THE POWERS OF CORWIN'S PATTERN

AN OPTIONAL SET OF PATTERN POWERS


Because Corwin is a different person to Dworkin or Oberon, his Pattern, drawn under different circumstances, in a different place, with different needs, gives different powers to those who walk it than those gained from walking any of the Amber Patterns.

If one has walked the Amber Pattern and then walks Corwin's Pattern, Corwin's Pattern imprint will overwrite the Amber Pattern imprint. The same will also happen in reverse if someone with a Corwin's Pattern imprint walks an Amber Pattern. Only a Primal Pattern imprint resists this effect and is not over-written.


Note that this power has not, as yet, been play-tested, so I have no idea how balanced, or otherwise, it may actually be.


BASIC PATTERN

Cost : 50 points [Free]; cannot be bought partially

PRE-REQUISITES : Psyche and Endurance of Amber Rank or higher

Based on what we see of Corwin in the books, a possible set of powers for Corwin's Pattern could be as follows:

Shadow Travel would be the same as with the Amber Patterns, as Corwin probably seems to this in the same way as everyone else in the Family.

The ability to Manipulate Probability is much less with Corwin's Pattern than the Amber Patterns. Corwin seems to have trouble with it in the books, so the powers of his Pattern reflect this. This includes greatly increased difficulty in finding things of desire and personal items. Only Pattern-based items like Greyswandir can be found using Corwin's Pattern.

The ability to perform a Blood Curse is exactly the same with Corwin's Pattern as with Amber's Pattern.

Pattern Defence is better with Corwin's Pattern than the Amber Patterns. It extends beyond the protection from magic, Trump and other invasive powers into actual physical protection, filling the body with Pattern energy that hardens it into an armoured form.


ADVANCED PATTERN

Cost : 60 points

PRE-REQUISITES: Ranked Psyche and Endurance; a lot of experience with basic Pattern.

Because of the different Basic Pattern powers, the Advanced powers of Corwin's Pattern are also different.

SENSITIVITY TO SHADOW (10 points) - as with normal API.
CONTROL PATTERN EMANATIONS (10 points) - as with normal API.
ENHANCED SHADOW SHIFTING (10 points) - as with normal API, as Corwin has seen Fiona do this.
ENHANCED PATTERN DEFENCE (10 points) - the initiate can radiate Pattern energy about themselves to physically protect an area, usually in concert with protection from powers.
LAYING ON OF HANDS (10 points) - a form of healing, for oneself, and for others, by filling them with Pattern energy.
PERMANENT PROTECTION (10 points) - the ability to change the properties of shadow, but only to create or enhance its protective and defensive properties. For example, using this ability one could create barriers to various powers or physical entry to a shadow, enhance the healing properties of a shadow, or create shadows of Destiny.

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