Verb:TRACK

TRACK Type System Profession Ranger

Rangers have an innate ability to TRACK normally spawning creatures within hunting grounds. Ranger tracking is done via TRACK {creature} while in an appropriate hunting area. Messaging varies significantly depending on whether or not the location is appropriate for tracking, whether or not creatures are present, and various possibilities of success/failure.

Help

Usage:
    TRACK {creature}                  - Tries to find the specified creature in the local environs
    TRACK AREA                        - Tries to determine how many creatures and who are around
    TRACK HELP                        - Display this menu

Usage

Rangers

Main article: Ranger tracking

TRACK AREA

No creatures are present nearby:

You carefully scan the area but don't notice any distinct signs of passage.

Creatures are present nearby:

 With a careful glance around, you notice telltale signs of the following having been present in the area:
 a hobgoblin
 a mongrel hobgoblin
 a monkey
 a hobgoblin acolyte 

Ranger casts a careful glance around the area, studying everything in the vicinity with a seasoned eye.

TRACK {creature}

Attempting to track a type of creature from within a town:

>track rolton
You don't know how to track creatures within town.

Attempting to track a type of creature that does not live near your location:

>track rolton
While you carefully study the area looking for tracks, you find no trace of what you are looking for.  You briefly wonder if that can even be found in this location.

Attempting to track a type of creature that is present in the room:

You don't have to go far.  There's a rolton right here!
You are now targeting a rolton.

Attempting to track a type of creature that is present in the room, but hidden:

Though your target is not evident, you know it to be near.

Attempting to track a type of creature that does live in your location, but none are currently present:

>track rolton
You carefully study the area, searching for signs of a rolton's presence.  You find some evidence that a rolton was here, but the trail is clearly too old to be worth following.

A successful attempt to track a creature:

[Lower Dragonsclaw, Forest - 219]
Looking through the trees here in the outskirts of the forest you can barely make out the grasslands in the distance.  You also see a velnalin, a trail leading into the woods, an overgrown path and some withered grey trees.
Obvious paths: east, south

>track rolton
You carefully study the area, searching for signs of a rolton's presence.  Your keen eye spots the beginnings of a trail and you rush to follow it.
Ranger begins to study the area, searching.  Having spotted something, he hurries off.

[Lower Dragonsclaw, Grasslands - 444]
Bright multi-hued patches of wildflowers fill the grassy plain to the south as far as you can see.  The simple beauty afforded by the vibrant colors astounds you.  You also see a rolton, a long metal-plated wagon, a long metal-plated wagon and a long metal-plated wagon.
Obvious paths: north, southeast
Roundtime: 10 sec.

Ranger rushes into the area, hot on the trail of a rolton!

A successful attempt to track a creature while hidden:

[Wehnimer's, Exterior - 419]
As you progress on this north-south path, the dark forest to the west catches your eye.  A little forbidding in its primeval appearance, it is sure to offer a good source of small-game hunting.  You also see a reinforced wooden defense tower, a withered patch of grass and a mottled rolton hide tent.
Obvious paths: north, south, west

H>track rolton
You carefully study the area, searching for signs of a rolton's presence.  Your keen eye spots the beginnings of a trail and you rush to follow it while taking care to remain hidden.

[Wehnimer's, Exterior - 439]
Through a crack in the wooden palisade to the north, you can see the bustling traffic of Wehnimer.  It is a stark contrast to the open path that you walk.  You also see a rolton and a rolton.
Obvious paths: east, west
Roundtime: 11 sec.

A failed attempt to track a creature:

With your companion's help, you carefully study the area, searching for signs of a rolton's presence.  You can tell that it is somewhere nearby but the paths all seem to lead in different directions.  You take a chance on one, but quickly realize you've been led astray.

With your companion's help, you carefully study the area, searching for signs of a rolton's presence.  You can tell that it is somewhere nearby but the paths all seem to lead in different directions.  You are momentarily paralzyed by indecision.

Ranger carefully studies the area, searching.  Having found something, Ranger starts to wander in circles for some time before giving up the search.

Cooldown

There is a one minute cooldown period after tracking a creature, regardless of success or failure.

Attempting to track a type of creature while still in cooldown:

>track rolton
You haven't yet recovered from your previous tracking exploit.

Message you see after your cooldown period ends and you are able to track once again:

You feel refreshed and ready to track again.

Non-Ranger

Attempting to track if you are not a ranger:

You should track down a ranger.

XXX looks completely lost.

See Also

• Ranger tracking
• Saved posts