06:22:54 PM 818 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Skeeve the Great - 24/12/2010 06:31:38 PM 827 Views
Very good point. Thank you for clearing that up! *NM* Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 09:50:47 PM 439 Views
Wrong Cynewulf - 24/12/2010 10:03:26 PM 995 Views
Re: Wrong MightyYT - 24/12/2010 11:49:12 PM 918 Views
Re: Wrong aven - 25/12/2010 02:59:55 AM 903 Views
Re: Wrong rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:51:54 AM 834 Views
Re: Wrong Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:34:39 PM 915 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM 939 Views
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