Shadow PocketsIndex | Above Us The Waves? | Creating a Character | Pattern Power | Shadow Pockets On a small scale, it is possible to create personal Pocket Shadows which can be used for various purposes. A Shadow Pocket would then be an artificial Shadow, with just a sliver of Amber's image, brought into existence by a character's minute warping of the Sign of the Pattern brought to mind. Shadow Pockets can be fixed to a particular location or can be moved around by their creator. The environment inside the Shadow Pocket is also entirely up to its creator. One drawback to Shadow Pockets is their fragility. As artificial constructs they are easily destroyed by others with the strong touch of either the Pattern or Logrus. There are three main uses of Shadow Pockets; the Hidey Hole, the Portable Hole, and the Personal Retreat. When used as a Hidey Hole, the character creates an immobile Shadow Pocket in some area, and then stores something there to prevent its discovery. While immobile, the Shadow Pocket is difficult to locate with the Pattern Lens or with Logrus, and almost impossible to detect by other means. It is also more stable, and can withstand all but direct confrontation with such Powers. The second usage of the Shadow Pocket as a Portable Hole is similar to the Hidey Hole except it is mobile and travels with the character. He/she need not concentrate on this movement, and the Pocket will travel with him/her even through Shadow. It can be used to store things too large to conveniently carry, or to store things temporarily. Since it is mobile, it is more noticeable to those with sensitivity to Pattern or Logrus, but can be more easily reinforced and protected since it's travelling with its creator. (Ah! here's where the Henry Moore Statue Trump deck becomes mobile) The third common usage of the Shadow Pocket is the personal retreat. Since the character can design and alter the Shadow Pocket at will, using the Pattern, it is a perfect area to quickly get away to as a personal sanctuary. While being within such a construct isn't inherently dangerous, if the construct were attacked from outside and was destroyed, that which is contained within would suffer varying consequences. Those things which are real, such as the Pocket's creator, would merely be thrust into an adjacent Shadow, or perhaps thrown several Shadows distant (depending on the Power which destroyed the Pocket), those things which are of Shadow would likely be destroyed, though highly magical items and creatures have a small chance of survival. Return to Pattern Power |
