You make valid points Aran, I think I was comparing it to another person being shielded from the Source, which is obviously just a Spirit shield and the shielded person can still move about freely. To ward against physical objects,, the shield would also have to be physical and thus it's...
Ah yes, good point Adui. You actually made me frantically re-read my post, I totally panicked over putting a spoiler in there, but I don't think I did, pfew. :lol
Don't worry, I've read all of them, just my first time round for the audio books :) I guess there are a lot of things we might do differently if we had been clever enough to write the books ;) as for the mobility thing: it's apparently possible to shield another person who can be moved...
So I'm on Path of Daggers at the bit where Rand gets shot by a Seanchan arrow in Altara and I was just thinking: Throughout the books, no one seems to just weave a simple shield around them to repel any physical attacks? (unless I missed it, which is entirely likely).
They seem to have no...