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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 2503 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM 1639 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Lo'oris - 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM 1448 Views
I dissagree Ashaman Narishma - 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM 1493 Views
Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM* Lord Haart - 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM 647 Views
And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. *NM* moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM 643 Views
Read the post I responded too. I know that. Lord Haart - 26/12/2010 11:58:40 AM 1350 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem? DREWRULESWOT! - 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM 1169 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM 1361 Views
What he said. No error. *NM* Chas - 24/12/2010 01:01:23 PM 616 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM 1364 Views
Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM 1304 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 1350 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot. Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM 1349 Views
Your quote shows what happened. rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM 1295 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 1330 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM 1185 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 1160 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 1091 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 1151 Views
You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM 620 Views
Of course not darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:30:47 PM 1186 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 1264 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 1266 Views
Gateways moratcorlm - 25/12/2010 12:20:13 PM 1214 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:20:14 AM 1300 Views
Re: Gateways moratcorlm - 26/12/2010 03:53:05 AM 1159 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:16:48 AM 1416 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 1249 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going rAndy aL - 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM 1310 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Chas - 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM 1290 Views
Re: Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Lord Haart - 27/12/2010 03:11:26 PM 1147 Views
Skimming Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:24:12 PM 1242 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS rAndy aL - 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM 1491 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 1288 Views
Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM 1302 Views
get over it Japhy - 25/12/2010 06:20:14 PM 1163 Views
ok? *NM* rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:21:24 AM 728 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. aven - 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM 1356 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. battle_shaman - 24/12/2010 06:22:54 PM 1127 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Skeeve the Great - 24/12/2010 06:31:38 PM 1166 Views
Very good point. Thank you for clearing that up! *NM* Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 09:50:47 PM 587 Views
Wrong Cynewulf - 24/12/2010 10:03:26 PM 1346 Views
Re: Wrong MightyYT - 24/12/2010 11:49:12 PM 1338 Views
Re: Wrong aven - 25/12/2010 02:59:55 AM 1242 Views
Re: Wrong rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:51:54 AM 1243 Views
Re: Wrong Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:34:39 PM 1191 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM 1244 Views
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