On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Louis-Philippe Giroux wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Jeremy T. Walker wrote:

...without breaking the vows?

They can't use the one power to HARM.  Things like:
Making it rain on Ranma all the time.
Putting a globe of darkness around his head so he can't see
Making all water that touches him instantly cool
Throwing mud at him. (Note we've seen Aes Sedai do this who at least as
far as we know are not Black Ajah)

etc, etc, etc.  The key thing is they can't do it with intent to cause
physical injury, but humiliation and aggravation adn making your life a
living hell is another story.

   Like what happened to Mat on his way to Ebou Dar in ACoS...?

Yes.

There are a lot of ways to evade the oaths to a greater or lesser degree.

For that matter, Aes Sedai can speak words that are not true, despite the
oaths, as long as they THINK the words are true :)

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