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Re: It might not be that hard Watcher Send a noteboard - 04/02/2011 12:20:02 PM
Slicing a weave you can't see might not be that hard if you think about it. If you are going for precision strikes then you would have to have wardings to know exactly where to strike. In Rand's case Lanfear was trying to shield him and the weave was connecting with his link to the source so he knew where it was.

Lanfear had no such aid but she may not have needed it. Think of it like swinging a sword in front of you with your eyes closed and your back to a wall. Chances are the attackers is comming at you from the front. You may not know exactly where he/she is but if you swing fast enought and widely enough you have a good chance of connecting considering one can weave a lot faster that swing a sword.

It would not be 100% but Lanfear was probably able to assume that Rand's attacks would be directed at either her head or centre of mass, so that limits the area she had to cover. If she is skilled it not going to be a crude sword she is using but something more like the blades of a fan in front of her.

When Rand was fighting her he was having a hard time because he did not want to listen to LTT who was trying to show him ways to defeat her. That suggests that there are ways and means and someone who went through 10 years of world war using the OP as a weapon.
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Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s _Big_Easy_ - 04/02/2011 01:05:56 AM 1871 Views
I thought of another... _Big_Easy_ - 04/02/2011 01:10:23 AM 1062 Views
The blue sparks are not necessarily the result of a power-wrought blade. Cannoli - 04/02/2011 01:59:46 AM 1203 Views
I thought that RJ had confirmed at some point that Thom had power wrought knives. *NM* HyogaRott - 04/02/2011 02:06:14 PM 639 Views
he may have, but it has also been implied that the blue light was because of something special/uniqu mazza3 - 04/02/2011 09:18:02 PM 870 Views
yes *NM* Jim - 05/02/2011 03:04:19 AM 384 Views
Re: Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s Cannoli - 04/02/2011 01:52:55 AM 1344 Views
Re: Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s _Big_Easy_ - 06/02/2011 08:15:43 PM 1027 Views
You're misapplying practices. Cannoli - 07/02/2011 01:08:22 PM 995 Views
Still disagree... _Big_Easy_ - 08/02/2011 06:11:38 AM 906 Views
Re: Still disagree... Cannoli - 08/02/2011 11:58:19 AM 913 Views
Have you ever heard of Occam's Razor? _Big_Easy_ - 09/02/2011 05:45:13 AM 992 Views
Have YOU? Cannoli - 15/02/2011 12:47:39 AM 1165 Views
She doesn't have to overhear them to know that something is fishy Lord Haart - 21/02/2011 10:35:41 AM 870 Views
There are ways of detecting a man's weaves. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 04/02/2011 04:49:55 AM 971 Views
Some ideas Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:26:09 AM 849 Views
No, I think RJ just didn't think it through, seeing as Rand sliced Lanfear's invisible weaves too... Shannow - 04/02/2011 11:42:38 AM 907 Views
Re: It might not be that hard Watcher - 04/02/2011 12:20:02 PM 964 Views
it's different Sidious - 04/02/2011 02:21:44 PM 917 Views
So what stopped Lanfear from flicking him against the skull with a surprise club of Air... Shannow - 04/02/2011 02:33:53 PM 980 Views
nothing Sidious - 04/02/2011 02:45:52 PM 944 Views
Gestures and Weaves go hand in hand and since flows originate from the body you can logically darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 05:45:00 PM 934 Views
In general, only third age Aes Sedai gesture when they weave - it's a block imposed by training. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 07/02/2011 06:20:33 PM 1007 Views
Not true darius_sedai - 08/02/2011 01:54:17 PM 774 Views
Your example proved my point - LTT only said that it was needed for certain weaves. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 04:20:28 PM 1744 Views
Hmm... Sidious - 08/02/2011 05:38:13 PM 876 Views
It's a flawed and incorrect given all the examples we've seen in the books. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 08:36:32 PM 800 Views
Verin could not see the weaves darius_sedai - 08/02/2011 10:16:56 PM 873 Views
Also... fionwe1987 - 08/02/2011 11:35:20 PM 785 Views
Well, that's partially the point I'm bringing up. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 03:19:07 PM 820 Views
I disagree that the better assumption is that she set complex and renewing wards darius_sedai - 10/02/2011 06:12:07 PM 1002 Views
I never said she could - I said she sensed them, and felt the woman's channeling. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 03:04:00 PM 808 Views
I think this is the crux of the matter Sidious - 09/02/2011 03:32:18 PM 868 Views
I think she had a ward to detect saidin, and when it was triggered, she guessed it would be Air RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2011 04:40:46 PM 852 Views
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