View original postif she touched it ONCE, she would require enough training to control it so or she would have died of OP sickness. Fact is her ability is so small that it takes all of her ability simply to touch the Source.
Hence her description makes clear that "training" was quite perfunctory, like "training" a hampster to NOT go on a shooting spree. Channeling sickness only occurs as a consequence of untrained channeling, something Morgase was unlikely to ever manage again even without training in control, so "training" her to prevent that required little time or effort. Frankly, MORGASE does not make sense as Jordan describes Randland: Rather than the instant-addiction-like attitude of all other channelers, she views all her channeling experiences as arduous rather than ardorous. So although Malden shows she COULD have developed the ability to embrace the Source again, the intervening decades show she WOULD NOT have, trained or not.
Regardless, learning how to NOT load a gun grants absolutely no knowledge or experience in how to fire it accurately.
View original postSorilea has more ability as we've seen her create weaves without actual effort.
Soriliea has far more ABILITY because that is a function of training and experience as well as strength, and Sorilea has almost infinitely more of the first two. That says nothing about their relative STRENGTHS.
Quite.
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Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out!
24/06/2015 09:56:33 PM
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25/06/2015 08:01:04 AM
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Re: Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out!
25/06/2015 05:49:52 PM
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That still would not make sense
25/06/2015 09:22:48 PM
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It would
01/07/2015 07:17:09 PM
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However many ways they meant "dexterity," ALL are precluded by saying, "pure strength"
02/07/2015 12:09:11 AM
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Re: Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out!
25/06/2015 05:23:32 PM
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I suspect...
25/06/2015 05:47:59 PM
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Yeah, a comprehensive scale restricted to AS would not be comprehensive
25/06/2015 09:22:36 PM
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Re: Yeah, a comprehensive scale restricted to AS would not be comprehensive
25/06/2015 09:56:22 PM
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Sorilea can GRASP the Source reliably; there is no indication she can USE it
27/06/2015 08:19:19 PM
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Re: Sorilea can GRASP the Source reliably; there is no indication she can USE it
29/06/2015 07:58:55 PM
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Since she looks her age I suspect reaching it is almost entirely due to natural longevity
29/06/2015 09:16:21 PM
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Not when you consider Morgase
30/06/2015 09:02:35 PM
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Morghase did use her ability to effect, when unencumbered by Tower nonsense
01/07/2015 07:22:47 PM
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01/07/2015 10:32:13 PM
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Sorilea has been at it far longer than Morgase
02/07/2015 12:21:55 AM
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Re: Sorilea has been at it far longer than Morgase
08/07/2015 03:26:43 AM
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Re: Sorilea has been at it far longer than Morgase
09/07/2015 02:25:58 AM
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RJ did say...
09/07/2015 07:13:01 AM
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True, but that only makes slowings imprecise nature harder to gauge
10/07/2015 02:51:45 AM
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Morgase spent nearly 2 years in the Tower
09/07/2015 03:22:06 PM
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And countless hours of frustrated focus to--fleetingly--grasp the source ONCE (i.e. less than twice)
10/07/2015 02:51:53 AM
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doesn't make sense as you describe it
10/07/2015 04:42:31 PM
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It does not make sense as Jordan describes it either
10/07/2015 09:00:36 PM
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But the scale was only applicable for Aes Sedai; they are the only ones to whom strength matters
25/06/2015 11:10:45 PM
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It MATTERS to everyone; just because it is irrelevant to a hierarchy does not make it absolutely so
27/06/2015 08:44:07 PM
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theory, lesser strength increases the likely hood of a very specific sometimes untapped talent?
30/06/2015 12:25:45 AM
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Developed skills are distinct from innate Talents (in Randland, literally) but I would still say no
30/06/2015 01:21:25 PM
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