Ultimately your potential determines your gateway size. Asmodean's statement that the Power only had to do with the making of the gateway is the most correct one.
You need a certain amount of saidin or saidar to create the weave and make it effective e.g. 20 saidin/saidar. After that, when the gateway opens, it will do so until it reaches your potential, or until you stop it. This explains why Rand can make many deathgates of the same size.
I do think that Talents and strength in Spirit allow you to open a gateway with less saidin/saidar e.g. 15 saidin. This would theoretically allow you to open more gateways e.g. deathgates, even though their size would be limited.
The fact that you reach your maximum gateway size some time BEFORE you reach your full potential. Unless Rand was already at his full potential when he made the gateway in FoH, which seems to be contradicted by our observations.
Gateway size and One Power strength - a theoretical model...
15/12/2009 08:42:26 AM
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There's this....
15/12/2009 09:58:26 AM
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Rand's later quotes confirm, but also refute this. Also, Egwene throws a wrench in things.....
15/12/2009 04:02:33 PM
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Nice points, I wonder...
15/12/2009 12:16:22 PM
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Angreal or sa'angreal do not increase your gateway size...
15/12/2009 12:21:10 PM
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I can't remember Asmo's comment.
15/12/2009 12:23:46 PM
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Light in the Night quotes it above...
15/12/2009 12:27:42 PM
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Unfortunately
15/12/2009 12:37:21 PM
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I'm pretty sure that Rand makes the maximum possible gateway for one person...
15/12/2009 12:41:48 PM
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Re: I'm pretty sure that Rand makes the maximum possible gateway for one person...
15/12/2009 01:44:46 PM
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Well they might
15/12/2009 01:42:24 PM
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How big was Cadsuane's gateway?
15/12/2009 01:43:20 PM
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Re: How big was Cadsuane's gateway?
15/12/2009 02:00:58 PM
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So 8 or 9 feet, I'd say...Edited to add another possibility.
15/12/2009 02:05:48 PM
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Re: So 8 or 9 feet, I'd say...
15/12/2009 02:09:06 PM
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I came up with another possibility after first replying to this issue...
15/12/2009 02:11:41 PM
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Re: I came up with another possibility after first replying to this issue...
15/12/2009 02:16:23 PM
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and in the TGS Siuan uses Vora's sa'angreal
15/12/2009 04:56:34 PM
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I agree w/ you. Siuan and Vora's sa'angreal refutes one of the points in the original post *NM*
15/12/2009 05:08:23 PM
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Another theory
15/12/2009 05:26:45 PM
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Excellent points
15/12/2009 06:08:09 PM
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Yes, pretty much
15/12/2009 01:41:34 PM
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The interesting part is...
15/12/2009 01:44:46 PM
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