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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 2397 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM 1530 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Lo'oris - 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM 1330 Views
I dissagree Ashaman Narishma - 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM 1357 Views
Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM* Lord Haart - 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM 593 Views
And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. *NM* moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM 592 Views
Read the post I responded too. I know that. Lord Haart - 26/12/2010 11:58:40 AM 1238 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem? DREWRULESWOT! - 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM 1064 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM 1245 Views
What he said. No error. *NM* Chas - 24/12/2010 01:01:23 PM 558 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM 1248 Views
Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM 1194 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 1225 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot. Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM 1244 Views
Your quote shows what happened. rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM 1177 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 1203 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM 1075 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 1049 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 982 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 1047 Views
You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM 562 Views
Of course not darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:30:47 PM 1066 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 1156 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 1149 Views
Gateways moratcorlm - 25/12/2010 12:20:13 PM 1099 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:20:14 AM 1180 Views
Re: Gateways moratcorlm - 26/12/2010 03:53:05 AM 1045 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:16:48 AM 1299 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 1120 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going rAndy aL - 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM 1195 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Chas - 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM 1167 Views
Re: Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Lord Haart - 27/12/2010 03:11:26 PM 1039 Views
Skimming Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:24:12 PM 1093 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS rAndy aL - 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM 1338 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 1160 Views
Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM 1179 Views
get over it Japhy - 25/12/2010 06:20:14 PM 1040 Views
ok? *NM* rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:21:24 AM 665 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. aven - 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM 1253 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. battle_shaman - 24/12/2010 06:22:54 PM 1003 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Skeeve the Great - 24/12/2010 06:31:38 PM 1019 Views
Very good point. Thank you for clearing that up! *NM* Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 09:50:47 PM 532 Views
Wrong Cynewulf - 24/12/2010 10:03:26 PM 1234 Views
Re: Wrong MightyYT - 24/12/2010 11:49:12 PM 1211 Views
Re: Wrong aven - 25/12/2010 02:59:55 AM 1108 Views
Re: Wrong rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:51:54 AM 1128 Views
Re: Wrong Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:34:39 PM 1082 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM 1148 Views
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