Weapon Craft / Channeling
Weapon Craft
The One Power — attributes, disciplines, and weaves. Bigger than the other crafts; start with a mode.
Channelers are the legendary wielders of the One Power. Whether a Wilder or formally trained, channelers share the same combat style — specialization creates very different play experiences.
Unlike other crafts, you do not spend a talent point to buy a single weave. You spend a talent point to raise ChSTR by 1 and receive 3 ChSP to invest in Weavesight, Weavecraft, or Combat Casting. Weaves are learned separately (generally one per channeling talent point, with DM approval).
Same rules document — two ways to play at the table.
Recommended if new
Cast 1 weave per round; deduct W/D; stop when empty. Ignore multiweave, slicing, thicken, affinity math, and the Exceeding W/D rule. Spend ChSP toward the disciplines that match the weaves you care about. Faster turns; less bookkeeping.
Full toolkit
Use tying off, multiweave, swiftweave, slice, overchannel, and the exhaustion table. Keep a tidy character sheet — most of the work is between turns. Jump to Casting, Exhaustion, and the discipline trees below.
Four numbers drive everything. Holding the Source also adds ChSTR to initiative, spot, listen, and all saves.
Use the library below; homebrew needs DM approval and these guardrails.
Standard Attack Action. No concentration check in combat.
Hard cap with a narrow heroic push — not a license to dump your biggest weave as a freebie.
If you currently have greater than 0 W/D, and casting your next weave would drop the tally below 0, roll against the Exhaustion Table.
DC = 5 + weave cost + 2 × |how far negative W/D will be|
Example: cost 4 brings you to −2 → DC = 5 + 4 + 2×2 = 13. Add Fort save + ChSTR to the throw.
| Miss margin | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Pass DC | Weave succeeds. Subdual = how far negative W/D. Gracefully release the Source. |
| Miss by ≤4 | Weave succeeds. Subdual = 2× how far negative. Gracefully release the Source. |
| Miss by 5–8 | Weave fails. Abruptly lose Source. Double attempted weave cost in HP and subdual. |
| Miss by 9–12 | Weave fails. Violently lose Source. Quadruple cost in HP and subdual; stunned 1 round. |
| Miss by 13–16 | Weave fails. Catastrophic loss — half remaining HP. Lose 1 Standard Action / round for 1d4 rounds. |
| Miss by ≥17 | Weave fails. Unconscious 1d6 rounds. Permanently lower POT by 1d4 (still applies if attrs later rise). |
Each tree goes to 24 ChSP. Maxing all three is 72 ChSP — a 20+ level project. Filter abilities across trees.
See and direct flows. Required first — 3 ChSP unlocks the Source. Read top to bottom by ChSP.
You grasp (saidin) / embrace (saidar) the True Source, gaining +X to your saving throws, spot and listen checks, and initiative, where X equals your ChSTR. This must be the first discipline taken — spend your first 3 ChSP here to actually channel.
You clearly see another channeler's weave and attempt to learn it. Roll against DC 15 + weave level. Add your ChSP in Weavesight to the check.
You may grasp/embrace the Source as a Standard Action.
Invert the weave so only you may see it. Another channeler will see you draw upon the Source, but your flows disappear.
Link with another willing channeler to pool your collective remaining W/D. Combined ChSTR is yours plus half the other channeler's ChSTR, rounded down. When the link dissolves, split remaining W/D evenly. You may not end up with more W/D than you started with before the Link.
Add your POT to your total allowed W/D. Stacks with Endurance from other disciplines.
You may grasp/embrace the Source as a free action, in or out of turn.
Remove 1 from the individual W/D cost of any Weavesight-disciplined weave you cast. Minimum weave cost is 1.
Delicacy and accuracy — tie off, thicken, multiweave, unweave. Read top to bottom by ChSP.
Tie off a weave so you no longer maintain it by spending W/D. Effect lasts for ChSTR rounds. You may also use this action to untie one of your tied weaves.
Spend 1 Phys to access the Thicken Weave section of any weave you cast.
Cast 2 weaves at once this turn. Each weave cost remains the same. Incur half the total weave cost in subdual damage, rounded down.
Cast a single weave as an Immediate Action. Incur half the total weave cost in subdual damage, rounded down.
Attempt to unweave a tied-off weave. X is the weave level. DC is 15 + weave cost + weave level; add Weavecraft ChSP to the roll. Roll X successful consecutive DC checks as Standard Actions. On any failure, play Failed Unweave.
Free Action · roll % for a 1-round effect
Add your POT to your total allowed W/D. Stacks with Endurance from other disciplines.
Cast 3 weaves at once this turn. Each weave cost remains the same. Incur half the total weave cost in subdual damage, rounded down.
Remove 1 from the individual W/D cost of any Weavecraft-disciplined weave you cast. Minimum weave cost is 1.
Offense, defense, slice, and overchannel. Read top to bottom by ChSP.
While holding the Source, add ChSTR to Attack, CTR, and Defense. DM note: keeps channelers viable in melee relative to ChSTR — not a melee power fantasy.
Add ChSTR to the DC to slice any weaves you cast this turn.
Weave a momentary wall of air. Attempt to block a single incoming ranged attack or missile-like weave with Reflex + Combat Casting ChSP. DC is the attacker's total attack value. The same channeler whose weave you blocked cannot slice your barrier; another channeler could, if they have the actions.
X is the weave level being sliced. Disrupt a still-forming non-inverted weave with Reflex + Combat Casting ChSP. DC is attacker total attack value + any Weave Resilience. You cannot slice a slice.
Cast X Combat Casting weaves this turn in succession (no Multicast penalty), paying their normal W/D cost. May not be tied off.
Add your POT to your total allowed W/D. Stacks with Endurance from other disciplines.
Add X to your ChSTR for the next weave you cast. After casting, incur Weave Cost in subdual damage and play Risk Burnout.
Free Action · Fort save + POT · DC 10 + Total Weave Cost
Remove 1 from the individual W/D cost of any Combat Casting-disciplined weave you cast. Minimum weave cost is 1.
DM approval for availability. Simple while in use.
Filter by discipline or search. You do not need ChSP in a weave’s discipline to cast it — effect may be weaker.
From your hand strings a blinding bolt of white lightning that jumps from target to target until distance or weave level stops its spread.
From your hand streaks a ball of pure orange flame, flying at the target as fast as an arrow.
A howling gust shoves your target away at great speed — lifted slightly, then deposited a distance away.
The ground under several enemies bursts into flames six feet tall, howling with the heat.
They feel as though splashed with freezing water. Wounds and bruising close within seconds.
Forks of electricity burn the target and charge them — movement across the ground jumps painfully from their body.
Fatigue and clouded thinking fade, as after a long, peaceful rest.
Threads of fire and earth make the weapon bite deeper. A soft red glow shows in low light.
The target crackles with electricity; forks fire outward parallel to the ground like spokes on a wheel.
Armor or clothing strengthens with tightly woven strands of the Power — still flexible, rougher to the touch — until damage dissipates the weave.
A thin wall of shimmering heat; from afar a breeze through grass, up close a roaring gale.
Illustrate W/D only — ignore whether the stated ChSTR would have unlocked every ability mentioned.
Level 4 · ChSTR 3 · POT 10 · W/D 17 · 5-round fight
Level 5 · ChSTR 2 · POT 9 · W/D 16, already down to 9 · Exceeding W/D
Level 9 · ChSTR 9 · POT 11 · W/D 29, down to 5 · Combat Casting Affinity · Slice mid-fight
Wheel of Time RPG · Channeling Needs review for V2 (source note)