Channeling and Cameras

[Nox]

The video camera on we had a long discussion about way back when Nick was still around. We came to the conclusion that video cameras could not pick up the channeling and even a channeler watching a live feed wouldn't see channeling. I don't remember the basic reasoning behind it.

A blind channeler cannot create weaves - it's a visual thing it must be seen. I'm not sure if you had a once sighted character and then turned blinded as you could not. If you had it memorized and didn't need to see it possibly, but that would take years of practice.

Filtering through the cameras is where I'd say they'd have a problem, if that's their only view port they can't see their weaves.

Pasting the conversation two and I had on it in chat:

[13:17:51] <NumberTwo> Just posted a question on the OOC board.
[13:18:16] <Aria> the answer is no
[13:18:28] <Aria> we had a long discussion about that back with Nick
[13:19:27] <Aria> but there are far more questions there than the first lol
[13:22:05] <NumberTwo> Came to mind as I was thinking of the new powered armour suits the Legion is about to receive, in regards to Gio's Legionnaire character. And Jaxen's, eventually, as he can Channel too.
[13:22:15] <Aria> *nods*
[13:22:34] <NumberTwo> They wouldn't get as much benefit out of the suits as regular Legionnaires, as the entire system is built to function off the helmet's various cameras and systems.
[13:27:27] <NumberTwo> *thumbs up*
[13:22:46] <Aria> I think helmets with HUDs are okay... and landwarriors too... where you still see OUT of them but not camera related optics
[13:23:34] <Aria> If they aren't relying on cameras to see in front of them, I'd think they'd be able to channel just fine... but like they couldn't see someone channeling behind them through cameras
[13:23:44] <NumberTwo> Yeah, if you can see through the helmet visor or whatever, with your naked eyes, it would work fine certainly. But the various optics and camera features would be useless to a Channeler.
[13:24:01] <Aria> yeah for channeling purposes
[13:24:39] <NumberTwo> But can a Channeler build a Weave if they cannot see the Threads? I can't recall if they can Weave blindfolded and the like. I'm sure the more skilled types can, but what about rookie Channelers
[13:24:40] <NumberTwo> ?*
[13:25:03] <Aria> no
[13:25:45] <Aria> I remember there being a reason that a near blind character was almost told they couldn't have the character because of a channeler couldn't weave without tseeing the weaves
[13:26:13] <Aria> dragonmount's rp rules come straight from the books for the most part so I assume it's a hard and fast WoT world rule
[13:26:21] <NumberTwo> So they wouldn't be able to Channel through a camera view, because they can't see the Threads?
[13:26:25] <Aria> yeah