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<blockquote data-quote="Damon Griffin" data-source="post: 733126" data-attributes="member: 3568"><p>I'm looking for any existing spell, magic item or weapon quality that does something along these lines:</p><p></p><p>An archer shoots a fleeing opponent with a specially-prepared arrow; the target is now mystically "tagged" making him easier to track than would otherwise be the case. For the next [limited period of time, probably 24 hours], the archer will be able to sense the direction and distance to tagged creature. If more than one such creature has been tagged in this manner, the archer will be able to sense all of them, but will not be able to distinguish one from the other (all "tagged" creatures look alike to the tracking sense at work here).</p><p></p><p>This is nothing more than a magical version of an electronic tracking device.</p><p></p><p>At this point I have not decided on most of the parameters. I am likely to go with a 24 hour duration, but a longer duration might be okay as long as it fades over time (the tracking gets harder or less reliable with each passing day) or there is some relatively simple way of foiling the tag. </p><p></p><p>I have not yet set a distance limitation; it may end up being "distance is not a factor so long as the tagged creature and the tracker are on the same plane."</p><p></p><p>I have not even determined exactly *how* the creature becomes easier to locate. Does the mystical tag boost the effectiveness of scrying methods? (It does *not*, in and of itself, permit scrying.)</p><p></p><p>Input on these and other parameters is not unwelcome, but what I am asking for is any reference a spell, magic item or weapon quality from any source (please attribute the source) that already does something like this. I don't want to reinvent the wheel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Damon Griffin, post: 733126, member: 3568"] I'm looking for any existing spell, magic item or weapon quality that does something along these lines: An archer shoots a fleeing opponent with a specially-prepared arrow; the target is now mystically "tagged" making him easier to track than would otherwise be the case. For the next [limited period of time, probably 24 hours], the archer will be able to sense the direction and distance to tagged creature. If more than one such creature has been tagged in this manner, the archer will be able to sense all of them, but will not be able to distinguish one from the other (all "tagged" creatures look alike to the tracking sense at work here). This is nothing more than a magical version of an electronic tracking device. At this point I have not decided on most of the parameters. I am likely to go with a 24 hour duration, but a longer duration might be okay as long as it fades over time (the tracking gets harder or less reliable with each passing day) or there is some relatively simple way of foiling the tag. I have not yet set a distance limitation; it may end up being "distance is not a factor so long as the tagged creature and the tracker are on the same plane." I have not even determined exactly *how* the creature becomes easier to locate. Does the mystical tag boost the effectiveness of scrying methods? (It does *not*, in and of itself, permit scrying.) Input on these and other parameters is not unwelcome, but what I am asking for is any reference a spell, magic item or weapon quality from any source (please attribute the source) that already does something like this. I don't want to reinvent the wheel. [/QUOTE]
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