This makes the spell essentially useless and a waste of hard earned money.
What good is a spying eye when the baddies can trace it right back to you?
It is a fun spell for impressing the newbies but thats about it. Now if it
could cross zone boundies....
> Well I have first hand experience with Minotaur slavers doing the same
> thing. I used to Eye to check out the mines to see if they
> were safe and
> the same thing happened. 2 seconds after they spotted the
> eye they came
> right after me. Now I can justify this with "the eye alerted them to
> intruders so they started patrolling" but they ran right by
> 3 or 4 other
> people who were in the mines to get at me so this was no
> ordinary patrol
> pattern. Seems fishy to me. Same type of thing has been
> happening with
> invisibility, as long as I'm invisible *before* the fight
> starts I'm Ok, but
> if the fight starts and I run away to a safe spot, go
> invisible, then go
> back to check on the battle they zero in on me as if I was
> standing there in
> plain sight.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joseph Brooks [mailto:Joseph.Brooks@...]
> > Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 4:30 PM
> > To: 'eq_wizards@onelist.com'
> > Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: Hail fellow Norrathians
> >
> >
> > From: Joseph Brooks <Joseph.Brooks@...>
> >
> > I know that using Eye of Zomm to spy on ghouls in W. Kanara
> is not a good
> > idea.. I wanted to see ghouls up close when I was 8th level
> and the things
> > somehow traced the eye back to its source and I got an
> express trip home..
> > Don't try this at home kiddies! Does anyone know if all
> monsters do this?
> >
> > JB
> >
> > > I am wondering if there are others with similar experiences
> > > to my own when
> > > using spells such as invisibility and the eye of zomm to
> name a few?
> > >
> > > - Sylwithe
> >
> >
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