We here at Fusions have had a lot of trouble defining what it means to be powerful, not powerful, weaker, not weaker etc. This is a point based system that will allow us to distinguish strength in the power. You know, like, this Aes Sedai defers to this one. The points will tell us who we would have to defer to, or not, and then it would also help us figure out what is possible to do in terms of weaves etc. The only problem that we faced when writing this was that the current ages we have assigned our characters don’t fit well enough, at least in terms of the older members. If you’re character is Aes Sedai or Asha’man, you are going to have to go back over your age and change it in accordance. Its much easier to change an age to fit how you have been RPing your character using the OP than to change how much of the OP you can channel…you get me? There is no way someone who is channeling can reach Aes Sedai or Asha’man in less than x amount of years.

I won’t lie, there is a lot of math involved in figuring these things out, mostly for older members who have to go back and figure out how long they have been channeling, and how much. This system gives a person the freedom to decide how powerful they want to be within reason, but it also puts some useful restrictions on the matter too. Don’t casually read over this, you need to actually sit down with some pen and paper, or a calculator and do the math we are telling you. It’s all simple adding and subtracting, but its helpful to write it down. We are trying to explain this as much as we possibly can, in easy terms so that everyone will understand. It has taken us a long time to get this working how we want, so we hope you all like what we have come up with.

There is no question at all in my mind that we NEED a point system in order to make Fusions follow the books properly. If you have any questions at all, please post them in this thread and we will get back to you publicly so everyone can learn. Suggestions and comments are appreciated.

This is a table of how the new channeling system is to work. Below is an explanation of it and examples to illustrate.

Step by step example:

1) As you create your character the first thing you need to do is to select if you wish to be male or female and if that character is to be a channeler. Both of these decisions affect the next thing to do. Lets say that the character is to be male and will be a channeler.

2) Now you need to decide on a basic strength for your character, these are put into categories named: Very weak, Weak, Above weak, Below average, Average, Above Average, Below Strong, Strong and Very strong. The number will be the actual comparison number; the categories are merely to illustrate the diversion of the numbers. Let’s say the character is to be of Average strength and the number decided upon is 35. When you choose a number, you’ll notice on the table we gave you, numbers. So if you choose Average, you choose a number in the average range.

3) Now we need to decide upon the affinity in each flow. The Affinity is not strength and is not calculated from your strength. The Affinity is how well you can manipulate a flow not how much of it you can draw of the OP (your total strength tells you how much you can wield). You are to select levels between 1 and 10. Lets say the example character gets the following affinities:

Air: 5
Fire: 7
Water: 3
Earth: 8
Spirit: 10

4) Now we look at the characters biography. Every player must decide how old his or her character is when he/she first started to channel. This age is vital for the calculation of your total strength. Lets say that this character was 16 and first started to channel as he came to the Towers to learn. This characters total strength would then be equal to his base strength.

5) Now lets say the character has been in existence for a while and it is time to raise the character (Soldier to Dedicated) now we have to look at how the character has grown in the OP. Fist we have to look at how long the Soldier has been a soldier and add that to his current age. We calculate the total strength by subtracting the age when he first started to channel from the total age and add this number to the base strength. Now we make a comparison, if the soldier has less then a strength of 10, he can not get raised. Lets say our character in this example has been a soldier for 5 years, this would make him 21 years old. He would have channeled for 5 years (current age - start age = 5) and his total strength becomes 40. Our Soldier can get raised to Dedicated, however to be noted is that he is among the other dedicated categorized as below average now.

6) Yet a little while goes and we feel that it is time to raise the character again. Now yet again we have to go through the same thing as when we raised the character to Dedicated, however now the minimum requirement of age is the age that gives a total strength of 71. Since this is a definite requirement and our character had only 40 as his total strength when he was raised Dedicated we must calculate how many years he must have spent at the very least as a Dedicated to get raised. 71 - 40 = 31. Yes this is the actual amount of years he must have spent as a Dedicated. A total of 36 years learning to channel and he is still considered weak in comparison to other Asha'man. Anyway back to the raising procedure. We now have to decide if our character is to have spent 31 years or more as a Dedicated. More will increase the total strength, but also make the character older. The very youngest this character can be to become Asha'man is 52. (Don't worry I'm perfectly sure he still looks like he's in his 20's. ) Lets say he is 56 as he is raised to make things easier to calculate. He would then have a total strength of 75.

A Sidenote: As you can see with this channeling system, characters like Rialt, Sapphira, and Lyla, even Cayana and Edeleas, are going to have to go back over their ages and modify how old they are to fit in with the point system.

7) Now our character is Asha'man and for the first 5 years spends time getting settled in, learning weaves and teaching. Then he decides to get into politics, he spends about 30 years doing that. After 30 years there suddenly is an increase of the amount of attacks on the boarderlands from the blight and they ask the Towers for assistance. Our character is one of those sent to aid the boarderlands and he spends a grand total of 10 years there helping out before he returns to the Towers.

Now how does this channelers Total strength evolve? As he becomes Asha'man he has already been learning for 40 years. This means that the character can only actually get 10 points stronger. Spending his first 5 years still learning he can add 5 more and his age becomes 61. 30 years of politics adds nothing to his strength but he becomes older (91). The 10 years in the boarderlands aiding them add the last 5 possible points as he then has reached his maximum strength of 85. After this point no amount of channeling frequently to learn will increase this characters strength.

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Now I hope that was clear enough. Below I have put together a FAQ and three more examples. If you have a question please start with reading through those. If it is not answered please PM me. I have no problems with helping you and already have done so for more then one of the SM's, don't feel afraid to ask.

FAQ
Aes Sedai example
Weak channeler example
Strong channeler example

// Post and system written by Rialt and Cayana

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To make it easier to understand these are the following things I need in your bio (all of them please):

One Power scores

Current strength:
Base strength:
Age when started to channel:
Current Age:

Flow Affinity
Water:
Air:
Earth:
Fire:
Spirit:

:ph43r: I didn't see that link for the table there the first time. :P

*coughs* Anyway...Will the years spent being a Healer in the Towers add to a character's strength?

I'm so bad at math..... :pout:

I'll try but it's going to take me a looooooooooooooong while.

EDIT: I changed it, but I don't know if it's right. Will someone check it for me? :unsure:

Woohoo, I can't channel. No confusing numbers for me.

*nodnodnod* Same here, but read and understood!

:goddammit: When will I learn :rolleyes: @herself*

I will add this to the top post as well.

I will need the following things in your bio:

One Power scores

Current strength:
Base strength:
Age when started to channel:
Current Age:

Flow Affinity
Water:
Air:
Earth:
Fire:
Spirit:

Any questions ask. I'll PM you Mirazhe, you are on the right track :)

Naridin: what do you mean? Each year you have been channeling prior to the Towers, as a soldier and as a dedicated are automaticly counted. If you decide to become a healer and work as such as on a daily bacis as Asha'man you will earn a point a year (as long as you don't go off doing other stuff for a year or so that aren't as excessive in the use of the OP). Total you can only earn 50 p from your base strength. No more, no matter what you do.

If I failed to answer your question please PM me :)

When you get your bio edited, please post here so we can check it out. :D

Done :)

All finished :D

Done. :)

It wasn't that complicated once i took the time to read through slowly! Well put together I have to say.
Hope I got it all right, but bio has been updated in any case.

:)

Don't forget about this! This is how we're doing it now, so please update your bios ASAP!!

Done. Finally. Sorry it took so long.

Done..should be right...

I have a question:
is a year of being blocked the same as a year of simply channeling in this system?
meaning, if my charachter had a year of channeling (with a block, of course) before arriving to the tower, does is add as a +1 to her base strength, or is it calculated differently (since it is a block and I think they said in the books a few times to Nynaeve that she cannot really evolve (?) in the power untill she breaks her block...)

hope that's not too confusing to you.. :look cuz it is to me >.<

Yes, she would still grow in the Power, since from the point a woman starts channeling until she reaches her full potential, she constantly grows slowly in her strength. Although Nyneave couldn't do everything she may have wanted with the Power, her strength still increased all that time. :)

oh, that makes sense! thanks, Mommy! :) (I can call you that, right?)

Lol, sure. :P