> > For a fun arrival he pops in in the Pattern chamber under Castle Amber, on his bike,
> > and rides to the centre of the Pattern, while still unconscious. (How and Why obviously
> > raise interesting questions!
> Since he should have gone up like a firework, yes.
Yes... Though a lot of Doug's combat abilities resemble those of an Amberite, though with less stamina.
"Who" is responsible is likely to be the interesting question!
> > Doug wakes up in a bed in Castle Amber, with _lots_ of people wanting to talk to him
> > about who his Amber ancestor is, which faction he will align with, and how he learned such
> > an _unusual_ method of Pattern Walking!
> Probably in convuluted ways that he doesn't really follow. Bear in mind that however petty
> they are Amberites are demi-gods and invariably past-masters of politics with a whole
> bunch of unspoken rules that Doug would know nothing about.
They do know how to deal with outsiders, who know little or nothing of Amber.
And, I never said life would be easy for Doug!
> > Does Doug's magic work in Amber? I think so!
>
> That close to the centre of things? I don't.
Sorcery seems to work just about everywhere. I don't see why Doug's magic doesn't fill in this catagory.
> > And, if Doug gets put in the position of trying to Walk through Shadow to get home, will
> > he create a Shadow which is Warriors World, and how long before he starts to doubt it's
> > true reality?
>
> Possible. the main arguement against Amber as a step as I see it, is that it's a one-shot
> home-run since any Amberite could take him directly home if they wanted to.
Only if the Amber multiverse of Shadows is the one Doug is native to. The Amber rulebook suggests that there may well be other Ambers, and other complete sets of Shadows (Corwin's Pattern is one joker in this respect). Also, another multiverse, like Doug's, might well not work on the same principle as Amber and its Shadows, which could make him just as real as any Amberite...
That is, assuming I have Bob's cosmology right, here.
Doug could get really upset if he thinks someone is trying to palm him off with a fake version of Warriors World... One give away might be what differences his Mage Sight would see if he looked at Hexe...
Anyway, I thought it might be worth discussing...
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
> > and rides to the centre of the Pattern, while still unconscious. (How and Why obviously
> > raise interesting questions!
> Since he should have gone up like a firework, yes.
Yes... Though a lot of Doug's combat abilities resemble those of an Amberite, though with less stamina.
"Who" is responsible is likely to be the interesting question!
> > Doug wakes up in a bed in Castle Amber, with _lots_ of people wanting to talk to him
> > about who his Amber ancestor is, which faction he will align with, and how he learned such
> > an _unusual_ method of Pattern Walking!
> Probably in convuluted ways that he doesn't really follow. Bear in mind that however petty
> they are Amberites are demi-gods and invariably past-masters of politics with a whole
> bunch of unspoken rules that Doug would know nothing about.
They do know how to deal with outsiders, who know little or nothing of Amber.
And, I never said life would be easy for Doug!
> > Does Doug's magic work in Amber? I think so!
>
> That close to the centre of things? I don't.
Sorcery seems to work just about everywhere. I don't see why Doug's magic doesn't fill in this catagory.
> > And, if Doug gets put in the position of trying to Walk through Shadow to get home, will
> > he create a Shadow which is Warriors World, and how long before he starts to doubt it's
> > true reality?
>
> Possible. the main arguement against Amber as a step as I see it, is that it's a one-shot
> home-run since any Amberite could take him directly home if they wanted to.
Only if the Amber multiverse of Shadows is the one Doug is native to. The Amber rulebook suggests that there may well be other Ambers, and other complete sets of Shadows (Corwin's Pattern is one joker in this respect). Also, another multiverse, like Doug's, might well not work on the same principle as Amber and its Shadows, which could make him just as real as any Amberite...
That is, assuming I have Bob's cosmology right, here.
Doug could get really upset if he thinks someone is trying to palm him off with a fake version of Warriors World... One give away might be what differences his Mage Sight would see if he looked at Hexe...
Anyway, I thought it might be worth discussing...
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind