Skype RPG Amber Information

[Ginger]

List of Attributes:
Strength

is pretty self evident. even if you spend no points in endurance at all *no bid*, your average amberite can pick up and toss a small car.

• The best Scyther's character Domri
  

Psyche

powers most magics, and is useful in battles of the mind, such as a Trump call *remember those calling cards I mentioned light? when you call someone, you contact them directly with your mind* It's very important if you want to be good with a particular power, such as shape-changing or sorcery.

• The best Ginger's character Thiamine
  

Endurance

is how long you can go without rest, as well as how fast you heal. With No bid, an amberite's endurance is so great they can go days without rest normally, and fight physically for hours without breaking a sweat. Additionally an amberite can regenerate pretty much any wound, though major injuries may take days or a week depending how bad it is.

• The best Syn's character Ananta
  

Warfare

is how good you are at strategy. this is everything from chess to swordplay, to leading an army. a no bid amberite is good enough to trounce an average professional swordmaster, and is good enough at chess to beat a grandmaster with a blindfold on.

• The best Light's character Justice
  

List of powers:

• Pattern: 50 points. Walking the Pattern of Amber is your greatest trial, and your greatest triumph. Only someone with Amberite blood can survive walking the pattern, and even then they must be in top physical condition to make it alive. It grants the ability to walk through shadow, as well as a certain amount of manipulating the stuff of shadow, allowing probability manipulation.
  
  Attribute Tips for Pattern: Although Psyche is important for manipulating Pattern and Shadow, remember that your Endurance must be at least Amber level in order to actually walk the Pattern. Those with lower Endurance, either Chaos or Human, must get some kind of assistance or they will die in the attempt. The higher your Endurance the more damaged or exhausted you can be an still be able to walk the Pattern.
  
  List of Pattern Abilities:
  • Traveling through Shadow: Sometimes called the Hellride. This is done by changing minor things that lay in your path. You, the player, decide that over the next hill will be a patch of blue flowers, around the next corner is a jagged rock face, in the next village is a country fair. down that alley is a shop dealing in obscure weapons. By such minor changes you move closer to what you seek in Shadow. Certain places are easy to manipulate, such as those closest to chaos. Manipulating shadow is harder the closer you get to Amber, until, in Amber itself, it cannot be changed at all. Some places are difficult to get to, barred by monsters, hazards or whatever. Finally, following a traveler through shadow is always easier than taking your own path.
    Since the shadows are without number, anything you wish, anything at all, can be found somewhere in shadow. Whether these shadows were always there, or whether they have no existence until you arrive, or whether you create them by your desire, is a question that has not been answered.
    
    Moving through Shadow: In Shadow, if you stand unmoving, you are in the middle of a vast universe. However, each step forward is an opportunity to visit another "next door" universe, another of the infinite number of possible variations on a world. In Shadow, so long as an Amberite can move, walking, riding, sailing, swimming, flying, driving, or crawling, it is possible to move through Shadow.
    
    1. Shadow Walking is the easy way and is accomplished by changing very sublte, very small details. So, for example, i a ride through the woods of Shadow Earth, around the corner you might expect to see a greenjay instead of a bluejay. That one detail is an easy change. Shadow Walking is easy, but slow.
    2. The Royal Way. Another way of walking or riding through Shadow is by traveling through only Shadows where everything is to the character's liking. For example, one can choose to walk through the worlds where there will always be welcoming faces and rosebuds strewn on the roadway. Or, if you choose to travel in a luxurious train, you can stick to those Shadows that contain rails. The Royal Way is slow, and the changes are gradual, but it's very comfortable.
    3. Hellriding is the harder way to go. In Shadow walking you change one detail, a bluejay into a greenjay. In a Hellride you focus on one detail, and change the whole world around it. Spot a bluejay and you decide to enter another Shadow, completely different from Shadow Earth, but where bluejays still fly. Hellriding is hard, but fast.
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    Character Objectives: Anything and anyone can be found somewhere out in Shadow. What you find depends on what you describe to be your objective. Here are some of the possibilities:
    1. A Shadow of the player's description: "I'm going to a version of Shadow Avalon, but where Morgana is Queen and where they use steam engines instead of horses."
    2. A character that the player is seeking. "I'm going to set out to find Uncle Bleys."
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    Most of the time the Game Master will simply respond with the results, taking the player to the alternate Avalon, the Shadow where Bleys is at present, just outside a SCUBA shop, or right into the bar.
    
    
  • Infinity: There are an infinite number of version of every Shadow. For example, there are countless version of Shadow Earth. Sometimes this gets a little confusing. After all, when two characters arrange to "meet at the Savoy Hotel on Shadow Earth," how do they avoid each going to different versions?
    Even though there are an infinite number of each Shadow, they all pale compared to those few Shadows that have been "strengthened" by a touch of something real. Whenever someone from Amber visits a Shadow they make it more solid than all of the surrounding Shadows. For an Amberite character an overnight stay makes the particular Shadow into that "place where I slept the night."
    Stay for years, and the Shadow becomes correspondingly real and vivid. Shadow Earth was made very real by Corwin's lingering for four hundred years, PLUS the occasional visits of other Amberites. Then, when Corwin left the Jewel of Judgement on Shadow Earth for a time, the Shadow became even more real.
    
    
  • Leading Others through Shadow: When taking others through Shadow, an Amberite has to slow down to allow all of their passengers to cross into the shadow with them before they can move to the next one. This means that any dangers that occur in Shadows you pass through will have more time to actually notice and attack you and your forces.
    
    
  • Shadow Time. A most useful aspect of Shadow is the way it can be used as a handy time machine. It's impossible to go backwards in time. That leaves skipping forward or holding back time.
    
    1. Skipping Forward in Time. The character goes to a place where time moves slowly. While the character is spending a few minutes in the "slow time" Shadow, time is speeding hour by hour along in Amber. So a character can leave, spend a few minutes out in Shadow, and return days, or weeks later. It's even possible to find a Shadow that moves so slowly that it becomes almost like a stasis, and where the character can wait for years to pass in Amber.
       
    2. Holding Back Time. The other handy trick of Shadow time is going out to a "fast time" shadows, where hours pass relative to minutes ticking by in Amber. A character could go to Shadow Earth for a ten hour sleep, and return to Amber where only four hours have gone by. IN faster Shadows it's possible to spend years in preparation, while only a day or so passes in Amber.
    "As I sailed into Shadow, a white bird of my desire came and sat upon my right shoulder, and I wrote a note and tied it to its leg and sent it on its way. The note said, 'I am coming,' and it was signed by me.
    A black bird of my desire came and sat on my left shoulder and I wrote a note and tied it to its leg and sent it off into the west.
    It said, 'Eric - I'll be back,' and was signed: 'Corwin, Lord of Amber.'
    
    
    
  • Shadow Resources: In the passage above, what is Corwin doing? As he moves through Shadow he is also seeking certain things. In this case he first seeks a white bird that will alight on his shoulder and that will, after he has tied a note to its leg, travel through Shadow to the place where he is destine to arrive.
    Then he seeks another bird, a black one. The bird will travel through Shadow to Amber and to someone who will take his note to Eric.Sure enough, later on in the story the white bird landed on his shoulder, a signal that he had found the place he was looking for. Likewise Eric got the message carried by the black bird.
    Corwin could have easily have found two fish, each destined to be caught, and cut open, at the two destinations. Or two ships, each of which would happen to end up where he wanted them to be.
    
    
  • Using Pattern near Amber: Pattern, in Amber, or anywhere near the center of things, is nearly worthless. Amber is just too fixed, too real, to be manipulated. Characters can use Pattern to get away from Amber, gradually moving out into Shadow, but it may take many hours before even subtle changes start to take effect.
    
    
  • Power over Shadow: In shadow, the shadings of one shadow to the next are vague. That means that small changes can be made without traveling. Short on money? Imagine a loose floorboard, under which is hidden a treasure, look and it will be there. Those with the imprint of Amber's pattern are endlessly lucky. What is possible can, with time and effort, be made probable, and what is probable can be made certain. While this power is absolute, it always involves some movement, a shifting of the variety of Shadow for a particular shade. Any Shadow manipulation is also slightly hazardous because of your involuntary movement in shadow.
    With enough time it's possible to shift just about anything in Shadow. However there are two important limitations:
    
    1. First, in order to shift Shadow you must move. Subtle changes don't require much movement, but the more drastic the changes, the more you must move around. The problem here is that you can easily move right out of one Shadow and into its neighbor. Be wary that, while shifting, you don't start moving away from your objective.

    
    

    1. Second, shifting Shadow is fairly slow. Far slower than combat time. If you wish to make use of some Shadow shifting it's best if it be prepared before a battle. A minor change, such as the color of a coin, might take as much as half a minute. Something useful, such as a weakened wall, or making a weapon brittle, could take a minute or more.
    
    
  • Using Pattern to Affect Probability: Out in Shadow, if there is any reasonable chance at all of something happening, then a character with Pattern can make it happen. The main limitations are time, since using Pattern takes a few moments of concentration, and probability. A character can't make something unlikely happen, not without going into an adjacent Shadow.
    
    
  • Shadows of Desire: Any character can find exactly the Shadow they desire. When this is done by a player character, the game master should get a written description of the Shadow from the player. there's really no limit to what a character's shadow might be, except that the more elaborate it is, the longer it's going to take to get there. Shadows sought by players can have any of the features of "bought" Shadows, except, of course, that their Shadows run the risk of being influenced by elder Amberites, or even by other player characters.
    Game Masters should also be aware of the unconscious aspect of a player character's desires. the character's problems, hopes, dreams, fantasies, and feas, all the things that can show up in quizzes or in role-playing, can also show up in a character's Shadow. For example, if a character is having a problem with a particular elder amberite, then one, or more, Shadow version of that character might be found in the Shadow.
    
    
  • Pattern Defense. Picture the Pattern, walk it in your mind. When it is complete, concentrate on the image. This takes a few minutes, depending on your Psyche and how well you can concentrate, but it strengthens your mind, and lends strength to your existence. The main use is defensive, so a character with Pattern to mind is pretty much immune to the Logrus, and other chaos-generated forces. Likewise, it's difficult or impossible to use invasive Magic on a character who has Pattern brought up like this. On the other hand, keeping the Pattern in mind requires real concentration, so the character can't run or fight effectively. If the character's attention is broken, then the Pattern instantly flickers out. Characters with Human rank in Psyche are incapable of picturing the Pattern.
  
  
  
  • Advanced Pattern:

    75 points *or 25 if you already have basic pattern*. There are many things an expert of pattern can achieve, but I wouldn't advise starting out with it; it's something you should learn over time, as you as a player master the more mundane uses.

  
  

• Logrus: 45 points. The counterpoint to Pattern, the Logrus is the imbodiment of chaos. It cannot be discribed because it is ever changing, and never takes the same shape twice. Some of it is solid, other parts liquid, or gas, and some still are pure energy. From it extend numerous tendril-like things. To traverse the logrus is to take upon yourself raw chaos. Even if you survive the experience, you are driven mad by the experience and take at least a week before they let you out of the padded cell they keep nearby for the lucky ones.
  
  NOTE: An absolute prerequisite for Logrus is Shape Shifting. Attempting to invoke the Logrus without the ability to Shape SHift to the demands of pure Chaos is sbject to involuntary shifst in both form and persona.
  Logrus users tend to regard Pattern users as "flat-landers." That means they think of them as people who have access to a lot of power, but a power that is only effective in a limited area, in and around a pattern. Logrus, by contrast, works everywhere, even in the depths of Castle Amber (although it might be a bit risky to actually use Logrus in Castle Amber, as one of those nasty elder Amberites could take offense).
  
  Attribute Tips: Psyche drives Logrus more than any other Attribute. AMber level is really the minimum for effectively using Logrus. The higher your Psyche Rank, the more powerful will be your control over the Logrus. However, don't neglect Endurance. A character whose Endurane has dropped to Human level will not be able to safely manipulate the Logrus, andrisks being absorbed by its dangerous instability.
  
  Logrus Summoning: You may use the arms of the Logrus to reach out into shadow and chaos for an item or person of your desire. Having found it you may then pull it towards you or pull yourself towards it. The reverse of this process, pulling yourself towards an object, is ow Logrus Masters usually traverse Shadow.
  
  Searching with Logrus Tendrils Locating objects using the tendrils of the Logrus is always dependant on player character choices. Logrus Tendrils can be used to search selectively, at the direction of the Logrus Master, or automatically, relying on the chaotic movement of the Logrus itself.
  
  Logrus Combat and Manipulation You may summon the Logrus and shape its force into useful shapes, extensions that are far more powerful, and more flexible, than normal Shadow matter. These extensions of Logrus operate with a Strength that is equivalent to the Psyche of the Logrus Master who controls them.
  
  Logrus Sight You may use the Logrus as a sensory lens, either "seeing" through its center, or by "touching" a distant place with a Logrus tendril. In this way you can see the aura of Pattern or Logrus, or feel the distinct sensation of Trump or Magic.
  Using Logrus as a lens, to examine anything in sight of the Logrus Master, will reveal several things. First off, anyone who is charged with either the Logrus or Pattern will be immediately obvious. Any item can also be seen to be either a thing of Shadow, of Amber, or the Courts of Chaos. Magic, whether from spells, forces, or creatures, is obvious. A careful use of Logrus Sight, combined with touching of Logrus Tendrils, can reveal the general level of a character's Psyche, and whether or not they are charged with ay ambient magic (ie: Power Words)
  
  Logrus Spell Storage You may use the Logrus as a "rack" for the storing of spells. However, it always takes at least ten minutes, plus the normal spell casting time, to "weave" the spell into the Logrus, and any spell will "decay" within days or weeks.
  
  Logrus Defense: Bringing the Logrus to mind, you may then use it to defend yourself in one of two ways. ONe way is to fill your body with the force of Logrus, making it resistant to the effect of Pattern, Magic, Psyche, or other forces, but providing no physical protection (Reminder: Logrus and Pattern react violently when they meet, often to the detriment of both the offensive and defensive sides). Another way of using the Logrus is as a "sheild," blocking in any one direction, which is effective against physical, energy and most Magical attacks, but does not protect against Pattern, Logrus, Trump or Psyche. You cannot use both techniques at the same time.
  
  
  
  • Advanced Logrus: 70 points (or 25 if you already have basic). much Like Advanced Pattern, there's some cool stuff, but you're better off mastering the use of the basics as players first.

  
  

  • Trump Artistry: 40 points. Trumps are cards with images on them, usually of people, but they can be made of places or objects. If someone examines a Trump closely, they will make mental contact with the person who the Trump is an image of. All amberites keep a deck of Trump, but a Trump Artist can make new cards, or can make "trump sketches" which don't last long but are much faster, allowing them to communicate with people across shadow. Trump can also be used as transport, as long as the person on the receiving side is willing.
    • Advanced Trump: 60 points (20 if you already have basic Trump Artistry). See Advanced Logrus and Advanced Pattern.

  
  

  • Shapeshifting: 35 points. it's exactly what it says on the tin. You have 3 forms you can take easily, but with time to manipulate yourself, you can achieve whatever form you wish. in fight-or-flight situations you're subconscious can speed up the process for a risk of unwanted changes to your body or mind. a Shapeshifter can also close wounds supernaturally fast, given they have the endurance/energy reserves.

  
  

  • Advanced Shape Shifting: 65 points, or 30 if you already have basic. You know the drill on advanced stuff...
    • Primal Chaos, which is basically shapeshifting cancer: your cells start shapeshifting as though each one is it's own individual shapeshifter.
      
    
    
    
  • Power Words: 10 points. These are super simple magics. a single word that does a single, simple thing. They are mostly defensive in nature, but unlike proper spells don't require being racked, and can be used at a moment's notice. Buying Power Words as a power gives you exactly 5 power words. later on, once gameplay has begun, you can learn more power words at one point per word.
    
    • Example Power Word: Lifeforce *note the actual word varies by caster, lifeforce is the name of the effect* "This power word generates a burst of living energy in the target. Doesn't actually have enough time to do any healing, but does break destructive anti-life energies. Also functions well as a 'wake up call' for those who are sleeping or unconscious. It's also useful in certain medical emergencies, where the heart, lungs or brain may have 'seized' up momentarily. the target will feel 'good' briefly, as if they were in the peak of health, regardless of their true condition.
    
    
  • Sorcery: 15 points. Sorcery is spellcasting. Spells must be prepared before hand, often taking hours of preparation, because they must be left "open-ended" using lynchpins. a Lynchpin is something the caster doesn't know at the time of preparing the spell, being anything from what shadow the user will be in to the target of the spell. the more lynchpins a spell has, the more useful it is, but also the longer it takes to cast as you have to fill in these lynchpins when you cast it. Spells also degrade over time, and require refreshing about once a week to keep them from falling apart.

  
  

  • Conjuration: 20 points. Conjuration is creating things out of shadow stuff, or altering a preexisting thing in shadow.This is a very very lengthy process, and depending on what's made it won't work outside of the shadow it's made in, but it can be incredibly useful if one has time to prepare.

  
  

  • Artifacts and Creatures: highly variable, ranging from an almost worthless 1 point item to a god-like 90 point monstrosity. basically anything is imaginable, and it's much cheaper to make things in batches *if you want a dozen of a particular item, it only costs double making one of them. if you want a horde of monsters, it's only 3 times the cost of making a single example* I'd explain it more, but making artifacts is it's own chapter, so just come up with cool stuff and then when we're building your characters I'll walk you through the cost of it.
  • Your own personal Shadows: variable, with a single point for a random shadow *not worth it, anyone with Pattern or Logrus could find the shadow without paying the point* to a 32 point shadow that is all but impenitrable to anyone you don't wnat it to. not to mention greater control over what's in it.
    

  
  

  
  
  List of Possible Allies:
  
  • Ally in Amber: 1 point. you're friends with someone in Amber. probably not one of the actual amberites, but someone with political weight.

  
  

  • Family Friend: 2 points. you're a friend of the family, which means one of the amberites is willing to lend you some help, or advice, if they can give it.

  
  

  • Chaos Court Devotee: 4 points. You're related to someone in the courts of chaos, somehow. If you don't have Logrus when you start the game, you must start out with one of these if you intend to get it later. Represent someone who doesn't just like you, but is willing to go out of their way to help you. that doesn't necessarily mean it's your parent, but it probably is.

  
  

  • Amber Court Devotee: 6 points. You're the kid of an amberite. If you don't start out with pattern, then you better have one of these or you're never getting within a mile of it. Represent someone who doesn't just like you, but is willing to go out of their way to help you. that doesn't necessarily mean it's your parent, but it probably is.
  
  
  
  List of Player Contributions:  Each one is 10 points [speak with fenny for a chance at more points earned]
  
  • Diary: This is your character's diary. All you need is a page or so per session, but the idea is to really figure out what makes your character tick. and how he or she views what's going on

  
  

  • Campaign Log: exactly what it says on the tin, this is a retelling of what's happened so far, cliff notes of the story. it's mostly for helping everyone remember what's happened thus far. This would be passed out to the whole group.

  
  

  • Amber Stories: if you like writing, then you can write stories about things that happen in the Amber universe. these might be things your character did, or what other characters did, or it might be characters the party hasn't met yet. *I say yet, because if we like them, then we are probably going to meet them.*
    
    
  • Poetry: like the amber stories, but with poetry. like with the stories, there would need to be about a page each session, though more is appreciated.

  
  

  
  

[Fenrir]

The Family

• Oberon: First King of Amber, Oberon ruled for so long, no-one still lives, save Dworkin, who remembers a time before that. A stern and demanding father, he raised all of his children to be rulers...even though there's only one crown. He had a tendency to divorce his wife and replace her every few centuries, giving rise to his many children having varying skin and hair colors. In the eyes of the Elder Amberites, Oberon is terrifying, a cruel father figure who was a god, he left very distinct impression on his children. This man is probably your grandfather. However, several centuries ago he vanished, presumed dead. In the recent Patternfall War, he returned from hiding, and fixed the Pattern, which had been damaged. Unfortunately the process killed him.
• Benedict: Eldest of Oberon's firstborn *ignoring his two full brothers, who are dead*, Benedict is a brilliant tactician and strategist, a master of war in all it's forms. He doesn't care for his sibling's squabbles over who's claim for the thrown is more legitimate, and makes a point of staying out of it. A man of few words, and fewer smiles, Benedict is a fearsome foe on any battlefield, and Amber's most powerful defender in times of need. Not that he's easy to get moving, due to his chronic distrust of his younger siblings.
• Bleys: Larger than life, Bleys is a man who has mastered the art of putting on the charm. It is almost impossible to stay mad at him, if you can find a reason to be mad at him in the first place. Bleys is also a master swordsman, spellcaster, and martial artist, making him quiet possibly second best at everything.
• Brand: "Things are never what they see," he would say, green eyes aglow, "your friend today is your enemy tomorrow." his words fit the speaker. Brand is the most changeable of them all. His temper is unpredictable, his depressions black, his charm enormous, and his ambitions boundless. Of all Amberites, he is the most dangerous, for he has dreamed the most evil of Amber dreams: the destruction of the Pattern, and thus the universe, so that he may recreate it in his image. It is largely his doing that caused the Patternfall War, spilling amberite blood (Martin's) on the Pattern, thereby marring it, and creating a Black Road throughout shadow which Chaos used to walk up to Amber's doorstep. Near the end of that conflict, he was shot by his brother Caine, and fell into the Abyss, from which all things came, and from which escape is considered impossible.
  
• Caine: Swarthy, with darkest eyes in Amber, you can't call him cold-blooded, just coldly calculating. Hiding in a corner, dressed in his dark satins, fingering one of his emerald studded daggers, Caine is the most menacing of Amberites. Plus, he'll throw a deal, turn on his own word, or bald-faced lie, if it suits him. It's likely that the family motto "Never trust a relative" was written with him in mind. he won't mind, because for damn sure he has no intention of trusting you!
• Corwin: At one point a couple of his brothers got together and decided to put Corwin on ice for awhile. Just to keep him out of harms way. So they stuck him in the deepest, nastiest dungeon cell they could find. In solitary. Bread and water diet. No talking. No walks. Straw, stone walls, four steps one way, five steps the other, a slot to shove in the bread and water, and a small hole for a toilet. And, just to make sure Corwin wouldn't try anything, they put his eyes out. With white-hot pokers.

  That tells you something about his brothers. Your relatives.
  Corwin got out. Grew his eyes back. Which tells you something about Corwin. Beaten, battered, drained by everything a variety of universes could throw at him, Corwin just keeps going.
  

• Dierdre: A sexist in Amber, one of those fools who thinks a woman less combat-ready than a man, would be wise to keep very quiet in Dierdre's presence. For Dierdre has as much genius for combat as any of her brothers, and is just as likely to charge into the fray as any of her male relatives. In battle, while her sister remain among the archers, you'll find Dierdre charging in the front lines, clad in black and silver, wielding a battleaxe with deadly accuracy and force. Which isn't to say she's not subtle: she is often the only one to question the purity of even the most innocent of Amberites. She is given one of the highest compliments an amberite can give: "You can trust her like a brother." *which is to say, not at all, but that's sort of the point*
• Eric: Second King of Amber, when Oberon vanished, Eric was ready and waiting to step into the gap. He's the best politician in the family. Where every brother and sister has their own personal vendetta, Eric pushes for the coalition. He's the organizer, the doer. The man of action. Eric and Corwin have a bit of a sibling rivalry thing going on; each one competes with the other in every way possible. Thing is, he died defending Amber in the Patternfall War, once again leaving the throne empty to be claimed...

• Fiona: A bit of secret lore, an edge of perspective, and a spell or conjuring that puts her ahead of the pack. Fiona has the knack of making her larger brothers seem clumsy and oafish. Perhaps they are. A mistress of the arcane arts, and psychological powerhouse, Fiona studied under Dworkin, and was likely his brightest pupil.

  One other thing. Don't irritate Fiona. Her temper is considerable. ANd, on the sly, she has slipped a dagger between the ribs of a helpless relative...

  
  
• Florimel: In every family, somebody gets the title for best looking. IN this family, her name is Flora. She looks good. Movie-star good, with perfect hair, long, with bangs, and perfect blue eyes, and always attired perfectly in a low-cut dress, in colors to match.
  

  All Flora has going for her is that she's intensely interesting. Here's a woman who tosses back full glasses of whiskey like water, keeps a hand grenade in her purse, and can lie her head off while weeping great big tears. There's no way to know how much of her patter is foolish ramblings, and how much is calculated deception...

• Gerard: the strongest guy in the universe. The average Amberite, with not much work, is pretty strong. Look a Corwin, who, shortly after escaping his cell, and still not recovered, he starts hefting around 400 ib boulders. It's not just that Gerard can lift heavier things, although he can certainly handle double the load of his weaker brothers, it's that, in hand to hand combat, he is unbeatable.
  

  Aside from his great Strength, Gerard is also known for his dogged loyalty to Amber. His instant, unthinking response will be to rescue, or defend, any relative he sees in danger. And woe be unto anyone who gets in the way of Gerard when he's on a mission of mercy! He, alone among his siblings, is willing to protect an innocent, to give the benefit of the doubt. The flip side of this is that he'll give you absolute Hell if he thinks you're up to no good. A "lesson" from Gerard usually means having to engage in a little friendly wrestling. If you're an Amberite with no particular weaknesses, you'll be out of traction within the week.

• Julian: If you want to approach Amber by land, that means traveling through Forest Arden. And that means getting by Prince Julain, the appointed defender of Arden. First, he knows the depths of Forest Arden, not just the vast dominion seen from Kolvir, but the thousands of Shadows of Arden that form the true land border to Amber. He patrols the Shadow ways through arden wearing invincible scale armor, surrounded by hand-picked rangers, Hellhounds, hawks, and who knows what else. Ananta's Father
  

  And he rides a horse, if you can call Morgenstern a horse, "fused with the strength and speed of a hurricane and a pile driver." He's also a man with an attitude. Don't expect him to explain his reasons, his motivations, or his methods.

• Llewella (LLEWELLA, for clearer spelling): If there was an invitation to join the family of Oberon, Llewella must have accepted with reluctance. Or, as Corwin put it, hers was not a presence often felt in Amber. Llewella prefers the sea, the underwater city of Rebma, an exact reflection of Amber under the water. In Rebma, Llewella is sister to the Queen, Moire, and wields considerable power. And so, in Amber, you'll find her reluctant to participate in the games. She'll neither criticize, nor praise. Although she may, if you perform particularly well, give you the occasional kiss on the cheek.
• Random: Youngest son of Oberon, Random has something of an attitude problem. Think about his upbringing. His older brothers were these guys; Benedict, Bleys, the whole lot of angry shouting gods. How would you like to be little brother to these guys? Worse, what would it be like to be the shortest guy in the family of Amber?
  

  In Rebma, he pushed a little too far. Ran off with Morganthe the Princess Royal. But couldn't, or wouldn't keep her. She ended up pregnant, and, after baby Martin was born, Morganthe committed suicide.
  But during the Patternfall War, he came to Corwin's aide, helping to save all of creation. And then, when Brand's corpse fell into the Abyss, the Jewel of Judgement still around his neck, The Unicorn dove in after it, and presented the Jewel to Random, effectively guaranteeing his current position as King of Amber.

• Vialle: Random is the only one of his family who's known to be in a happy marriage. He loves Vialle, and she loves him. They were joined in a forced marriage, Random's payment to Rebma for the death of their princess, but the King and his blind queen have proven that arranged marriages do not have to be empty ones...
  What Vialle lacks in sight, she more than makes up for with a keen insight into people and their emotions. Make no mistake, Vialle is not a weak or defenseless queen.
• Dworkin: Creator of the Trumps. Creator of the Pattern. Hunch-backed with an unkept white beard. Nutty as a fruitcake. Legend has it Dworkin Bariman had been a sorcerer, priest, or psychiatrist *the stories conflict at this point* was saved from a doom of his own making by Oberon, and all his works had been in repayment to the King. But Dworkin himself submits that Oberon is his son, the result of the dwarf-like man mating with the Unicorn. One cannot tell how much of this is the ravings of a madman. Dworkin lives in a cave. A cave located next to the Primal Pattern itself. Occasionally Dworkin is locked in. A monster is always posted at the massive metal door of his cave. The monster is not there to protect Dworkin, nor is it there to protect you from Dworkin. No, the monster is there to protect the Prial Pattern itself, just in case Dworkin decides to erase his creation.
• Dara: She looks like a feisty teenager A tall, slender girl with dark eyes and short brown hari, with a cute splash of freckles across her nose. Really cute. Except that a minute later she can change from co-ed cute into one of the keepers of hell, complete with horns, hooves, tails, and that freckled snub nose transformed into a sulphur-snorting snout.
  

  She calls herself Benedict's granddaughter, but she's actually his great-granddaughter, not that he knew she existed until she came knocking on Amber's gates. She is also the mother of Corwin's only known son: Merlin. This is not happenstance, but a plan set in motion by the Courts of Chaos with the express intent of putting one of their own, a puppet for their manipulations, on the throne in amber. Of course, then Corwin refused the throne, and it fell to Random.Let's just say she didn't take it very well. A Lady of Chaos, Dara is Amber's most personal foe, and anything but it's weakest...

  
  
• Martin: Son of Random, Martin's first experience with Amberites was the absence of his father. This was made worse when, upon being introduced to his Uncle Brand, was used as a convenient bottle of Pattern-eraser fluid. Having barely survived the experience, he's leery of his relatives, and has instead garnered a reputation with his cousin Merlin, and Dara. But beyond that, Martin is still young, and has not yet developed a reputation of his own.
  
• Merlin: Son of Corwin, Great-Great Grandson of Benedict, Merlin was bred to be king, and raised to be a pawn. His mother is Dara of Chaos, and as such he's heir to some pretty major titles throughout the universe...and he doesn't give a damn about any of it. Merlin, like Martin, hasn't been around long enough to develop much of a reputation. But he has traveled both the Logrus and the Pattern, each dangerous on their own, and opposed to each other such that no one was sure if it was even possible to walk both without being utterly destroyed by it. And he's a Trump Artist to boot. A man of many talents, Merlin.

[Fenrir]

The Players Knowledge

About the Characters

• Ananta Ж
  
• Has a shadow independent traveling horse, named Airy. Ж (everyone behind does not know powers) ☙ ☫ ʊ ♕
  
• Daughter to Julian Ж ☙ ☫ ʊ
  
• Can travel with Pattern Ж ♕☙ ☫ ʊ
  
• Does not mind to kill to protect others Ж
  
• Wears horse riding outfit Ж ☙ ☫ ♕
  
• Has a sword that is named Lionheart, shapes shadow stuff. Ж ☙ ♕ ☫  ʊ
  
• Knows most of the roads within the forest. Ж
  
• Is not high in warfare, at least compared to other characters. Ж ☫
  
• Has mysterious trump Ж ♕☙ ☫ ʊ
  

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[li]Domri ʊ

1. Is not Amberite ʊ
   
2. Has a bug{zerglings} hivemind army Ж (just it is bug army) ☫ (just it is bug army) ʊ (just it is bug army)
   
3. Lives in a shadow Jungle ʊ
4. Hot headed character who likes to kill  Ж ☙ ʊ
   
5. Was given a major important trump card by the enemy {Later claimed by Ana}. Ж ☫ ʊ
   
6. Prefers to be alone, but willing to make deals for weapons.  ʊ
   
7. Has respect only for battling. Ж ☫ ʊ
8. Wants to slap Ana and Justice ☫ (just Justice) ʊ
9.  A bipolar childhood ʊ
10. Has a horse
    

[/li][li]Eris ♕

1. Half Sister to Merlin, Corwin's side ♕
   
2. Has a pet dragon ♕
   
3. Can travel the pattern ♕
   
4. Has white hair, and wears plain brown tunic, brown riding pants, and basic dark cloak. ♕ Ж ☫ ʊ
   
5. Has a horse
   

[/li][li]Justice ☫

1. Hates killing, and is daring enough to fight relatives to prevent it Ж ☙ ☫ ʊ
   
2. Has a friendship with Thiamine from the past, seems to trust thiamine greatly. ☙ ☫
   
3. Listens to those around him, and memorizes everything ☙  ☫
   
4. Has a pink cute bunny. It is named BunBun  ☫ (everyone behind does not know name) ♕Ж☙ ʊ
   
5. Has a sword named Legacy Ж (everything behind do not know name) ☙ ☫ ʊ ♕
   
6. Wearing mostly black with royal purple stitching at cloth edges, has on a hoodie and pants. Ж ☙ ☫ ʊ ♕
   
7. Carries a black bag with royal purple stitching Ж ☙ ☫ ʊ
8. Has a Pegasus named Dawn. Ж ☙ ☫ ʊ ♕
   

[/li][li]Thiamine ☙

1. Has a sword that can transform into a human, named Altera, whom has a mind of her own. Ж (not powers) ☙ ☫ ʊ (not name/powers)♕ (not name/powers)
   
2. Is easily suspicious to those around him, likes to keep to himself. ☙ ☫
3. Can be blackmailed to do things. Ж ☙
   
4. Is prone to help out Justice, though does not follow same beliefs. ☙ ☫
   
5. Has focused his studies on races and cultures within different shadows. ☙ ☫
   
6. Has visited the Amber market for the first time. ☙
   
7. Picked up one of the sword's and sword sheath from dead human soldiers, along with ripping insignia's from their shirts, planning to study later. ☙ ☫
   
8. Has a horse Ж ☙ ♕ ☫ ʊ
   

I feel like I missed some information...
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About the Plot

• Campaign 1
  1. Caine is willing to hire bug boy
     
  2. Humans are attacking Amber
  3. Mysterious wagon making its way to Amber
     
  
  
• Campaign 2
  1. Some killing, frontline stuff...
     
  2. Humans working coordinated together
  3. Benedict informs Justice to get Thiamine and contact Caine
     
  4. Ananta stops the wagon
  5. 
     
  
  
• Campaign 3
  1. Justice joins fight.
  2. Domri kills and meets Justice
     
  3. Thiamine is in forest
  
  
• Campaign 4
  1. Ananta meets Thiamine
     
  2. Domri still dislikes Justice spineless attitude, continues killing
  3. We learn that the soldiers are following orders from his "Holiness"
     
  4. Thiamine joins the fight, then joins the attackers?
  5. Justice uses the trees to travel to get to the main source of the attack
  6. 
     
  7. Justice is spotted in the trees because he is wearing mostly black
  8. Ananta ends up getting pulled by Caine into the Amber castle room with Fiona and Caine.
  9. 
     
  
  
  
• Campaign 5
  1. Ananta explains about the maps being a bit off, and helps figure where the main army leader is.
     
  2. Domri kills happily
  3. We learn that War {dat ugly dogface} is the main boss, possibly connecting the bible?
     
  4. Justice has to fight main boss, all... all.. alone... Good news! We learn he is strong enough to handle the situation.
  5. The army's insignias are a new design not recognized in any of the History books.
     
  6. Thiamine is the sort to pretend to be hurt to mess up Justice.
     
  7. Forces seem to cease main function, they are dependent on War's orders.
     
  8. It takes Domri, Justice, and Ananta to completely take down War.
  9. Justice somehow convinces Domri, Ananta, and Thiamine to save War.
  10. Thiamine was unable to learn anything from mind searching.
      
  11. Domri ended up shaking War up enough to have War with little strength left hand over a trump card.
      
  12. War was taken by Ananta to Caine and Fiona to be healed.
  13. Caine sent guy to get Justice and Thiamine to take them to meeting room in Amber.
  14. Caine sent Ananta to get bug boy.
  15. War's army cannot get home and are just camping out in Amber's forests, they felt better at Justice's words of encouragement.
      
• Campaign 6
  1. Ananta makes contact with Domri in hopes of getting him to crossover.
     
  2. Justice and Thiamine follows the maid to the required room.
     
  3. Upon getting there Ananta was frustrated at Domri, and had pysche slapped him,
     
  4. Justice was first to open the door, Thiamine was first to step in during the trump call.
  5. Ananta gave Domri more information, before hanging up with a snort of annoyance.
     
  6. Greetings and apologies between Ananta and Justice, seem to go maybe somewhere?
  7. Altera wonders around, Thiamine sits down.
  8. Ananta offered somebody else to call Bugboy, nobody seems to take the invitation.
  9. Till Thiamine annoyed pretty much made a move to grab the trump card, only to have Altera beat him to it and run off.
     
  
  
• Campaign 7  {Lost log data}
  
  1. The group went after Altera eventually finding her trying to make a trump call.
     
  2. Heading back to the room Justice was the one to actually make the next call and convince Domri to crossover without his bugs.
     
  3. Random walks in for information
     
  
  
• Campaign 8
  1. Random summarizes information about the situation.
     
  2. Ananta tells she can walk shadow, Justice admits he cannot, and Thiamine/Domri both stay silent.
     
  3. Caine walks in telling that War as been stabilized and had just lost a lot o blood. As wel as asking what the mahest wants them to do while waiting.
  4. Random questions for more information, Justice speaks up that Domri has the trump card.
     
  5. Domri attempts to negotiate with the King, ends up just throwing the card saying it was all a jok.
  6. Afterward Random looked at the trump card. then Caine, then Fiona. All recognized the artwork as familiarity within the family, but unable to pinpoint who it was.
     
  7. After re-examining the card it sees that Fiona and Caine have a suspicion who it may be, or style is based off of.
  8. Random asks who has trumps of the player characters, Caine produced two one of Domri and one of Thiamine. Fiona simply warily smile saying no.
     
  9. Random gave the player characters a job then began to speak with Fiona and Caine over the city defenses.
  10. Ana takes the mystery trump and takes lead of the group.
  11. Leading the group outside and toward the gate, Thiamine slipped out grabbing Altera's hand and made way to the library. Taking notice, Justice soon followed.
  12. Reaching the library thiamine used the insignia's to find the right section.
  13. Justice joined in asking what Thiamine was doing, Thiamine explained and hired his help.
• Campaign 9 & 10
  
  1. With Justice help, Thiamine was able to find the right book with information on who had attacked Amber.
  2. From there the three headed back to the main group, whom were waiting at the gate with the horses.
  3. Then the group head out following shadow trail of the soldiers.
  
  
• Campaign 11
  1. List item 1
  2. List item 2
  3. List item 3
  
  
  
• List item 7
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• List item 6
• List item 6
  List item 7
• List item 6
  
• List item 7
• List item 6
  

[Fenrir]

Campaign Log: DAY ONE

Syn's character Ananta begins in the forests of Amber near by a roadway. With lots of traffic soon a large wagon creaked rather quickly down the road. Ananta rides after the large wagon, attempting to gauge how many people are actually on the wagon, while using the forest as cover and not moving at complete full speed.

 This specific wagon only has one ox-driver that seems nervous, to his side are two horse riders armed with sheathed swords. There is noticing at least one person inside the wagon, though it is impossible to tell if there was more due to the squeaky noises of the wheels. Deciding to go ahead and approach the riders Ananta moves around them, making noise, though not drawing her weapon. She gives the riders a greeting with a light wave and half unsure smile. The further back-most rider replies to Ananta seemingly stressed, he greets her but something seems off about him, though Ananta is unsure what it is. Ananta responded with this funny feeling by staying friendly and riding closer, however a bit more cautiously than before. She offers them help to get past the gates into what she believes that they are headed to, but the rider tells here that they will be fine. Due to Ananta riding closer she notices a conversation within the wagon, a conversation that pretty much spells out these fellows are not friendly to amberites.

Ananta being a god that she is pretends not to hear the characters inside the wagon and offers to help anyway, then ride up ahead and gradually changes the setting to take the humans away from their original Amber destination. The road due to the Shadow walk done by Ananta's godly hand the road becomes more rocky making it less suitable for the wagons. Eventually the road becomes much worse and the Ox-driver curses, the man on the horseback whisper behind her a little too loud.
She learns from their too loud of a conversation that they find the road change a bit odd, as well as learn one guy had never been to the city before. Ananta enjoying the conversation replies with a sassy reply, saying pretty much she won't allow them to enter the city, especially if they plan to cause some sort of trouble. She also hints that she had overheard the conversation within the wagon and was enjoying the taste of the information with bit of a victory taunt. Annoyed by what they had learn the entire group begins to curse and draw their weapons. The riders admit there was a ruse and that now she will have to help them out or she'll die. Ananta really enjoying the moment taunts them with words and a grin.

 She begins to move the shadow so that something large would come up on the same road but behind them, soon taking off towards Amber fast as she could manage. A scaly predator appears from the forest she was now fleeing, the men all curse and turn their horses to chase after her. Clearly these men plan to follow her, but their horses are not as fast as Ananta's, soon they fell behind. The wagon left behind was destroyed by the massive scaly predator. Hellriding, it takes mere moments to return to Arden propper, and to the road heading to Amber. She pulls her horse to a stop taking a momentary break before contacting her father to tell him what was happening and what she had did to deal with it. Her Father blocked her, scowling Ananta quits and heads toward the castle.

She began to wonder is possibly he was in a meeting or somewhere else, bit still annoyed that she was blocked. Further up ahead she soon begins to hear her own father's hounds up ahead, it sounds familiar to her, sounds like a hunt. She then decides to speed up and attempts to catch to them. She soon came over a ride and finds a broken wagon within seeing distance, a horse cries out, possibly taken out by a hellhound, behind her horses approach rather quickly. Ananta hearing the horses looks behind her and sees who is manning the horses...

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Scyther's character Domri begins in a shadow where there is nothing but jungle and cliffs. Standing on the edge of a cliff, the border behind Domri, Domri notices zergling chasing their prey below the cliff a couple of stories down. He watches them closely as the zerglings strike the prey down with cold, vicious ferocity. Domri sees it as merely eat or be eaten and is completely okay with it. He gripped the cliff face firmly then drops every so often catching himself on hand-hold with complete practiced agile ease. Reaching the ground, he darted off toward them. The zergling sense him and acknowledge his presence, soon the swarm sends his image to all of them with their hivemind set, soon orders were set and they gave a zerg version of a bow awaiting orders. Domri gave a nod and lead them over to the waterfalls planning to test their worth. Following Domri more and more appear from various locations within the jungle realm, eventually be the time he gets to the waterfall there are 30 of them.

A cool note of a Trump Contact begins to go off within Domri's mind. Domri wonders who was on the other end. With a growl he accepted it, on the other end turned out to be Cain. The image within Domri's mind smiles at Domri, and greets Domri with his name and suggesting they never had met before. Domri gives a sneers and growls an annoyed reply not at trusting this stranger. He only trusts himself and the wild, nothing more. Cain pretends to be hurt and attempts to hire Domri to help him whatever he is currently dealing with. Domri responds to this will rolling his eyes and a growl reply, Domri points out if there is a problem that Cain should be able to deal with it himself.

Suddenly curious he shot what was in it for him if he did actually helped, Cain merely grins and states a favor from an amberite should not be taken lightly and brings up his daggers. Domri thinks of this bits of information and asks what it is he has to do, before completing the deal. Still grinning Cain's eyes lite up as Domri indicates an agreement, he brings up that there are humans who plan to attack Amber. Cain noticing Domri's side glance follows up with using Domri's personal pets to take down the human, he leaned a bit to allow Domri a view of a forest, though due to unclarity there were no specific details. Domri made the final agreement in a mutter, his zergling chatting around him hyped at the new hunt....

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Light's character Justice begins in a marketplace in Amber, the exact same marketplace that Thiamine happens to be shopping in. Soon Justice observes the various wares hoping to find that holds magic or use to him, he observes the area in attempt to learn all that he can. Altera bumps into him, causing him to ask her if Thiamine was with her. Recognizing him she did not catch his question and ended up asking one of her own. From there he answered her question, soon after she asked if he knew if Thiamine was there.

Justice attempted to locate any amberite in the area but came out with just noise. Thiamine the one that Justice was looking for had however found Justice. Soon after running into Thiamine Justice attempts to make conversation while once more observing the area attempting to catch any source of information that he could possibly use for a future strategy advantage. Altera wonders off giving Thiamine an opportunity to separate himself from his cousin, with his cousin leaving Justice follows a winding alleyway. Eventually reaching the end of the alleyway, a light grows showing the edge of the city. Beginning to walk down a road in the city Justice begins to spend his walk time to think very abstract ideas.

Eventually Justice had passed a large man dressed in sailor garb, who upon as Justice passes he shuts up and avert his gaze. This man was speaking with a friend with a distinctive lisp. Justice ends up smiling to the sailors, acting as if they were plain citizens He then greets them, not hinting complacency, not lacing with sarcasm, just simply smiling. The man quickly greets Justice and quick with his compatriots, pick up the pace, rushing down the road. At this point, Justice feels the cool note of a Trump Contact, after a moment of debate Justice picks up the contact and allow connection.

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Ginger's character Thiamine begins in the same market place as Justice. He wonders about admiring the shiny various types of wares with his maidservant whom gets herself lost. Eventually causing herself to bump into Justice.
This had cause Thiamine to look around for her, eventually coming across a strong pysche mind signal, following the signal he finds out that Altera is with Justice, from there he learns that Justice was shopping as well. Once more taking his eyes off of Altera, she wonders off once more forcing him to once more go look for her. This time he was glad for her disappearance giving him an opportunity to separate himself from Justice.

Altera had found herself finding a shiny glassware workshop that sold glassware of various colors and designs, when Thiamine came to meet her. The owner of the shop went out to greet Altera but soon notice the amberite and fled right back into the shop wanting to dodge any possible situation that may have happened, causing a bit annoyance to the amberite.
 Soon after the amberite and his maidservant left the area heading home. This would take time....

[Ginger]

[Insert Camp log here]