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Re: Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out! fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 25/06/2015 05:49:52 PM

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It is an interesting read, but I would like to see the actual rankings of characters

I think you're speculation is right, the only comment I have is that the end passage of the text seems to be contradicted by the following passage, which in of itself doesn't quite make sense so is likely incorrect, and whether the no shouldn't be in there, so that the dexterity does make them a match:

"Still, one-on-one, looking only at pure strength and avoiding the advantages of dexterity, length of practice and skill, the top level for a man was usually no more than a match for the top level for a woman"


I suspect they are using dexterity two ways here. There's the dexterity that comes with experience, which men can also gain, and there's the inherent dexterity advantage women have. In the passage above, they're talking about acquired dexterity, so if you remove all that, the top woman and top man are pretty much the same, which lines up with what RJ said before.

I do wish they'd been clearer on this, though.

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Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out! fionwe1987 - 24/06/2015 09:56:33 PM 1940 Views
Re: Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out! gban007 - 25/06/2015 08:01:04 AM 845 Views
Re: Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out! fionwe1987 - 25/06/2015 05:49:52 PM 944 Views
That still would not make sense Joel - 25/06/2015 09:22:48 PM 938 Views
It would fionwe1987 - 01/07/2015 07:17:09 PM 975 Views
However many ways they meant "dexterity," ALL are precluded by saying, "pure strength" Joel - 02/07/2015 12:09:11 AM 1001 Views
Re: That still would not make sense Onarishma - 01/10/2015 11:54:06 PM 1006 Views
Re: Strength in the OP: the Encyclopedia chapter is out! darius_sedai - 25/06/2015 05:23:32 PM 1109 Views
I suspect... fionwe1987 - 25/06/2015 05:47:59 PM 954 Views
Re: I suspect... darius_sedai - 25/06/2015 06:33:10 PM 1008 Views
Yeah, a comprehensive scale restricted to AS would not be comprehensive Joel - 25/06/2015 09:22:36 PM 926 Views
Re: Yeah, a comprehensive scale restricted to AS would not be comprehensive darius_sedai - 25/06/2015 09:56:22 PM 890 Views
Sorilea can GRASP the Source reliably; there is no indication she can USE it Joel - 27/06/2015 08:19:19 PM 950 Views
Re: Sorilea can GRASP the Source reliably; there is no indication she can USE it darius_sedai - 29/06/2015 07:58:55 PM 837 Views
Since she looks her age I suspect reaching it is almost entirely due to natural longevity Joel - 29/06/2015 09:16:21 PM 787 Views
Not when you consider Morgase darius_sedai - 30/06/2015 09:02:35 PM 874 Views
Morghase did use her ability to effect, when unencumbered by Tower nonsense fionwe1987 - 01/07/2015 07:22:47 PM 1171 Views
Re: Morghase did use her ability to effect, when unencumbered by Tower nonsense darius_sedai - 01/07/2015 10:32:13 PM 951 Views
Sorilea has been at it far longer than Morgase Joel - 02/07/2015 12:21:55 AM 876 Views
Re: Sorilea has been at it far longer than Morgase darius_sedai - 08/07/2015 03:26:43 AM 844 Views
Re: Sorilea has been at it far longer than Morgase Joel - 09/07/2015 02:25:58 AM 873 Views
RJ did say... fionwe1987 - 09/07/2015 07:13:01 AM 794 Views
True, but that only makes slowings imprecise nature harder to gauge Joel - 10/07/2015 02:51:45 AM 1212 Views
Morgase spent nearly 2 years in the Tower darius_sedai - 09/07/2015 03:22:06 PM 1049 Views
And countless hours of frustrated focus to--fleetingly--grasp the source ONCE (i.e. less than twice) Joel - 10/07/2015 02:51:53 AM 954 Views
doesn't make sense as you describe it darius_sedai - 10/07/2015 04:42:31 PM 772 Views
It does not make sense as Jordan describes it either Joel - 10/07/2015 09:00:36 PM 979 Views
I agree with all of this fionwe1987 - 10/07/2015 05:21:40 PM 855 Views
You are wise Joel - 10/07/2015 09:06:16 PM 857 Views
But the scale was only applicable for Aes Sedai; they are the only ones to whom strength matters Cannoli - 25/06/2015 11:10:45 PM 871 Views
It MATTERS to everyone; just because it is irrelevant to a hierarchy does not make it absolutely so Joel - 27/06/2015 08:44:07 PM 835 Views
The problem with that fionwe1987 - 01/07/2015 07:26:53 PM 1085 Views
66 levels for women + 6 ( ? ) for men Terez - 27/06/2015 10:58:16 AM 1051 Views
theory, lesser strength increases the likely hood of a very specific sometimes untapped talent? Aleksis Michael - 30/06/2015 12:25:45 AM 836 Views
Developed skills are distinct from innate Talents (in Randland, literally) but I would still say no Joel - 30/06/2015 01:21:25 PM 756 Views
This thing is all over the place Shannow - 30/06/2015 02:39:01 PM 984 Views
Re: This thing is all over the place darius_sedai - 30/06/2015 09:39:43 PM 918 Views
Some of it is... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2015 08:10:00 PM 1044 Views
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