Suppress/Boost PatternIndex | Above Us The Waves? | Creating a Character | Pattern Power | Suppress/Boost Pattern The initiate can control the external emanations of their Pattern imprint. This allows one to mask one's Pattern imprint, appearing not to have one (though one's reality will still be apparent), and also to radiate Pattern energy around oneself in an enhanced form of Pattern defence, to use actively rather than passively. This takes a degree of concentration inversely proportional to one's Psyche. Suppressing one's Pattern imprint allows magic and/or the Logrus to affect one much more than is otherwise the case. Emanating Pattern energy around oneself, in addition to acting as a form of Pattern defence, also has serious effects on magic and technology in the vicinity - it basically reduces them to the level of that in Amber (i.e. spells only have the effectiveness of Power Words and empowerment effects above the 1 point level are suppressed), or with more effort to the level of magic by a Pattern. In this no magic functions at all, and un-real (i.e. ones for which points have not been paid) empowered effects are entirely suppressed. The suppression of magic affects different ranged magics differently: Spells which use magic to (for example) affect the mind of the target, i.e. in which the magic has to be in contact with the target, are entirely negated. Spells which use magic to create a non-magical effect which is fired at the target (such as a lightning bolt, where the magic is in the creation and direction of the bolt rather then bolt itself) are not affected unless the caster is close enough to the Pattern user for the Pattern emanations to affect their magic. The emanating of Pattern energy will also make the use of Trumps in the vicinity of the initiate much more difficult. Suppressing one's Pattern emanations also allows one to reduce, or even eliminate, ones casting of shadows of oneself while away from Amber. Return to Pattern Power |
