Scrying LensIndex | Time Under Chaos | Creating a Character | Pattern Power | Scrying Lens Once the Pattern is summoned to your mind you can use it as a great lens to peer into Shadow. Anyone, anything can be observed in this way providing they don't notice. Finding a particular item, or person, is, however, not as easy as it might sound. Frankly, there's a lot of ground to cover. Just scanning all of Castle Amber could take hours, especially if you include the myriad of dungeon tunnels. On the other hand, if your Psyche is sharp, and if the object of your search is not disguised, then things can go much more quickly. Likewise, if Pattern is being disturbed, by a Hellride, or by any manipulation of Shadow, or even the creating of a full Pattern Trump, then the source of the disturbance should be easy to locate. Searching out in Shadow is usually a lot easier. If the character knew about Corwin's long-time residence on Shadow Earth, and knew how to locate the place, then a search of that entire Shadow would take just a couple of minutes. Why so fast? Because the character wouldn't have to do any kind of place by place searching. Instead the entire Shadow would be observed, and any "real" things, stuff originating from Amber or Chaos, would show up in contrast to the rest of the Shadow. Return to Pattern Power |
