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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 2123 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM 1336 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Lo'oris - 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM 1157 Views
I dissagree Ashaman Narishma - 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM 1136 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 496 Views
Read the post I responded too. I know that. Lord Haart - 26/12/2010 11:58:40 AM 1038 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem? DREWRULESWOT! - 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM 853 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM 1064 Views
What he said. No error. *NM* Chas - 24/12/2010 01:01:23 PM 462 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM 1002 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 945 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot. Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM 1025 Views
Your quote shows what happened. rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM 926 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 993 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM 821 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 866 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 799 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 839 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 871 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 902 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 913 Views
Gateways moratcorlm - 25/12/2010 12:20:13 PM 887 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:20:14 AM 901 Views
Re: Gateways moratcorlm - 26/12/2010 03:53:05 AM 826 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:16:48 AM 1043 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 885 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going rAndy aL - 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM 907 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Chas - 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM 919 Views
Re: Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Lord Haart - 27/12/2010 03:11:26 PM 834 Views
Skimming Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:24:12 PM 896 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS rAndy aL - 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM 1016 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 970 Views
Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM 951 Views
get over it Japhy - 25/12/2010 06:20:14 PM 856 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 1051 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. battle_shaman - 24/12/2010 06:22:54 PM 819 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Skeeve the Great - 24/12/2010 06:31:38 PM 829 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 996 Views
Re: Wrong MightyYT - 24/12/2010 11:49:12 PM 920 Views
Re: Wrong aven - 25/12/2010 02:59:55 AM 905 Views
Re: Wrong rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:51:54 AM 836 Views
Re: Wrong Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:34:39 PM 917 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM 940 Views
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