You're walking through castle amber one day, when Benedict walks up to you and tells you that he needs a trump of your brother.  Not wanting to give him your copy, you simply make a 5 minute sketch of your brother, and spray it with the foam, and wipe off the excess thinking of your brother.  When it is fully dry, you hand him the Rough looking, but working trump of your brother and tell him to have a nice day.  Later that day, Random, the King, mentions that he wishes he had a  watch that always kept Amber time for when he was away.  You take a two watches, one to be left here in amber, and the other to be worn about, and spray the second one with foam, and wipe it off, thinking about the watch to be left here.  When it's dry, you hand him the watches, and tell him which to leave and which to carry.

Have you ever been walking through shadow, and wished that the people there were more friendly?  Now you can do that without having to raise a finger or use any "REAL" power.  The watch's purpose, is simply to make the shadow around you a little more friendly.  Keep in mind, that by giving your watch these powers, that you'll see a lot more clocks, watches, sundials, and the like, cause after all, it's a watch!

Take a lighter, one you got from shadow earth maybe, and try to light it in your room in Amber, most likely, it won't light.  Spend just one point into it to allow for a change of sorts, and you end up with a lighter that will work almost EVERYWHERE!

Having 50 or so cards that contain a trump image and have psychic sensitivity doesn't exactly sound like much, but when the trump image is of your trump receptive pet, you can gain an instant contact with it from a single touch of a card!

There you are, sitting in your study in amber reading a book, when you realize that your uncle Gerard is thinking about talking to you.  You can almost hear him calling your name, but he sounds too far off to understand.  You reach into your deck and pull out his likeness, and without even looking at the card, you touch the picture.  All at once, he appears before you in all his might, he looks startled, and mentions that he's been trying to "call" you for 20 minutes (the normal amount of time for where he is to amber).  He remarks that it became clear entirely too fast to have been a normal trump and asks if that was your doing.  Regardless of your answer or whether he shows it or not, Gerard will respect you a little more.

For those characters with advanced trump abilities, there are a plethora of other options.  You could draw a trump of a spinning metal disk that seems to be heading toward you at a high rate of speed, then point the card at your door, and touch the edge of the picture.  Sending a spinning metal disk through your door and into the wall of your closet, now it's time to go shopping for some new clothes.  You could draw a trump of your clothes all clean and neatly pressed, with a towel, bar of soap, mirror, razor, and aftershave laying on top of them.  Now when you're in the middle of the woods, at camp that night, you can go take a bath in the stream quickly tap the card, and bathe with your favorite soap, shave, and when you walk back to camp, you look like a million bucks!

You step through the trump you found on Dworkin's Desk, and look around at a barren and desolate place of hard cracked dirt and hills.  As you walk, you see a large cave entrance in a nearby hill, with Bear-people coming out of it.  You can tell by their uniforms, that they're either guards or military, and knowing enough about magic and shadow powers to tell that their weapons would hurt if they got you, so you go with them.   After a lengthy walk down through a series of caves leading deep into the planet, you sense magical power at use, lots of magical powers!  You know that it's just shadow magic, but it seems awfully complex and powerful for shadow people.  When you reach the meeting chamber of sorts, you can see why the magic is so complex.  As you gaze around the 16 sided room, from what you can see through the glass, 16 distinctly different groups of magic users, creating spells and conjurations of types ranging from benign travel magic to defensive magic to offensive magic and racked items, all concentrating their powers into a side of the 16 sided gem adorned atop a mace in the ruler's hand.  It occurs to you that having the sorcerers of your shadow writing and casting spells for you might be an awfully handy service to have around. Just as your eyes reach the stone again, you hear the ruler say something that sounds like "not good enough!" a bolt of energy leaps from the stone to the person on their knees before her, and he's dust.  A thought crosses you mind as you watch the particles gather on the floor, "Did I bring my sword? and would it do me any good if I did?"

Lets say you're a warrior, and you're going to be doing battle with your enemy, you're going to need an army.  Now, you've already got an army, but they need some thing to fight with.  So, you stop by Ulvek on your way to the battle, you have your men collect all the rocks they can find, and you smelt them into liquid and fashion them into weapons. This is very easy to do, since the rocks are soft and the metal form isn't much better, but once they're tempered in the yellow oil that is a byproduct of your smelting process, the metal turns a fiery orange and makes for a vicious blade.  And once again, you're on your way to do battle, and WIN!

Have you ever wanted an explosive in amber?  Sure, we all have, well here's how to make one.  You stop by your shadow, Ketla, You pickup a 50 gallon barrel of the white oil that your people use cook with, and take it by boat to Cabra, you pour a bucket full of sand from the shore of the island into your barrel of oil.  After stirring it regularly for several hours, you end up with about a cup of iridescent white clay, that explodes when it's struck hard enough.  It's not exactly a bomb, or a gun, BUT it does make a very handy grenade!

Are you tired of people just walking through your mind as if it were a library?  If so, then this is just what you need!  First, the Amulet, is simply designed to change colors when the person wearing it is receiving a mind contact.  Then comes the fun part! The Shelf Dragon, is a real dragon, standing 12 inches tall and 8 inches around breathing fire and having nasty teeth and claws.  His entire purpose, is to see the amulet change colors, and Seek out the originator of the mind contact you're receiving. This would make the people calling you a little more cautious when trying to invade your mind.  At least after the first time they have their eyes chewed out, or simply get a "Hot Foot" from the dragon.  Even if they succeed in vesting your dragon, they're going to have to get out of your head long enough to do it, leaving you about your wits and able to do something else.

Physical Characteristics -

Any size you want, but I prefer what I call the "Hold Out"; a 7 inch long and 4 inch tall 1 inch wide pistol.  It's made of a hard, light metal with only 3 moving and 6 parts total. Requires a Spring or a stretchable band.

How it works -

Take a metal tube that's closed on one end, a barbed metal bolt, a fore grip from a shotgun, a STRONG spring, a trigger, and a star shaped metal disc.  When you put them together, you end up with what loosely resembles a pistol.  Now something to keep in mind, you will not be able to reload and reuse this weapon.  Here's why: 1 - the tension on the spring has to be incredibly hard in order to do any damage, so it has to be cocked with a vise. 2 - In order to keep the size and weight as low as possible, there is not a cocking mechanism attached.

Final Result -

A small lightweight projectile weapon that works in Amber!  Very useful if no one knows about it, cause let's face it, even if your opponent has got the advantage in warfare, the element of surprise goes a long way.

Physical Characteristics -

A small amount of oil clay, maybe 2 inches square.

How it works -

First things first, you can use it to make an impression of a key, to later make your own.  If you're in a dark place, since it's got oil in it, you can rub it onto a piece of cloth to make a torch.

Final Result -

A nice item to have on you for that tight spot you might get into.  The possibilities are almost endless, hampered only by your imagination...  and the game master!