Matter Effects

• • • • Alloy — By grabbing two Patterns and compressing them together, the mage makes an alloy out of solid objects. He can shove a chunk

of wood into the middle of a piece of plastic or blend two types of metal into a composite. Such an alloy still retains the properties of its individual

components, but it might have its own characteristics if it's mixed finely enough. That is, a chunk of wood stuck in a wall of plastic would still bum,

but if the wood were diffused throughout the plastic, the wall might have a pleasing wooden texture while remaining fire retardant (although it