Wonderland - Jags

Deeper Mysteries - Overview
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not stay. When the glass is repaired, the TV is fixed, and the painting
is hung back up, someone on Chessboard One would see the damage
evaporate.
Fourth General Principle: The More People Who Would
See Something Impossible Happen, The Harder It Is
To Do
When determining what Translation is like, the GM should consider that
if more people are watching, the machinery of the universe is more likely
to make the effects subtle or non-existent. If a character tries to “perform
before a large audience” (of non-Infected people) by having “Impossible
Things” happen due to actions on Chessboard One or Two, it won’t
work. The universe is holding together enough to prevent Infection.
That’s a good thing. Small crowds usually means one to three observers
but as many as five may constitute a small group. Their mental state is
important too: if everyone is in an altered state of consciousness due
to drugs or meditation of something then displays before much larger
groups are possible.
But it’s important to note that such people are also more resistant to
Infection just by seeing an Impossible Thing in that mindset.
Multiple Shadows, Multiple Reflections
Our first Question is this: does a guy on Chessboard Zero who is
‘casting’ a Shadow version of himself down to Chessboard One
also casting a Shadow down to Chessboard Two? Can that happen.
The answer is it can—but it usually doesn’t. A person who has been
“fractured” by Deep Descent may ‘leave a Shadow’ on some lower level
of reality. A person might show up several levels down (seeming less
‘like himself’ or ‘more confused’ each time).
Likewise, if you are down on Chessboard Six, having a bizarre Alice
in Wonderland adventure, you leave a Disconnected Reflection up on
Chessboard Zero but you aren’t usually “visiting” the other Chessboards
at all. On the other hand, you might—it’s not prohibited. But, usually,
when you are spread out like that, unless something weird is going on,
you aren’t vulnerable to having your multiple Shadows or Reflections
attacked. Usually one is the “primary” one and that’s the only one that
really has any strong effect on you.